Position Description

At Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), we believe venture capital thrives in an apprenticeship model. For more than two decades, we’ve been fortunate enough to bring on ambitious and aspiring investors each year to join the program as a foray into their careers.

While there are skills and lessons you can learn in school, many elements of venture capital, such as developing investment judgment, identifying emerging startups, and refining roadmaps for the future, are best learned on the job by engaging with entrepreneurs and experienced investors.

Analysts typically join our selective, two-year program directly from or shortly after completing their undergraduate studies. The program is based in our New York office, but analysts collaborate on projects with other Bessemer investment professionals across the globe and work with world-class company founders and executives.

The BVP partners and broader investing team provide hands-on training to provide the foundational skills for your investing career, mentorship on the art of the industry, and invaluable experience. Our analysts are critical, valuable members of our team; they participate in our weekly partnership meetings and make a tremendous impact on the firm.

Position details

Analysts are oftentimes the first touchpoint startup founders have with Bessemer. They play a role that requires an enterprising spirit, empathy, and a deep understanding of what makes a business work under the hood.

A day in the life

Your daily schedule and responsibilities include sourcing new companies, deep research in the diligence, roadmap and deal-making process, and working alongside BVP team members to help our portfolio companies flourish. The skills and experience you gain in this program are foundational to your career. Whether you pursue additional opportunities at Bessemer or elsewhere, your BVP analyst experience will be formative and open endless possibilities.

• Interact with 100+ founders in an effort to identify seed-stage to Series C startups across the areas where Bessemer invests today: from foundation models, AI infrastructure, and developer tools, to vertical and horizontal AI applications, to healthcare, fintech, consumer, and frontier technology.
• Work closely with the firm’s partners to conduct due diligence on the investment opportunities you discover and help to develop new investment roadmaps.
• Develop an eye for identifying the most exciting sectors and business opportunities in the innovation economy, build a deep understanding of how products are built and how business models work, and grow an extensive network of founders, engineers, and VC colleagues.

Benefits & Compensation

When you join Bessemer’s Analyst Program you become part of a close-knit community of investors, experts, and operators who are on the cutting edge of technology and are shaping category-defining companies.

Former analysts have gone on to take senior roles at Bessemer, join later-stage firms in venture and private equity, start their own funds, and join or found startups.

• $2,200 per week (paid every two weeks)
• $5,000 relocation and housing bonus payment to defray costs in connection with your stay in the New York City area for the summer
• Complete exposure to the venture capital process with responsibility equivalent to that of full-time analysts
• Full participation in events, including an annual offsite conference, alongside all firm investment professionals
• Direct interactions with senior investors as part of small deal teams
• In office perks, such as provided lunches, snack and beverage options, and more!

Qualifications

Skills

• Deep curiosity about technology evolution, societal trends and entrepreneurship
• Demonstrated leadership on campus and/or beyond it
• Highly effective communication and persuasion skills
• Unrelenting determination
• Reasonable fluency in fundamental business concepts
• A builder’s instinct: experience writing code, shipping a product, doing research, or starting something of your own is a strong plus, not a prerequisite

Education and experience

• Undergraduate college students expecting to graduate between the spring and summer of 2029
• Any major or course of study accompanied by exceptional academic performance

Application timeline

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Selected candidates will be invited to case interviews following application review.

Encouraging you to apply

Recent analyst cohorts have included students in statistics and data science, computer science (including AI and robotics), cognitive science, economics, earth systems, business, international relations, art history, product design, English, philosophy, electrical and computer engineering, and computational biology, showcasing a mix of technical builders and entrepreneurial thinkers from across STEM and the liberal arts. If you are an VC, engineer, a researcher, or a future founder who wants to understand how great companies get built and funded, this program is designed for you. We actively encourage individuals from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. We recognize that different perspectives contribute to a richer and more innovative work environment.

Contact us

We receive a high volume of email requests from students seeking various engagements with BVP. While we value your enthusiasm, we unfortunately are unable to accommodate individual internship requests or coffee chats outside of our formal recruiting process at this time. However, if you have questions about our application process please contact [email protected].