Do you want to work with impact start-ups on a daily basis, learn how early-stage impact start-ups operate and actively experience how an investment is made in impact start-ups? DOEN Participaties has been investing in early-stage entrepreneurs with groundbreaking ideas that realize system change for almost 30 years. The focus here is on a transition to a regenerative economy.
DOEN Participaties has already invested €140 million and built a portfolio of almost 70 companies and funds. Examples of startups are Fairphone, Oscar Circulair and LeydenJar. DOEN Participaties would like to strengthen itself with an enterprising student, who will actively participate in the team. The goal is to learn about impact investing, impact entrepreneurship and system change. The DOEN Participaties team consists of three Investment Principals, two Investment Managers, two Investment Associates and an Investment Team employee.
DOEN Participaties BV is the investment company of the DOEN Foundation, the fund of the Postcode Lottery and Friends Lottery.
What exactly are you going to do?
As an impact investment intern at DOEN Participaties you will have a wide range of activities. Think of:
- Finding, selecting and evaluating potential investments.
- Conducting market analyses to spot the latest developments in our focus areas.
- Performing analyses to support investment proposals, analyzing reports and monitoring the impact and financial performance of the fund.
- Get to know transaction documentation, portfolio management and much more.
- Carrying out and supervising a specific internship assignment (e.g. a start-up challenge).
We want you for this place, because
- You are almost graduated and want to gain experience in impact investments or learn more about impact entrepreneurship.
- You are interested in sustainable and innovative start-ups.
- You have an affinity with the objectives of the DOEN Foundation and DOEN Participaties BV.
- You have strong analytical skills.
- You are curious and have a driven attitude.
- You have a good command (spoken and written) of the Dutch language.
What do we offer?
- The opportunity to get to know impact entrepreneurship and impact investing better, through direct contact with start-ups and concrete investments.
- The opportunity to make a concrete contribution to the transition to a sustainable, inclusive and creative world.
- An interesting and varied internship in an informal organization with motivated colleagues and a broad field of work: from residents' initiatives, art and culture to the circular economy.
- The space to develop yourself professionally and plenty of room for your own initiative.
- A 40-hour employment contract.
- A generous internship allowance and a laptop and a telephone.
- An NS Business Card that allows you to travel for free by train, bus, tram and metro throughout the Netherlands, even outside working hours.
- Free weekly bootcamp, pilates and kickboxing classes.
- Joint lunch in the company restaurant.
Where are you going to work?
You will be working in our sustainable building, a 2-minute walk from Amsterdam Zuid station. Stichting DOEN and its investment company DOEN Participaties employ approximately 45 passionate, enterprising and committed colleagues with different backgrounds. Diversity is an ideal breeding ground for creativity, innovation and collaboration. We would like to invite everyone who can make a valuable contribution to our organisation to apply: especially if you sometimes feel less welcome on the labour market because of your gender or sexual identity, religion, age, origin or ability to work.
