2025 Venture Capital Strategy MBA Intern

WHO WE ARE:

Anthos is a generalist venture capital firm with over $3B of assets under management.  Venture capital is what fuels new and innovative businesses, and – since our founding in 2007 – we’ve had the privilege of investing in and working with the founders of Guayaki, Gopuff, Olaplex, Trunk Club, ApplyBoard, VRChat, and dozens of other category-leading start-ups to build their businesses.  We purposely maintain a low profile, in keeping with our general ethos of humility and heads-down work ethic.  The background of our diverse team possesses a good balance across finance – Goldman Sachs, Luxor, Ares, Summit – and consumer tech – Google, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, Apple, Venmo, and more.

Interns have long been a core talent pipeline for us, with many converting to full-time roles and advancing over time.  While our program is highly selective, we welcome people from all walks of life, majors, schools, and passions to apply – and have found that our most successful interns share several common traits:  grit and focus, extreme curiosity, diligence, relentlessness, humility, and focus on outcomes.  If that describes you, we encourage you to apply!

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP:

For over 10 years, Anthos has invited summer interns to join our team for a highly collaborative, well-supported, and fun experience.  Below are the details for our 2025 summer program:

• For current MBA students

• 10 weeks, from June 9 to August 15

• $1500 sign-on bonus, and $2250 per week

• Paired with an experienced investor

• Office location in Santa Monica, CA

• Highly selective full-time associate offers made at the conclusion of the program

• 1 full week of foundational training to get you and the other interns up-to-speed on VC and what an Anthos deal looks like

• A cohort of 4-6 other summer interns to work with and learn from

• Several social events to get to know the full Anthos team

• Open to those who are legally able to work in the U.S.

By the end of the summer, you will have made new friends and learned about what it means to be a Portfolio Strategy Associate at Anthos.

YOUR ROLE:

After the Sourcing team successfully closes a deal on a promising company, the Portfolio Strategy team plays a critical role in partnering with those companies and their leaders to inflect positive trajectories. They provide strategic counsel, and advice and guidance to our portfolio, while monitoring and reporting on the company's success. As a Portfolio Strategy intern, you will play an important role in supporting the broader team in providing a thoughtful level of support to portfolio company management teams.

• Counsel and advise the portfolio.

  • Provide strategic and operational support to leadership of existing portfolio companies, leveraging an extensive library of topical resources and ongoing engagement.

  • Develop proprietary playbooks and trainings to scalably support business improvement and optimization across the full Anthos portfolio.

• Connect with founders and partners.

  • Engage advisors and external service providers to drive step-change performance gains across the portfolio.

  • Alongside the team, partner with CEOs and founders to help them realize their mission using our vast network and resources.

• Monitor, report and identify.

  • Proactively seek and identify opportunities for financial/transactional intervention in portfolio companies including follow-on investment.

  • Report on portfolio company performance, competitive dynamics, and industry trends.

  • Conduct ad-hoc research and analysis on portfolio companies and sectors.

• Ad hoc projects to assist the broader Anthos team.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Currently enrolled in an MBA program at a top university with a strong GPA and work experience.  Applicants with previous experience in investment banking, consulting, venture capital/private equity, and/or in an operator role at a high-growth company may be ideally positioned.

• Strong financial capabilities.  Candidates should excel in interpreting and analyzing standard financial statements, showcasing a profound understanding of financial metrics. Additionally, they should possess the ability to perform moderately complex financial analysis and modeling.

• Relentlessness, unwavering work ethic, and coachability.  This includes self-motivation, drive, and the ability to grind under tight timelines and pressure.  The type of person who is successful at Anthos is open to constructive feedback because their broader goal is to continuously improve, not be “right”.

• Diligence, and keen eye for detail. The type of person who is successful at Anthos is someone who produces exceptional work. In your end-products, details are not missed. 

• Independent thinking and extreme curiosity.  Don’t follow the crowd, use your own intuition and facts to determine what will succeed. Use those facts to identify how we can leverage our network and resources to have a meaningful impact on the portfolio.

• Immense capacity for learning and ingesting facts and data.  Investing means drinking from the firehose always, even as a seasoned professional.  Proactively identifying where we can support our portfolio companies to enable their success will be crucial.

• Deeply-ingrained work ethic.  The type of person who is successful at Anthos is someone who doesn’t need to be asked to help out.  They’ve already done it.

• Ability to connect the dots about businesses and what’s happening in the world around you.  This is what we mean by business acumen.  It’s not something you learn in Econ class; it’s using logic, asking questions, and figuring out what’s going on before others do.

• Collaboration and low ego.  Our unique functional model requires team members to support each other to be successful.  We’re all in this together. 

Anthos Capital is committed to cultivating a fair, inclusive and equal work environment where every team member is empowered to bring their authentic self to work.

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