Intern

University Ecosystem Intern

Duration: 12 weeks (January 21 – April 15, 2027)

Start Date: January 21, 2027

Location: Remote

Application Deadline: November 29, 2026

Time Commitment: Approximately 15 hours per week.

Weekly Team Meetings: Tuesdays 8:30 - 9:00 am PT, Fridays 10:00 - 11:00 am PT.

About Precursor Ventures

Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA, investing at the pre-Series A stage. We make 30 to 50 new investments annually across the software and hardware ecosystem. With $250 million under management, we are one of the most active investors in the early-stage venture capital ecosystem.

Position Overview

Seeking a current student who enjoys building, community engagement, and storytelling. The intern will help student founders and builders connect with Precursor, focusing on campus relationships and innovative ways for Precursor to support student builders. This role offers insight into how an early-stage firm evaluates and invests in startups.

Key Responsibilities

• Campus Relationships: Build relationships with student builders, hacker communities, and entrepreneurship clubs.
• Campus Strategy: Propose and test authentic ways for Precursor to engage with student communities.
• Telling Our Story: Develop content, events, newsletters, or other formats to introduce Precursor to student audiences.
• Learning Venture Capital: Attend weekly team meetings, observe founder pitches, and learn investment evaluation processes. Evaluate startups alongside the team and receive feedback.
• Capstone Project: Design and host a campus event for your community, such as a workshop, founder dinner, demo night, or intro to VC session.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at a United States college or university.
• Authorized to work in the US (no employer-sponsored employment visas).
• Demonstrable experience building a project, community, event, or online presence.
• Understanding of student founder needs and comfort with outreach.
• Enjoyment of both creative work and hands-on execution.
• Curiosity about startups and venture capital.
• No previous venture capital experience required.

What We Offer

• Paid, part-time internship.
• Hands-on ownership in how a venture firm supports student founders.
• Understanding of early-stage investor sourcing, evaluation, and decision-making.
• Collaboration with committed investors.
• Exposure to early-stage startups and their founders.

How to Apply

Submit a short introduction, links to something you've built, created, organized, or grown with a sentence on its purpose. Include information on campus communities you know and one idea you'd like to try at Precursor. Mention any network referrals.