Founder Associate - Internship (Milan, Italy)

Responsibilities

• Depending on your superpowers and inclinations, you might get involved in:
• Strategic Support: Join all key meetings around product roadmap, vision, and go-to-market strategy.
• Financial & Growth Planning: Collaborate on financial models, cash flow planning, and growth tactics.
• Customer Success & BizDev: Help manage key customer relationships and close early strategic deals.
• Investor & Partner Relations: Assist in preparing updates, pitch decks, and communication for VCs, banks, and sector partners.
• Tech & Automation: Get hands-on with the latest in AI, automation, APIs, and low-code/no-code tools.
• We're looking for someone with:
• An entrepreneurial mindset - hungry to learn, comfortable with uncertainty, and unafraid to get their hands dirty.
• A builder mentality - you've started something before (a project, side hustle, student initiative, etc.).
• Deep interest in startups, technology, fintech, or the circular economy.

Requirements

• You've built and launched software, webapp or a product first hand or with a team
• You've tried no-code/low-code building tools like n8n, Lovable, API, Bubble.io etc...

Benefits

Additional Information

Transforming Circular Economy Embrace our Mission Circularity for everyone! We are on a mission to help people recover the value embedded in their pre-owned goods, transforming them into currency, and enabling brands to sell more sustainably. We've built a unique AI-powered, product-centric platform that connects retailers, consumers, and professional used-goods buyers. As we scale rapidly across Europe, we're raising the bar for sustainability in one of the largest markets worldwide. Live by our Culture We foster autonomy within our team, driven by our mission and the belief that 'culture eats strategy for breakfast.' In our view, agile management, long-term planning, and a deductive approach often fall short-only execution and tangible results truly matter. We believe in shared ownership of the company and learning through experimentation. Join our Team We are highly focussed on people and work relentlessly to put the best possible team together. Veliuers have worked in some of the best startups worldwide: Senso, Palantir, Reddit, Meta, Scalapay, Sibill, ScaleAi, Satispay and more! We secured our 4m USD pre-seed round in July 2025 and we have giga office in Milan (Italy). Founder Associate Internship: a front-Row Seat to Startup Building As a Founder's Associate , you will be the right-hand man of our leadership team. Working side by side with CEO, CTO, C*O and you will get exposed and contribute to how a startup is built, how a tech product is launched, built, re-imagined and promoted. You'll also get direct access to our investors and key partners, join high-pressure meetings, get proximity to our end users.

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