Sagard – Venture Investment Team – Portage – 6+ months

This posting is for candidates who can be available to work with us for 6 months (legally authorized to work in France under an internship contract (“convention de stage”) or apprenticeship).

Sagard

Portage is a global investment platform focused on fintech and financial services. Our team partners with ambitious companies across all stages, providing flexible capital and delivering a global network of investors, commercial partners, advisors and value creation experts. With deep industry knowledge and entrepreneurial experience, Portage is committed to supporting the leaders who are reshaping financial services.

Today, Portage Ventures manages $3.3Bn+ and has 65+ portfolio companies in 13 countries.

Job Overview 

We are currently looking for an individual who is highly analytical and deeply passionate about fintech to join our team in Paris as an Investment Intern. This person will play a pivotal role in supporting our team to source and evaluate entrepreneurial, breakthrough companies in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Support portfolio analysis including supervising our pipeline and consolidating critical metrics across portfolios
• Support the investment team to execute investment process (Company diligence, investment memo writing and desk research on industries and trends)
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis (e.g., financial analysis, market sizing, analyzing survey data, pricing analysis, competitive analysis, web analytics data)
• Contribute to our investment thesis analysis and writing
• Support fund operations including writing quarterly LP reports on new investments and our pipeline

Profile

• A strong passion and curiosity about investments and technology
• Self-starter – able to prioritize, and run on own with limited guidance
• Outstanding analytical skills, not quantum physics, but you should love numbers (we all do!)
• Organized with high attention to detail
• Excellent communication and writing skills; ability to synthesize and articulate thoughts about companies and markets concisely
• A first experience in M&A, Private Equity, Transaction Services or consulting is preferred
• Internship: 6+ months from June or September 2025

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