Private Equity Intern

Run by a Northwestern University Kellogg MBA alumni and acquiring small businesses and real estate in the United States. Capy Capital was founded in August of 2022 by Marcella Lobo-Ericson.

We are seeking undergraduate students. The internship can be full time or part time and can continue through the school year. The minimum commitment is 12 hours a week. The internship is unpaid. 

We currently have three portfolio companies and are seeking to purchase another company in 2024. 

You will work directly with the founder and be exposed to live deals and transactions as well as one-time projects with portfolio companies.

The work is typically able to be considered for college credit and we will provide letters of recommendation to consulting, banks and other private equity firms etc.

We will strive to integrate you into our deal flow. A lot of the work may sometimes be tiresome, and you will hear thousands of “Nos” because 75%+ of your time will be devoted to proprietary outreach to owners of businesses that are NOT for sale. The process is like finding a needle in the haystack, but it is incredibly fun to learn about a new industry and why a business is profitable. 

This will be a meaningful internship experience where you will learn how to be scrappy. We can design this internship to fulfill your professional goals when possible. 

Do not accept this role if you are not humble and are looking for a traditional private equity environment. This internship will be unorthodox, a meaningful learning experience and fun. 

Internship Duties (% of time dedicated to each task):

After 20-40 hours of on-the-job training, you will be proficient in handling the brokered side of search and everything from industry generation and scheduling calls with owners on the proprietary side of search.

• Finding companies via online searches and “outreach” (cold emails and cold calls). 
• Reading CIMs and other marketing materials to evaluate companies. 
• Helping with the deal process, such as getting NDAs signed, requesting data, and finding potential red flags in target companies. 
• Researching industries and finding sectors that might match your fund’s areas of interest.
• Projects with portfolio companies (if desired)