Founder Associate Intern

About Us

Casavo is an Italian proptech company operating in the residential real estate market. We leverage technology to simplify and expedite the process of buying and selling real estate.

Position: Founder Associate Intern
Location: Milan
Reports to: Founder & CEO
Type: Internship

We are looking for a Founder Associate to work directly alongside our CEO and senior leadership team acting as a trusted right hand on the companys most strategic workstreams from M&A and investor relations to cross-functional initiatives in a fast-moving proptech scale-up

Key Responsibilities

• Executive & Investors Materials Preparation: Support the CEO and CFO in preparing materials for investors meetings (e.g. Board of Directors fundraising roadshows investor reporting etc.) as well as internal management materials (e.g. CLevel meetings CLevel retreats etc.).
• M&A Strategic Playbook Design: Support the CEO and GM in documenting the strategy and playbook related to AI-based roll-ups with a focus on network of real estate agencies across Italy and France including market assessment pipeline profiling underwriting & structure criteria EBITDA value creation plan and pre-/post-M&A processes
• M&A Business & Financial Diligence: Support the CEO and management team leveraging the support of external advisors in processing business and financial diligence of the identified M&A qualified targets aimed at building sound investment memos for effective decision-making
• Casavo Investments Strategic Projects Support: Support the CEO and Real Estate Asset Manager in bringing forward key strategic projects related to Casavo Investments units (e.g. capital structure reviews process improvements and special situations deals)
• General Cross-Functional Initiatives Support: Be a sparring partner for the CEO based on Companys contingencies with regards to any cross-functional/ horizontal initiatives.

Background & Functional Experience

• MSc in Engineering Business Finance broadly.
• Previous internships in investment banking or strategic consulting is a plus.
• Italian native-speaking;
• English proficiency;
• French knowledge is a plus.

Personal Attributes & Soft Skills

• Willing to build things with a hands-on approach and bias for action
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset with business curiosity
• Strong analytical skills (Office/ Google Suite)
• Financial statements/ corporate finance understanding
• Market research capabilities