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Investment Intern, Portage Capital Solutions (Summer 2025)

New York, New York, United States

About Portage

Portage is a fintech and financial services-focused global investor that partners with some of the world's most innovative companies. Portage invests globally across key sector verticals, including wealth and asset management, insurance, consumer and small business finance, as well as payments. The Portage team has deep entrepreneurial and industry experience and provides founders with privileged access to the firm's partners, in-house value creation experts, and broader global ecosystem. Portage currently deploys capital through both its Venture strategy and its later-stage Capital Solutions strategy. The firm has offices in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Paris, and London.

Position Overview

The Portage Capital Solutions team is looking for an individual who is highly analytical and deeply passionate about fintech and financial services to join our team in New York or Toronto as an Investment Intern. This role focuses on evaluating growth and later-stage investment opportunities and providing steadfast support to our portfolio companies.

Your Responsibilities

  • Assisting in investment theses development to identify themes and investable opportunities
  • Owning analyses on new investment opportunities (e.g., financial, market, and company diligence), with relevant oversight
  • Developing a deep understanding of our portfolio companies and how their performance and outlook are evolving over time; supporting our portfolio companies on strategic initiatives
  • Supporting portfolio and fund analysis, including tracking our pipeline and consolidating KPIs across the portfolio

Experience and Qualifications

  • Self-driven with the ability to take initiative, prioritize, anticipate, and operate with limited guidance while managing multiple workstreams
  • Analytical and comfortable structuring quantitative analysis
  • Grit and team mentality, willingness to do whatever it takes
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and articulate thoughts about companies and markets concisely
  • Demonstrated interest in financial services and technology

We welcome all applications and wish to thank all candidates for their interest in applying for this position. However, only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

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We aim for 30% diversity at all levels of our staff by 2025 and we are rigorous in measuring and monitoring outcomes as we strive to meet our objective.

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