About the role:

Want to learn about fintech start-ups business models? Are you interested in venture capital and innovation? Apply for our Student Assistant role on Industry Insights, and become an expert in how:

• Start-ups grow

• Venture capital funds invest

• Corporates innovate through start-up partnerships

In this role, you will help us research Danish and global fintech start-ups, from their go-to-market strategies, potential product-market-fit, funding and much more. You will also help us work within how larger corporates can innovate internally, but also through start-up collaboration, as well as researching venture capital funds and their investment in the industry.

You might be able to work with the future unicorns of the Danish fintech sector.

About you:

• You are on your BSc or MSc and have a strong interest in learning about the fintech sector, from the point of view of start-ups, corporates, investors and regulatory stakeholders.

• We don’t care what you study, and you may not be an expert right now, but you need an analytical mind and must be interested in:

  • (Fintech) start-up business models.

  • Macro overview of the fintech sector.

• You enjoy working in a start-up culture, that is relaxed, built on trust, and with rapid continuous changes. 

• High level of written and oral communication.

About Copenhagen Fintech:

Copenhagen Fintech is an association built on the vision of creating a Danish growth adventure within fintech. Copenhagen Fintech combines the visionary ideas of fintech entrepreneurs, the experience of the established financial sector, the desire for societal benefits of the public sector and the research from the universities with the overarching purpose of building a thriving fintech ecosystem for the benefit of all stakeholders.

How to apply:

Upload CV and motivational letter in a single PDF file.

Why work with Copenhagen Fintech:

• You get access to knowledge and relations within start-ups, investors, corporates, and all other types of stakeholders in the fintech ecosystem.

• Our co-working space Copenhagen Fintech Lab has grown to host more than 130 companies since its launch.

• The growth in Danish fintech the last few years has been astounding, with a growth in investments from 50 million DKK in 2014, to several billions each year from 2018-2021. If you want to be part of growing this sector and turning Denmark into the most attractive fintech country of all, this is the place for you.

Practicalities:

• Office in beautiful Christianshavn, Copenhagen, (2 minute walk from the metro).

• 15 hours a week (2 days) on average.

• Salary is competitive student assistant salary.