Intern - Founders Associate (f/m/d) Fintech Startup (Serial Entrepreneurs) Starting in January 2027
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Job description
Founders Associate Intern working directly alongside the founding team on all aspects of building finperks, a prepaid products API platform. The role spans brand approvals, sales support, strategic projects, automation and client onboarding.
At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Work mode
- On-site · Berlin, Germany
- Languages
- English – fluent, German
What you'll do
- Own brand approval workflows across clients, markets and suppliers – from building client-specific brand lists to preparing one-pagers and volume forecasts for suppliers and tracking approvals until brands go live
- Build and run outreach campaigns, create and enrich lead lists, and prepare tailored offers and materials for clients and brands
- Work on founder-level topics such as market entry, internationalization and pricing, building your own analyses and decision materials; be involved in the next funding round by preparing fundraising and due diligence materials
- Build internal tools, trackers and automations (e.g. with AI tools) that help us scale
- Support new clients from contract signing to go-live, including product setup in our platform and supplier coordination
- Work closely with sales, brand & supplier, product and tech to drive projects across team boundaries – and occasionally represent finperks at conferences, events or client dinners
What we're looking for
- You're motivated to go the extra mile and thrive in fast-paced, dynamic startup environments
- You're proficient in Excel and PowerPoint and comfortable working with CRM tools and Notion, with strong analytical skills and the ability to quickly grasp complex business models and market dynamics
- You keep many workstreams on track at once and care about getting the details right
- You're comfortable with AI tools and can implement small automations independently
- Excellent English; German is a plus. Any additional European language (e.g. French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Romanian) is a big advantage
- You're excited about building something from scratch and comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration
- You're willing to relocate to Berlin and work from our office in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Nice to have
- Prior startup/FinTech or Consulting experience
Benefits
Experience first-hand how a venture grows from its first clients to expansion across Europe, and learn how business models, markets and partnerships are evaluated along the way
Get close to the investment side through our next funding round, learning how investors evaluate startups and make investment decisions
- Work directly with founders who've built and successfully exited one of Germany's most successful FinTech companies
- You'll be a full team member with real responsibility and the opportunity to shape the company's direction
- Immerse yourself in Berlin's vibrant startup scene and build a network that will accelerate your career
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About finperks GmbH
A Stripe/Adyen for all prepaid products and payments
finperks is building a global champion for prepaid products: gift cards (Apple, Amazon, Google), airtime and eCash, all in one simple API. Instead of 5 players in the chain (brand → issuing tech provider → global distributor → local distributor → client), finperks connects brands directly with clients via its platform.
Mission
Financially empower people across Europe
Key facts
- 2025
- Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany
- FinTech
- Raised a $4M pre-seed round led by Motive Partners
- Built access to more than 1,000 brands across Europe
- Gone live with 11 clients
- Market of about €600bn sold per year today, going to €1.8tn by 2028
- Team of 20 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
- Founders co-founded and led Viafintech (Barzahlen) to 100+ FTE, active in 17 markets across the EU and USA, sold in 2021 to NYSE-listed Paysafe Group
Partners & customers
What they value
- High ownership
- Low ego
- Kind humans
- We ship fast
- Help each other
- Celebrate wins