Founder Associate - Internship (Milan, Italy)
veliu
Italy (Milan)
Posted Jun 19, 2025
- Internship
- Staff
Job description
# Transforming Circular Economy
### Embrace our Mission
Circularity for everyone! We are on a mission to help people recover the value embedded in their pre-owned goods, transforming them into currency, and enabling brands to sell more sustainably. We’ve built a unique AI-powered, product-centric platform that connects retailers, consumers, and professional used-goods buyers. As we scale rapidly across Europe, we’re raising the bar for sustainability in one of the largest markets worldwide.
### Live by our Culture
We foster autonomy within our team, driven by our mission and the belief that 'culture eats strategy for breakfast.' In our view, agile management, long-term planning, and a deductive approach often fall short—only execution and tangible results truly matter. We believe in shared ownership of the company and learning through experimentation.
### Join our Team
We are highly focussed on people and work relentlessly to put the best possible team together. Veliuers have worked in some of the best startups worldwide: Senso, Palantir, Reddit, Meta, Scalapay, Sibill, ScaleAi, Satispay and more!
We secured our 4m USD pre-seed round in July 2025 and we have giga office in Milan (Italy).
# Founder Associate Internship: a front-Row Seat to Startup Building
As a Founder's Associate , you will be the right-hand man of our leadership team.
Working side by side with CEO, CTO, C\*O and you will get exposed and contribute to how a startup is built, how a tech product is launched, built, re-imagined and promoted.
You'll also get direct access to our investors and key partners, join high-pressure meetings, get proximity to our end users.
## What you will own
Depending on your superpowers and inclinations, you might get involved in:
- Strategic Support: Join all key meetings around product roadmap, vision, and go-to-market strategy.
- Financial & Growth Planning: Collaborate on financial models, cash flow planning, and growth tactics.
- Customer Success & BizDev: Help manage key customer relationships and close early strategic deals.
- Investor & Partner Relations: Assist in preparing updates, pitch decks, and communication for VCs, banks, and sector partners.
- Tech & Automation: Get hands-on with the latest in AI, automation, APIs, and low-code/no-code tools.
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## We’re looking for someone with:
- An entrepreneurial mindset – hungry to learn, comfortable with uncertainty, and unafraid to get their hands dirty.
- A builder mentality – you've started something before (a project, side hustle, student initiative, etc.).
- Deep interest in startups, technology, fintech, or the circular economy.
**Nice to have**
- You've built and launched software, webapp or a product first hand or with a team
- You've tried no-code/low-code building tools like n8n, Lovable, API, etc...