Pender Ventures is seeking a Venture Capital Intern to join us in September 2026. This role will be based in Vancouver. The intern will assist the investment team with industry research, deal flow screening, special projects and general research support.
A core part of this role is proactively identifying, reaching out to and speaking directly with founders and management teams to source and vet prospective investment opportunities. The successful candidate will be comfortable initiating conversations with companies, asking sharp questions, and forming an independent view on quality and fit.
About Pender Ventures
Pender Ventures is a generalist fund that invests in a concentrated selection of B2B Enterprise SaaS / AI as well as health-focused technology companies at their inflection point of commercialization to scale. We thrive on working alongside entrepreneurs, technologists and management teams as partners executing on a plan, applying a scale-up framework and diversity influence to drive top-quartile returns and create tangible impact. Integrity, transparency and alignment are the guiding values that drive us.
Our Venture Capital intern will gain experience through:
- Sourcing and reaching out to prospective portfolio companies, and conducting introductory calls to vet fit, quality and alignment with our investment thesis
- Conducting in-depth sector analysis on current trends in various technology sectors
- Assisting with due-diligence efforts on prospective investments
- Performing other projects relating to the investment team
This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate pursuing an undergraduate degree in business or STEM. The successful candidate will have:
- Comfort and confidence initiating conversations with founders and executives, including cold outreach, and the interpersonal skills to ask thoughtful questions and vet a company’s quality and fit
- A strong interest in the fields of investment and technology, or entrepreneurship
- Strong understanding of financial statements and financial models
- Progression in CFA program
- Experience in a University Seed Fund
- Proficiency in MS Office, and Slack, and some familiarity with CRMs is a plus
- A self-starting attitude, creativity, high motivation and the ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Curiosity about how businesses work, resourcefulness and critical thinking skills
- The ability to focus on details, complete tasks thoroughly and accurately
- A team orientation and desire to work in a fast‐paced environment
- Strong verbal and written communication, administrative and organizational skills
If you are interested in the world of investing and looking for opportunities to network within the venture capital industry, we’d love to hear from you.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion:
Pender is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace that recognizes and values differences. It is a core principle at Pender that an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace simply makes us better. A diverse team with a range of knowledge and experience makes better decisions, which means better results for our stakeholders. We do not discriminate on any basis and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. When selecting candidates for employment, promotion, training or any other benefits, it is on the basis of aptitude and ability. Should you require any accommodation or have questions, please let us know.
Skills Required
- Comfort and confidence initiating conversations with founders and executives, including cold outreach, and vetting company quality and fit
- Strong interest in investment, technology, or entrepreneurship
- Strong understanding of financial statements and financial models
- Progression in CFA program
- Experience in a University Seed Fund
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Proficiency in Slack
- Familiarity with CRMs
- Self-starting attitude, creativity, high motivation and ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Curiosity, resourcefulness and critical thinking skills
- Ability to focus on details and complete tasks thoroughly and accurately
- Team orientation and desire to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong verbal and written communication, administrative and organizational skills
What We Do
Pender was founded in 2003 and is an independent, employee-owned investment firm located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Our goal is to protect and grow wealth for our investors over time. We have a talented investment team of expert analysts, security selectors and independent thinkers who actively manage our suite of niche investment funds, exploiting inefficient parts of the investing universe to achieve our goal. We believe that small and nimble funds, such as ours, can be opportunistic, accessing unique investment opportunities that are potentially rewarding for investors. We believe that funds with concentrated portfolios of value‐based investments have the potential to generate superior long‐term, risk‐adjusted returns. We believe that managers who have their own financial interests aligned with those of investors show greater conviction and act with heightened vigilance of both risks and opportunities. We believe that a diverse and inclusive team drives more rounded conversations, leading to better decision making for our funds.
