Visiting Analyst (m/f/d) | Defence Fund

Key Parameters

• Interviewing on an ongoing basis for the Visiting Analyst (m/f/d) position (Rolling Admissions)
• Current earliest starting date: Autumn 2026
• Duration: 5-6 months
• Based in Hamburg  (no German language requirement)
• Complete interviews with our team and a case study
• Become a valued part of DTCP’s Investment Team, investing into tomorrow's defence, security, and resilience tech infrastructure and be involved at every stage of the investment process

About DTCP

DTCP is an independent investment management firm with over 3 billion euros in assets under management and more than 70 professionals.

With this fund, DTCP is actively investing in the emerging and leading European defence, security, and resilience technology companies across Series A to C financing stages. The fund plans to make investments in up to 25 companies, with an average investment size of approximately €20 million. Our objective is to support the growth of high-performing European defence, security, and resilience technology companies and to contribute to Europe’s long-term technological capability and security infrastructure.

DTCP has been investing successfully in IT- and security technologies for more than a decade. Its existing Growth Equity portfolio has a strong focus on cybersecurity and AI companies.

Your Role

As a Visiting Analyst, you will join DTCP's Investment team and will have the following responsibilities along the investment process:

• Investment Thesis Building: Contribute to our investment theses by diving into specific verticals and domains to build knowledge and expertise to develop bullet-proof investment strategies
• Dealflow creation: Identify emerging European defence, security, and resilience tech companies across the different domains  
• Company Analysis & Pitching: Build a shortlist of the most promising investment opportunities, conduct first high-level evaluation and pitch potential opportunities to the team
• Due Diligence: Participate in Due Diligence on live transactions (incl. financial modelling, market research, competition analysis, reference calls, valuation nationalisation etc.)
• Portfolio Support: Support the investment team in their work with portfolio companies in financial, operational, and strategic matters. Monitor portfolio companies in terms of growth milestones.

Your Profile

• Bachelor degree/Master’s degree in finance, business, or engineering or related fields
• Work experience in investment banking, consulting, private equity, venture capital and/or tech startups.
• A genuine passion for geopolitics, emerging technologies and innovation
• Outstanding analytical skills, strategic thinking, and exceptional attention to details
• Ability to work through numbers and deliver insights in well-organized presentations
• Confident and positive, results driven, high energy with strong ability to learn
• Strong intellectual curiosity and willingness to go the extra mile
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills in English
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Citizenship of a NATO member state, right to work in the EU

What sets us apart

• Meaningful scale: This fund is the largest privately managed venture capital initiative to date in Europe with a dedicated focus on defence, security, and resilience technologies
• Proven track record at the intersection of security and technology:DTCP brings more than a decade of investing in IT and security, with an existing portfolio spanning cybersecurity and AI as well as dual-use leaders e.g., Quantum Systems, Anomali, Axonius, demonstrating real pattern recognition in building and scaling security-relevant tech businesses.
• Highly experienced team: Join a diverse, international, and highly skilled team with both military and financial backgrounds
• Strong network: Relationships with European co-investors providing access to the continent’s best companies

The applicant fulfils the requirement of reliability within the meaning of Sec. 1 (20) Nos. 1 to 3 GwG