Summer Associates play an integral part in generating deal flow for the firm and analyzing potential investments alongside the Senior Investment team. Successful Associates will speak to ~200 entrepreneurs. Once an Associate identifies an opportunity, he/she will help lead the due diligence process.

Summer Associates will be current Juniors in college. Associates are entrepreneurial self-starters who are outgoing and motivated to succeed in fast paced environment. Successful candidates will often have had experience in consulting/finance/startups and have history of extracurricular success.

Lead Edge Capital (“LEC”) is a growth equity firm with over $1 billion in assets. Founded in 2009, LEC invests in rapidly growing software, internet, consumer, tech-enabled and healthcare services companies around the globe. One of the firm’s core differentiators is that LEC’s investors are primarily current or former Fortune 500 C-level executives or board members, successful entrepreneurs, and advisors to big companies. LEC leverages its investors to (1) help companies by accelerating business development and sales via introductions to senior-level decision makers and (2) engage their networks to identify and place board members, advisors, and talent to prospective and portfolio companies. Lead Edge has invested in leading technology companies around the world such as Alibaba Group, Uber, Refinery29, Marketo, Bazaarvoice, Mindbody, Drilling Info, Refinery29, BlaBlaCar, Catawiki and Duo Security. The firm has offices in New York, NY and Santa Barbara, CA.