Working alongside Guillaume, founding Partner of Hexa Sprint’s European Defense, you’ll help run our acceleration program — from scouting startups to supporting the cohort.

You’ll dive deep into the startup studio world, learning how we spot, support, and scale ambitious founders in tech and defense.

This internship is a unique chance to see how early-stage VC and startup acceleration work from the inside.

💯 Your responsibilities

Startup scouting & analysis

• Research defense & dual-use markets to identify emerging opportunities

• Source and qualify promising startups and founders across Europe

• Assess applications and share recommendations for selection

  Cohort operations & support

• Help onboard and coordinate startups throughout the program

• Organize key rituals (weekly meetings, office hours, expert sessions)

• Ensure smooth collaboration between startups, experts, and partners and share key learnings

  Ecosystem & events

• Contribute to organizing events and demo sessions

• Support communication and visibility of the program and its startups

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s degree of Business or Engineering school (available 6 months / starting January)

• Previous experience in VC, consulting, or startup acceleration

• Strong curiosity for tech, defense, and the European innovation ecosystem

• Fast learner, proactive, and feedback-driven with an analytical mindset

• Bonus: if you are comfortable with Excel, Notion, or automation tools (Zapier, etc.)

  ### 👋 What we offer

• 🚀 A front-row seat in the emerging European defense tech ecosystem

• 🚇 Green transportation: you’ll get compensation to pay for your green transportation to and from the office, whether you ride the metro, train, come by bike, electric scooter, or any other green modes of transportation to the office - as part of Swile’s mobility subscription

• 🎉 Demotime: a quarterly offsite where all of our startups pitch and demo their latest products (some in some sweet locations too!)

• 😋 Voucher meal: we’ll cover 50% of your monthly lunch via Swile

• 1st Intro call with our Talent Team (30min)

• Meeting with Guillaume to get to know each other and discuss about your experiences and interests (30min)

• Business Case & Feedback session with Guillaume

• Reference checks & Offer 🎉