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Resources for Students Looking for Positions at Early Stage Companies

• Some venture funds aggregate position openings at their portfolio companies:
   
  
  • VentureLoop
    www.ventureloop.com
    This online job resources features postings for 585 startup companies with over 4800 jobs active on site and represents 20 top-tier VC firms in the US and Europe (and adding more every month), as well as a resume database searchable by the startups.
     
    In addition to full-time postings, VentureLoop offer an area dedicated to Internship opportunities; this area is offered exclusively to students at Wharton and other peer schools. Student resumes can now be submitted; VentureLoop expects its start-up companies to begin actively posting positions in Q1, 2008.
   
  
  • Highland Capital Partners
    http://www.hcp.com/careernet/
    1-Click access to hundreds of job openings at emerging growth organizations. Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm who has invested in more than 150 early and growth stage companies. Highland built the CareerNet application exclusively for Highland-backed companies searching for high-quality employees. Candidates interested in jobs at venture-backed organizations can view hundreds of up-to-date, relevant career opportunities in one centralized location. All 200+ job listings are for opportunities at venture-backed, early-stage, emerging growth companies. Recently, CareerNet was expanded to include Summer Internship opportunities for those Highland-backed portfolio companies searching for top-tier business school students to fill summer internship positions.
   
  
  • First Round Capital
    http://www.firstroundcapital.com/
   
  
  • Foundation Capital
    http://www.hireloop.com/foundationcap/careers/portfolio_careers_home.asp
   
  
  • Sequoia Capital
    http://www.hireloop.com/sequoia%2Denterprise/careers/portfolio_careers_home.asp
 

• Read about some of the exciting experiences your classmates had working at early-stage companies last summer.
 

• Nov 2007 Career Brown-Bag: Working at an Early-Stage Company
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • Handout (PDF)
• Oct 2006 Career Brown-Bag Presentation: Working at an Early-Stage Company (PDF)
 

• There are also resources available through the University of Pennsylvania Library including VentureXpert.
   
  VentureXpert is the single source for comprehensive information covering venture, buyouts, private equity funds, firms, executives, portfolio companies and limited partners around the world. Using this database, you can search for start-up firms based on industry, funds investing, etc.