Come join Connecticut Innovations (CI) as a Fall 2025 MBA Intern supporting our Technology Fund with opportunities to support other CI Venture Funds!
Connecticut Innovations (CI)
As Connecticut's strategic venture capital arm and one of the most active investors on the eastern seaboard, CI has a portfolio of 220+ companies across various industries, with strengths in life sciences, technology and climate tech. CI meets with hundreds of companies every year, identifying the most promising early-stage companies looking to grow in the state. Every year, CI invests in 20+ new companies, in addition to providing follow-on capital to existing portfolio companies. CI also invests as a Limited Partner in outside venture funds based in CT (17 in the past 6 years).
CI announced it invested $45.8 million in 67 companies and venture funds throughout the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. CI's investments also helped to attract an additional $653 million in outside capital into its portfolio companies. The fiscal year generated $43.2 million in proceeds, which will allow CI to invest in more early-stage companies in the future.
Our culture is vibrant, diverse, collaborative, and inclusive. We embrace perspective and have mission alignment on our impact to Connecticut's innovation ecosystem. We host or participate in over 20 ecosystem events per year, and our headquarters at The District in New Haven is a catalyst for partnership and an innovation ecosystem community hub.
Connecticut Technology Fund
Our Technology Fund has provided more than $140 million to date to Connecticut's promising high-tech companies (140+), with a focus on FinTech, InsurTech, SaaS and PaaS early-stage companies. We have realized over $135 million in proceeds from our investments in this Fund. We have also attracted companies to Connecticut from both coasts and as far away as Europe!
Venture Capital (VC) Fall 2025 MBA Intern
All Venture Team members play a pivotal role as part of the investment due diligence process and post-investment, as part of scaling the portfolio company. As an organization, we embrace diversity of thought, listen with an open mind, think big and concretely, and invest with the mission in mind.
The Fall 2025 MBA Intern will help execute our investment strategy by researching promising technology markets. They also participate in all phases of the investment process including due diligence, meetings with management, focused company and industry research, financial modeling, writing investment recommendations, and supporting CI portfolio companies as board observers.
We are currently seeking a VC Fall 2025 MBA Intern to join our Technology Fund Venture Team for ~20 hours a week (with opportunities to extend the internship into Spring 2026) and help develop and manage an active high-tech portfolio. Candidates should be self-starting, curious, flexible and have knowledge of financial statements, business plans and other financial and legal documents.
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This role will work at CI's headquarters in New Haven, CT ( District | Coworking Space ). Living in Connecticut is required for this role. This would be a paid internship.
Connecticut Innovations is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We welcome all candidates to apply regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or status as a protected veteran.
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Internship Fall 2025 • New Haven, CT, USA