Founders Associate Intern (m/w/d)

Berlin

Full-time

Intern / Student

About the role

Do you want to experience first-hand how a start-up operates and make a real impact from day one? Are you looking for an extraordinary opportunity to work directly with experienced founders, including the CEO, and gain invaluable insights into building and scaling a company? Then this is your chance to be part of something transformative—while working on exciting projects involving some of the most prominent media stars and influencers of the younger generation, like Luciano!

As a Founders Associate intern, you’ll take on significant responsibility and ownership right from the start. You’ll lead and support high-impact projects across the entire organization, learning about every aspect of an early-stage start-up. Working closely with our founders and leadership team, you’ll not only contribute your ideas but also help drive our vision forward.

Next available Slots are in fall 2026.

What you will do:

Project management: You will work on various important projects simultaneously that include multiple different stakeholders from both inside and outside the organisation.
Screen candidates: You will be screening potential candidates and help to build up the team and culture. Allowing us to hire the most talented candidates that fit into our growing team.
Presentations: You will directly support the C-Level with preparing presentations for external stakeholders
Build playbooks: As a Founders Associate intern, you will implement and improve operational processes across the entire organisation. Enabling us to scale our business.
Be entrepreneurial: solutions driven, and capable of thinking outside of the box.

What You Can Expect

Learn by Doing: Gain hands-on experience in entrepreneurship and start-up building.
Dedicated Mentorship: Work closely with a leadership team mentor to support your growth.
Cross-Functional Rotations: Explore key departments like tech, finance, marketing, operations, and growth.
Exclusive Access: Join private talks with Europe’s top founders, exclusively for the LANCH team.
Fundraising Insights: Master fundraising in a full-day session, including e.g., pitch deck creation, strategy, and a live call with a VC General Partner.

About you

To succeed in this role, you:

Possess excellent communication skills in german and english, both written and verbal.
Are currently pursuing your Master’s degree in business studies or a related field.
Bring at least 2 years of experience in a fast-paced environment, such as a start-up, investment banking, or consulting.
Have hands-on experience with Google Workspace tools, particularly Google Sheets.
Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills, a data-driven mindset, and the ability to take ownership of impactful projects.
Are highly motivated to contribute to building a start-up from the ground up.
Exhibit a hands-on mentality and a willingness to go above and beyond to achieve results.
Apply critical thinking and strategic insight to evaluate and implement the best possible outcomes.

Additional Information:
We prioritize candidates who are available for 4 to 6 months. However, if your availability is shorter, we encourage you to explore our Entrepreneur in Residence program as an alternative opportunity.

Über uns

LANCH ist das wahrscheinlich am schnellsten wachsende Consumer‑Startup in Deutschland, gegründet von Serial Entrepreneurs und unterstützt von den besten Investoren Europas. Unsere Vision ist es, schon heute die Lebensmittelmarken von morgen zu schaffen, und zwar in den Bereichen Delivery, Store und CPG. Wir betreiben mehrere Ghost Kitchen Brands, expandieren derzeit stark auch international und treiben mit Loco Chicken gerade eine große Store‑Expansion voran. Unterstützt werden wir von HV Capital, Felix Capital und einer Reihe von Superstar‑Investoren wie den Machern von FlixBus, Gorillas, Flaschenpost, Glovo, Foodspring, Foodora, HelloFresh, Wolt, sowie den bekanntesten Stars unserer Zeit wie Knossi, Luciano, Mario Götze, André Schürrle und Trymacs.

5 Reasons to join LANCH:
1. Huge growth & even bigger growth ahead
LANCH is the fastest growing consumer company in DACH ever and it’s still the very beginning. A journey like this brings massive career growth trajectory for you.
2. Work with experiences founders & C-Level
Serial founders who have exited companies to Netflix, DeliveryHero, Bird and experienced C-Level.
3. Trusted by the best investors out there
Raised oversubscribed pre-seed to Series A rounds in less than a year in the toughest venture market. Backed by Europe’s best investors such as HV Capital, Felix Capital, founders of FlixBus, Flaschenpost, Foodora, Foodspring, Glovo, Wolt or superstars like Mario Götze, Knossi, Luciano, André Schürrle & more.
4. Early enough to have huge impact but late enough to know the business works & scales fast
Timing is everything: joining LANCH now is the perfect timing. We already know the business works and we have already fulfilled over 2.4 million orders. However, we are still small and you will have massive impact and career growth ahead.
5. Culture, fun, success - join a great team

- We're growing incredibly fast - be prepared to learn a lot and take on responsibility.
- An exceptionally good and experienced team. Here you can build your career.
- Fair compensation and shares in LANCH (for permanent employees).
- 70+ team members after just 3 years and flat hierarchies.
- Team offsites every 16 weeks to connect face-to-face and strengthen our relationships.
- Full autonomy at every level.