Startup Challenge Analyst (Internship)

The Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge is one of the world’s largest early-stage deep tech startup competitions, receiving an average of 4,800 applications from 120 countries across all industries (biochemistry, healthcare, energy, aerospace, etc.).

We select a few hundred Deep Tech Pioneers—our most innovative startups—and ultimately narrow it down to the TOP 100 Hello Tomorrow startups who pitch in front of investors and major corporations during our Global Summit (with over 3,500 attendees).

Over the past 11 years of the Challenge, we’ve built a community of more than 5,000 Deep Tech Pioneers, to whom we provide access to our services and network of investors and experts, helping accelerate their growth.

More precisely, reporting to our Hello Tomorrow Challenge Manager you will:

Scope #1

• Source the best deep tech startups from around the world and convince them to apply to the Global Challenge. You’ll be looking for the most disruptive technologies, scraping data from the web and contacting the most promising deep tech entrepreneurs to promote the competition.

Scope #2

• Help us organize the juries and selection process and take part in the first round of startup evaluations (depending on your expertise and background). You’ll be going through hundreds of exciting projects, sorting out the most outstanding and impactful ones and helping prepare the whole evaluation process with hundreds of jury members involved.

Scope #3

• Support startups before and during the Challenge. As the main point of contact, you’ll be liaising first with the entrepreneurs to support them in filling out their application form and later, to help them prepare for the Global Summit and make the most of the competition.

Scope #4

• Participate in expansion of our community, You will be included in different transversal projects aiming to increase and leverage our community.

• You are deeply fascinated by and passionate about science, technologies and innovation

• You have a good understanding of scientific, engineering and/or technical subjects and have a technical, scientific or engineering background

• You have a good understanding of the deep tech ecosystem

• You’re a native English speaker or fully fluent in English

• You have experience working with Microsoft suite and Gsuite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Spreadsheets, etc.)

• Experience in a growing startup or small company is a plus

YOUR SKILLS & TALENTS

• You’re forthcoming and good at convincing people, have very good communication and negotiation skills

• You’re very well organized and rigorous

• You’re autonomous

• You’re tech-savvy

• You’re willing to take initiative

• You’re very curious

• You have a strong belief in getting things done!

• You are a team player, curious, empathetic, humble and eager to do your best to create a positive impact!

THIS JOB IS NOT FOR YOU IF

• You prefer working in a highly structured, routine environment over a dynamic and fast-paced one

• You don’t have a valid visa for the whole period of the internship.

• You are not eligible to sign a convention de stage.

• You are not available for a full-time internship for 6 months, starting in September/ October 2026.

• You can’t work in Paris (2 days per week on-site).

WHAT WE OFFER

• Monthly gross salary per month from €1,100 to €1,400, according to our salary grid and according to the level of studies

• 6 months Internship starting in October 2026

• A human-sized, international, impact-driven, open and supportive team, at the top of their game

• The opportunity to work on a wide variety of sectors and to build in-depth technical and business expertise in many different fields

• People-centered work environment allowing talents to be accountable for their scope, to develop and grow

• Year-round team-building activities

• Hybrid model (2 days per week on-site)

• Flexible working hours

• A very nice office space at Kwerk Madeleine (heart of Paris) with free access to sports and wellbeing classes (gym, meditation, boxing, yoga, pilates, conferences…)

• 55% of your public transportation pass reimbursed (above the legal minimum)

• Lunch vouchers with a face value of €8/worked day (Edenred)

• 10 days of paid leave

If your profile fits the job description, you will have 3 interviews: 

• one interview with your future manager,

• one case study to be presented, 

• followed by a cultural-fit and a coffee with your future peers to make sure you would align with our values and that you would enjoy working with your future colleagues!

The process usually takes around a month and we do our best to provide timely feedback to all candidates. Please bear with us!