Ventures Internship

Cleveland Clinic•Cleveland, OH

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cleveland Clinic Innovations' Venture team builds and invests in companies spun out of Cleveland Clinic and in outside companies that partner with the Clinic, spanning life sciences, medical technology, and digital health. This fellowship gives someone early in their career a seat inside that process: sourcing, diligence, deal structuring, and the early work of building a company from clinical and scientific insight. A caregiver in this position works flexible day shift hours. You will work 10 hours per week. Candidates will work a hybrid schedule with this position.

Requirements

Ability to discuss and weigh pros and cons and separate critical issues
Ability to make definitive choices, express opinions on issues and explain logical path decisions
Current college enrollment

Nice To Haves

Early-career candidates, or those pursuing an MS, MBA, PhD, or MD, with genuine interest in life sciences, medtech, or digital health investing

Responsibilities

Support diligence on live deals and new venture formation across therapeutics, medtech, and digital health
Pull together clinical, scientific, technical, and commercial analysis that helps answer the questions in front of the team
Write disease-area and technology overviews, map competitive landscapes, and track relevant trials and product pipelines
Dig into clinical and technical datasets — efficacy, safety, trial design, patient populations, endpoints, reimbursement — and benchmark them against comparable programs
Turn diligence work into clean PowerPoint pages, charts, and investment committee materials
Track companies, finances, clinical data, and regulatory developments.
Help the team prep for calls with KOLs, clinicians, founders, and advisors — building question lists and summarizing takeaways afterward
Assist with early-stage venture formation, including scoping the market and competitive landscape around technologies coming out of Cleveland Clinic
Research, compile, tabulate and analyze data and processes for various administrative and departmental matters.
Assist department personnel in assigned administrative, planning, organizational, technical and professional tasks.
Provide suggestions or recommendations about department specific projects.
Prepare and present reports and draft policies and procedures, respond to requests for information.