Join NextGen

Join our growing team at NextGen, and empower student startups to become Australia's big thing

See Open Positions

Join NextGen

Join our growing team at NextGen, and empower student startups to become Australia's big thing

See Open Positions

Join NextGen

Join our growing team at NextGen, and empower student startups to become Australia's big thing

See Open Positions

Who we are

We’re seeking to create a diverse culture at NextGen Ventures, one that matches the diversity of the student startups we aim to deal with. So, no matter the background, we’re looking for people to be their authentic selves, bringing a unique perspective to the team.


We encourage you to apply no matter whether you think you fit the bill or not - in terms of experience or otherwise. We're not looking for people with a prior skillset, just those who want to learn with us!

Our Values

Founders at the Forefront

Every unicorn starts somewhere, and what better place than at university. We founded NextGen in 2023 to give every student founder the support they have been missing.

Constantly Learning

We have a strong passion to grow and so we actively seek out groundbreaking experiences to help us constantly broaden our horizons and deepen our understandings.

Being Bullishly Ambitious

We’re bullishly ambitious about reaching our goals and with a positive mindset, we remain determined to overcome obstacles to fulfill our visions of success.

Always Encouraging & Empowering

Being a founder is tough enough, let alone in Australia, and as a student - so let’s empower and encourage aspiring or upcoming founders to take the leap of faith of becoming full-time founder, to get up when they fail down, to think big when they’re told to stay small, to celebrate their wins when the tall poppies try yank them down.

Hyper Collaboration > Hyper Competition

It takes a village it build a startup, to build NextGen and to build up our ecosystem at the grassroots level - so let’s get rid of the scarcity mindset and instead, work together, create and play long-term relationships, and help one another with no expectation of return.



  • “Joining NextGen has single-handedly been one of the most valuable and educational experiences. As someone driven by their curiosity, becoming involved with a group of like-minded students who aspire to create something as impactful and novel as Australia’s first student-lend venture capital fund was a no-brainer. Importantly, contacts with industry experts are never out of reach, and the tools to foster a career within the start-up/VC ecosystem are always close to hand.”

    Jasper Meckel

    Investment Associate

    UniMelb

  • ”NextGen has been an incredible way of gaining exposure to venture in a really supportive, inspiring organisation. Led by some of the very best and brightest students in Australia, joining the team at NextGen Ventures has truly been an experience like no other - I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time sourcing and evaluating the deals that have been through our pipeline and feel very privileged to have met some really awesome, ambitious people along the way.”

    Viveca Tang

    Investment Principal

    USyd

  • “Working at NextGen Ventures over the past year has been a truly phenomenal experience that has brought great personal growth along with exposure to Australia’s emerging start-up ecosystem. Having developed the investment philosophy with the founding team, one thing has become clear - there is importance placed on personal development and the thoughts of all team members are valued.“

    Vishaak Gangasandra

    Investment Principal

    University Queensland

  • "Joining NextGen has definitely been a highlight of my year and I am really grateful to have come across the opportunity. It has supercharged my ability to learn about Australia’s startup and VC ecosystem while accessing the best innovation happening within the doors of our universities. The relationships I have built with peers, founders, and mentors have been unparalleled and the ability to work on something so cutting-edge and dynamic has been amazing.”

    Varad Chaudhari

    Investment Principal

    University Melbourne

Recruitment Timeline

Applications end: June 9

  • Round 1 interviews: June 10 – 16

  • Round 2 interviews: June 17 – 23

  • Results and Team Orientation: June 26 – 30

  • Training program: July 1 – 21

Application Process

We’re looking for people to be their authentic selves, bringing a unique perspective to the team.

See Open Positions

See Open Positions

Application Process

We’re looking for people to be their authentic selves, bringing a unique perspective to the team.

See Open Positions

See Open Positions

Application Process

We’re looking for people to be their authentic selves, bringing a unique perspective to the team.

See Open Positions

See Open Positions

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Stage 1

30min Interview

After reviewing your application through our Airtable form (see positions section), we may invite you for a 30 min Zoom call to get to know you as a person. No prep is needed, we just want to be our authentic selves and get to know each other - are you a fit for us? Are we a fit for you?

No prep is needed and no “technical” questions are asked, it’s just an opportunity for you to tell us why you’d smash the role and to show us your curiosity and resourcefulness.

02
Stage 2

Small Task

This is the more technical part. We’ll provide you with a small task to let you tangibly showcase your skills. We value what you can bring to the table with your merit rather than determining your capabilities based on past experience so this is your opportunity to show us what you can do.

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Stage 3

45min Interview

The last stage is assessing your fit for the role over a 45 min Zoom call, talking about the task/case study, and asking some more questions. The only prep needed is the case study, nothing else, it’s an opportunity for you to tell us why you’d smash the role and to show us your curiosity and resourcefulness.

04
Stage 4

Take the Next Step!

We’ll send you an email letting you know the results