Mangusta Capital Externship via ExternI am building finance fundamentals and practical skills as I prepare to begin my professional career.
Selected class projects and personal practice that show my developing finance knowledge and practical exercises in analysis and problem solving.
Mangusta Capital · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Join a new VC fund launched by a former SoftBank Vision Fund leader and backed by the Ray-Ban/Oakley family to identify high-potential Vertical AI startups. Gain hands-on experience sourcing deals, analyzing markets, and writing compelling investment memos.
I am building finance fundamentals and practical skills as I prepare to begin my professional career.
I am Shivam Singh, a first-year Finance student at George Mason University working toward a bachelor's degree. I have limited professional experience and am focused on learning finance fundamentals, building practical skills, and preparing to start my career.
Externships
Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship
In progress
Experience
Associate Analyst, Investment Banking / Valuation Track
Montano Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), George Mason University · Oct 2026 – Present
Chapter Leader
PASTA (Peers and Students Taking Action) · Apr 2021 – Present
Quantitative Research: Space-Curved Quantum Control Beyond the RWA
Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering · Sep 2025 – Jun 2026
Strategy & Markets Research Intern
Exeter22, Quantitative Hedge Fund · Jun 2025 – Jul 2025
Education
George Mason University
Bachelor of Science, Finance · Class of 2030
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST)
Advanced Diploma · Class of 2026
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Join a new VC fund launched by a former SoftBank Vision Fund leader and backed by the Ray-Ban/Oakley family to identify high-potential Vertical AI startups. Gain hands-on experience sourcing deals, analyzing markets, and writing compelling investment memos.
The externship concentrated on sourcing Vertical AI startup opportunities and producing investment analysis for a new VC fund. Work combined market screening, company-level diligence, and synthesis into written investment artifacts. Deliverables included structured investment memos and startup evaluations prepared for partner review.
I produced a vetted shortlist of three Seed/Series A Vertical AI fintech startups, with reconciled funding dates and headcounts and source annotations in a shared spreadsheet.
I gathered three Seed/Series A vertical-AI fintech startups, checked funding dates and headcounts across sources, reconciled discrepancies using original announcements, and produced a vetted shortlist in a shared spreadsheet.