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Currently an Extern @Mangusta Capital

AI Strategist | Future AI Engineer

I'm an International Business student passionate about AI, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. I'm excited to explore how AI is reshaping global business and investment through hands-on experience.

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Explore my portfolio, featuring venture capital, AI governance, and insights from my academic journey and internships. Discover how I turn AI accessibility into real business impact.

  • Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship
    Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship
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    Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship

    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.

    Investment AnalysisEntrepreneurship

About me

I'm an International Business student passionate about AI, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. I'm excited to explore how AI is reshaping global business and investment through hands-on experience.

I am an International Business student at MassBay Community College, with a career focus on AI strategy and venture capital. I am currently gaining hands-on experience through an externship at Mangusta Capital, where I work on deal sourcing and startup analysis. This experience is deepening my understanding of how AI is reshaping global investment and business, and shaping my path toward a future in AI engineering as I prepare to transfer to WGU's BS in AI Engineering program.

Externships

Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship

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Deal SourcingStartup AnalysisAI

✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress

Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship

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.

Investment AnalysisEntrepreneurship

Overview

The externship sourced and evaluated early-stage Vertical AI startups against Mangusta Capital's thesis, focusing on data moat, first-mover advantage, integrations, and stage. The work compiled a verified spreadsheet scoring five startups and produced a due diligence overview for one nominated company.

Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship

What I've accomplished

I scored five startups on data moat, first-mover advantage, integrations, and stage, produced a verified spreadsheet of findings, and documented a due diligence overview for the selected company.

Project breakdown

I sourced five startups using organic channels and databases, scored each against the VC thesis (data moat, first mover, integrations, stage), and selected one company for due diligence. Deliverables included a verified spreadsheet of findings.

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During the externship I collected and summarized Rebar’s company profile and funding history, described its AI HVAC estimating product and reported traction, and documented milestones, customer counts, and funding totals into a due diligence overview.

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