The Beacon Fund is a private debt fund dedicated to promoting gender equality and positive social impact in Southeast Asia.
Beacon is a long-term commitment to changing investment to work better for SMEs led by women and diverse teams. Seeded by Patamar Capital, the Beacon Fund is the culmination of many years of engaging with and investing in female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia through a number of impact investing funds. This led the Beacon team to identify a significant opportunity amongst the “missing middle” of firms that are too small for private equity, too big for microfinance, do not fit the growth profile of venture capital and are underserved by banks. The Beacon Fund’s initial focus will be on debt products, which tend to be a better fit for the moderate and sustainable-growth, cash-flow positive businesses that the fund targets. Through its strategy, Beacon hopes to shine a light on alternative models of investing and entrepreneurial success. (Website: beaconfund.com)
As a part of our growth strategy, we are looking for an Investment Intern who will assist with a broad range of responsibilities from our deal sourcing, due diligence, and support our outreach activities in the ecosystem of SMEs led by women or diverse teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Play an active role in pipeline building, partnership building and market outreach of the firm
- Conduct market and industry research, and competitive advantage analysis for deal sourcing, due diligence and benchmarking
- Assist Investment team in assessing investment opportunities and performing initial and in-depth due diligence, and making recommendations for decision-making throughout the full deal process
- Assist in managing and analysing data to provide insights for pipeline strategies
- Assist with administrative and project-based responsibilities on an ad-hoc basis
- Apply creative and critical thinking to identify and implement ways of increasing the efficiency of our pipeline development, partnership development efforts, investment process and building social impact through our work
What We Are Looking For
- Demonstrate competency in effective writing and communication to the internal team and external audience
- Demonstrate strong analytical and critical thinking, problem-solving skills and an eagerness to build a business sense
- Creative and proactive in taking initiative while keeping the end goals in mind
- Self-starter who is comfortable working in a small team setting, willing to roll up their sleeves, nimble and adaptive to changes
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills
- Driven by social impact and the commitment to elevate the underserved communities
- Fluent in English and Vietnamese
- Experience in data analysis and finance is preferred
- 6-9 month full-time internship
This is a paid internship. This position will report to the fund’s Investment Manager. The location will be in HCMC, Vietnam.
Application Process
Please submit your resume with a cover letter and sample work products (e.g. financial model, FDD report, Investment Memo, etc – if applicable) to hr@beaconfund.com by 6th July, 2025. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Working At Beacon
What is it like to work at the Beacon Fund? We’re a young, fast-growing organisation with a meaningful mission. We have invested in setting and living our values from day 1 and are proud of our team’s supportive and inclusive culture. We love learning new skills, challenging each other with new ideas and perspectives, and getting things done!
