At a Glance
- Tasks: Engage with business owners, learn negotiation skills, and support real M&A deals.
- Company: Caprae Capital Partners, a fast-growing private equity platform led by a successful founder.
- Benefits: Paid internship, potential bonuses, and opportunities for full-time roles.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with strong potential for career growth and mentorship.
- Why this job: Gain hands-on experience in M&A and develop essential deal-making skills.
- Qualifications: Fast learners eager for responsibility and practical experience in deal-making.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Caprae Capital Partners is a private equity and acquisitions platform led by Kevin Hong - a serial founder who scaled two tech ventures to $31M ARR and $7M revenue.
Today, Caprae is one of the fastest-scaling platforms in the lower-middle-market M&A and ETA ecosystem, combining an international research engine, a full-stack deal sourcing arm, and a rapidly expanding tech layer.
YTD, Caprae’s services divisions have completed $50M worth of transaction value and is expected to exceed $150M in Q1 & Q2 of 2026 after launching in January of 2025.
- We’re looking for those who are looking to take PE to the next level
- Internship Overview
The Caprae Buyside Internship is a high-intensity training ground for future dealmakers.
Instead of passive research or slow-paced financial modeling, interns here learn M&A fundamentals the way practitioners actually do:
- Live conversations, real negotiation psychology, and rapid exposure to deal structuring.
- Your foundation comes from outbound calls - learning how to communicate with founders, read motivation, overcome objections, and extract deal-relevant information.
- As early as 4 weeks, you can transition into supporting real deals, understanding valuation logic, structure mechanics, and the sequence of an ETA transaction.
- This is the only internship where students heavily focus on the human side of M&A first, because that’s where deals are won.
- Core Tasks
- Call business owners and executives daily
- Navigate objections, gather context, and understand founder psychology
- Learn how buyers and sellers negotiate outside of textbooks
- Practice controlled, professional persuasion
- Develop the ability to keep conversations structured and outcome-oriented
- Based on the conversation support structuring deals in the lower-middle-market M&A space
- Understanding seller motivations vs buyer constraints
- Evaluating fit, feasibility, and deal readiness
- Learning the mechanics of earnouts, seller financing, rollover equity, reps & warranties, etc.
- Seeing how real deal conversations unfold and how structures adjust dynamically
- Supporting live buyer–seller interactions
- Helping prepare call notes, next steps, and negotiation plans
- Observing how Caprae navigates valuation gaps and structure negotiations
- Understanding what kills deals and what revives them
- Seeing transaction pacing, sequencing, and the “psychological arc” of a deal
- Highlights
- 100% real-world communication and deal execution
- Learn negotiation psychology from day one
- Paid hourly
- Rapid exposure to real transaction mechanics
- Opportunities to collaborate with the deal team and research team for those who show strong KPIs after one month
- Interns who make the deal team and manage deal flow can make up to 20% of our success fee (several interns have accumulated a potential bonus pool of $50K+)
- We strongly prefer to hire our FT team from our internship program.
In 2025 we have converted 3 interns to FT roles.
- In 2026 we expect to onboard significantly more FT from our internship program
- Ideal Candidate
- Fast learners
- Students who want responsibility early
- Individuals who want to learn how deals REALLY happen, not academically
- People who learn better by doing than observing
- Those who enjoy structured, dynamic conversation over spreadsheet-heavy analysis
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Undergrad Buyside Analyst employer: Caprae Capital Partners
Caprae Capital Partners is an exceptional employer for aspiring dealmakers, offering a unique internship experience that prioritises real-world communication and negotiation skills in the fast-paced private equity sector. With a strong focus on employee growth, interns are not only compensated but also have the opportunity to earn bonuses based on their contributions, while the collaborative work culture fosters rapid learning and direct involvement in live transactions. Located in a dynamic market environment, Caprae is committed to nurturing talent from within, with a clear pathway for interns to transition into full-time roles, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
