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Veliu

AI-powered trade-in platform for circular economy

Sales Development Representative Intern

Fall 2026
€5.77/hr+ Meal vouchers + Potential relocation bonus + Travel-to-office budget
Internship
Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
In Person
Sales & Account ManagementSales Development Representative

About the job

Requirements
  • Italian native or ultra fluent in Italian.
  • Evidence of having sold a project, idea, or product, even if it was not a formal job.
  • Evidence of having started a side project, small business, community, or other initiative that required getting others on board.
  • Ability to communicate with clarity and confidence, including in unrehearsed conversations.
Responsibilities
  • Execute outbound outreach to professional buyers, including dealers, resellers, and luxury boutiques, through email, Instagram, WhatsApp, and direct calls.
  • Work from curated lead lists and learn to prioritize and personalize outreach at scale.
  • Conduct first-touch conversations to qualify interest and book meetings for the sales team.
  • Track activity, results, and learnings and bring feedback to the team.
  • Iterate on messaging, experiment with approaches, and develop sales instinct.

About the company

VELIU provides an AI-powered fintech platform that helps consumers monetize pre-owned goods by offering trade-in options through partners like retailers, e-commerce platforms, and telecoms. The platform gives instant valuations for millions of products and connects shoppers to a network of professional buyers, while handling logistics via about 2,000 collection points and using renewable-energy servers. It differentiates itself by delivering turnkey B2B2C integrations that enable trade-in without price cuts, supported by rapid AI valuations and a broad, sustainable value chain across collection, refurbishment, and recycling. Its goal is to scale circular economy activities by making asset monetization easy, reducing waste, and promoting sustainable consumption through widespread adoption of trade-in and re-commerce in Europe.

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Headquarters

Milan, Italy

Founded

2024

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What believers are saying

  • July 2025 funding from Emblem, B Heroes, and Simon Fiduciaria extends runway.
  • Milan and Dublin hiring suggests active buildout across sales, product, and engineering.
  • Rising AI-shopping adoption in 2026 fits Veliu's agent-readable catalog positioning.

What critics are saying

  • Stealth since 2024 leaves customer traction unproven against Back Market and Swappie.
  • September 2026 jobs show nine openings, signaling burn before revenue visibility.
  • Agentic-commerce pivot risks product confusion; two narratives usually kill startup credibility fast.

What makes Veliu unique

  • 2026 product pivots to agent-readable catalogs for AI shopping agents.
  • July 2025 €3.4 million pre-seed funded Dublin-Milan team from Palantir, Apple, eBay.
  • No-code retail integration and 2,000 collection points simplify trade-in deployment.

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