Founders Associate Intern - Strategy & Finance
About the job
- You are currently studying for a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant area, such as industrial engineering, energy economics, or business administration, or you are in a gap year.
- You have initial experience from internships in consulting (Tier 1/Tier 2), high-growth startups (ideally operations or process optimization), or project management.
- You are based in Berlin or willing to relocate.
- You speak German and English fluently.
- You have a strong interest in startups, energy, or real estate.
- You support the COO on finance, administrative, and strategic topics and contribute to developing processes for the Energy Operations team.
- You work closely with the COO and Energy Operations team to ensure smooth project workflows.
- You independently take on finance subprojects and ensure their structured documentation and execution.
- You help structure decision-making processes and establish sound operational processes.
- You support the COO in building scalable structures, standards, and templates for operational projects.
- You support the operational and technical implementation of ongoing customer projects from signing through successful realization.
- You analyze existing processes and identify complexity and optimization opportunities.
- You develop internal processes and tools, such as Airtable, to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
- You identify improvement opportunities in existing workflows and implement optimizations, including through automation.
- You take on cross-functional special projects in finance, tooling, and internal structures.
- You have experience in high-growth startups, ideally in operations or process optimization.
About the company
VREY is a Berlin PropTech company that helps landlords enable solar power for multi-family buildings. It handles planning, installing photovoltaic systems, and the operational setup, including a digital platform that automates legally compliant billing to tenants. As a metering point operator (wMSB), it also manages contracts with other energy providers, removing the supplier obligation from landlords and allowing tenants to buy solar energy directly (potentially lowering bills by up to 20%). Its goal is to scale communal solar use, support building decarbonization, and increase property value through tenant-accessible clean energy.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$3.6M
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2024
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VREY closed a €3.3 million seed round on April 23, 2026.
- VREY reported a three-digit project pipeline across all 16 German federal states.
- Germany's §42b framework reduces landlord supplier obligations, expanding VREY's addressable market.
What critics are saying
- metergrid raised €10 million in January 2026, crushing VREY's financing disadvantage.
- §42b EnWG still excludes subsidies, squeezing VREY margins and slowing landlord adoption.
- If tenant churn or project delays hit, VREY's 20-person team burns seed capital fast.
What makes VREY unique
- RE Joule GmbH pairs certified smart metering with automated billing for §42b EnWG.
- VREY targets Germany's underserved multi-family solar market, not single-family rooftop installs.
- Founders Julius Pahmeier and Cedric Jaeger launched VREY in Berlin in 2024.
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