2027 Summer Investment Banking Analyst (graduating class of 2028)

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Job title: 2027 Summer Investment Banking Analyst (graduating class of 2028)

Position type: Internship

Location: San Francisco

Salary: $95,000 – $120,000

Deadline: January 2, 2026

Start date: June 2026, Length: 10 weeks

Qatalyst Partners core business

Founded in 2008 by Frank Quattrone and his colleagues, Qatalyst provides M&A and strategic advisory services to the technology industry’s established and emerging leaders on matters crucial to their success. The Qatalyst team combines an extensive network of relationships with deep industry knowledge and seasoned transaction expertise to deliver a superior, senior level of service for clients who value experience, judgment, candor and insight. Moreover, all of Qatalyst’s bankers share a passion for technology that has been the focal point for their careers and success. Since its inception, Qatalyst has advised on over 240 transactions worth over $870Bn.

Qatalyst, a leader in Tech M&A

Qatalyst has been involved in industry-defining transactions including advising Skyworks on its pending merger with Qorvo, Fivetran on its pending merger with dbt Labs; Cyberark on its pending sale to Palo Alto Networks; Veza and Moveworks on their pending sales to ServiceNow; Melio on its sale to Xero; Paradox on its sale to Workday; Ansys on its sale to Synopsys; Weights & Biases on its sale to CoreWeave; Gretel on its sale to Nvidia; Aspentech on the sale of its remaining outstanding shares to Emerson; Splunk, Duo Security, AppDynamics, BroadSoft and Sourcefire on their sales to Cisco; Slack on its sale to Salesforce; LinkedIn on its sale to Microsoft; AfterPay on its sale to Block; Figma on its terminated sale to Adobe; CA on its sale to Broadcom; Citrix on its sale to Vista and Evergreen; Motorola Mobility, Looker and FitBit on their sales to Google; Wolt on its sale to Doordash; Hashicorp and Apptio on their sales to IBM; Adenza on its sale to Nasdaq; PROS, Darktrace, Everbridge, Coupa, Anaplan, Talend and Imperva on their sales to Thoma Bravo; Nexthink on its pending majority stake sale and Smartsheet, Salesloft, Pluralsight, Mindbody, Drift and Apptio on their sales to Vista; Mailchimp on its sale to Intuit; Dialog on its sale to Renesas; Auth0 on its sale to Okta; Inphi on its sale to Marvell; WalkMe, LeanIX, Qualtrics, Callidus and Concur on their sales to SAP; PillPack, Twitch and Zoox on their sales to Amazon; HomeAway and Orbitz on their sales to Expedia; NetSuite, Moat, Opower, Datalogix, Acme Packet and Taleo on their sales to Oracle; Honey and Xoom on their sales to PayPal; R1 on its sale to TowerBrook and CD&R; Matterport on its sale to CoStar Group; Linear Technologies on its sale to Analog Devices; Hewlett Packard Enterprise on its acquisition of Juniper Networks; and Intuit on its acquisition of Credit Karma, among others. Our boutique structure provides us the ability to give intelligent, sound, and unbiased advice without the conflicts of interest inherent in larger institutions.

Qatalyst’s practice spans four main verticals: consumer / internet, enterprise software, infrastructure technology and semiconductors. In addition, our team actively covers areas of emerging technology including artificial intelligence, virtual / augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, robotics and next-generation financial technology, among others. Our team sees itself as a participant in the technology ecosystem and strives to be at the forefront of the strategic shifts in the technology industry.

With approximately 90 team members split between our San Francisco and London offices, summer analysts will benefit from our small teams, working closely with highly experienced senior technology bankers, and getting hands-on training in a multitude of projects and technology sectors. Summer analysts will assist in the origination and execution of strategic advisory mandates, conduct analysis and synthesize financial and operational information on companies and sub-verticals within the technology industry, assist in building operating and financial models and perform valuation analysis.

Requirements

• Enrolled in top undergraduate program
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong working knowledge of finance, accounting, and corporate valuation
• High sense of responsibility and ability to work in small teams
• Passionate about the tech industry

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