2026 Full Time Investment Banking Analyst (graduating class of 2026)
Estimated Start Date: June 2026
Application Deadline: May 21, 2025
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. Our boutique structure provides us the ability to give intelligent, sound, and unbiased advice without the conflicts of interest inherent in larger institutions. Since its inception, Qatalyst has advised on over 230 transactions worth over $820Bn.
Qatalyst, a leader in Tech M&A
Qatalyst has been involved in industry-defining transactions including advising Moveworks on its pending sale to ServiceNow; Weights & Biases on its pending sale to CoreWeave; Ansys on its pending sale to Synopsys; Recorded Future on its sale to Mastercard; 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; 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; Darktrace, Everbridge, Coupa, Anaplan, Talend and Imperva on their sales to Thoma Bravo; Smartsheet, Citrix, Salesloft, Drift, Mindbody, Apptio and Pluralsight 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; Intuit on its acquisition of Credit Karma and Hewlett Packard Enterprise on its pending acquisition of Juniper Networks, among others.
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 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, 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. 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
• Degree from a top undergraduate program
• 2025 summer internship at a top tier investment bank
• 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
Expected pay
$120,000 USD per year [or 110,000–130,000 USD per year if it has to be specified as a range]
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