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title: 'Founder Associate Intern @Verso (backed by Hexa) at Hexa'
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# Founder Associate Intern @Verso (backed by Hexa) at Hexa

- **Company:** Hexa
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hexa/84c03735-75f3-49e6-9324-1790462e4dfb

## Job description

6-month internship | Gap year or end-of-studies | Paris | Starting January 2027 Verso is an AI-native consumer research platform. We help brands test their products, campaigns and claims with real consumers, quickly, at scale, and with a depth traditional research cannot match. Verso is founded by an experienced team with a track record in strategy, technology, and company building:

- [Lydia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-bellahouel-0247b0105/), CEO: HEC graduate, 7 years at BCG (Principal), expert in strategy, innovation, and consumer goods.
- [Camille](https://www.linkedin.com/in/camille-epitalon/), CTO: dual degree from École Polytechnique and HEC, former lead at CO2 AI, expert in AI and scalable product development.

Want to learn how startups are built from the inside and work directly with the founders? This internship is a real stepping stone for future entrepreneurs. Verso is backed by [Hexa](https://www.hexa.com/) (eFounders) and raised 6M$ as seed funding.

## About the role

As a Founder's Associate Intern, you work closely with the founders on high-impact topics at the heart of an early-stage startup. You move across marketing, go-to-market, and study delivery, wherever the company needs you most, with real ownership from day one.

## Your missions

Marketing & GTM

- Content & assets creation
- Event organisations
- Competitive benchmarking
- …

Commercial

- Outbound support (campaigns, calls, etc…)
- Support sales processes automations
- …

Operations & Miscellaneous

- Funding management
- Processes and operations set-up
- Anything that brings value for the company :)
- …

Is that you? We are looking for someone curious, hands-on and structured, who learns fast, takes ownership, and turns ideas into concrete outcomes. This role fits if you are excited to work closely with the founders and want real ownership from day one. In particular, you:

- Are currently enrolled in a Master's at a business or engineering school.
- Are looking for a 6-month internship starting in January 2027.
- Are fluent in French and English.
- Are structured, adaptable, and comfortable taking ownership across a wide range of topics.
- Bonus: previous experience in VC, consulting, or growth and ops in a startup.

Why join Verso?

- High-impact role. You work on strategic topics at the core of the company.
- Steep learning curve. Exposure to strategy, product, go-to-market, and delivery.
- Direct access to the founders. Continuous feedback and real ownership.
- A real springboard to entrepreneurship. Built for people who want to start their own company one day.

Process

- Interview with Mathis, GTM lead, on your past experience (45 min)
- Take-home use case and debrief (Mathis & Lydia 1h)
- Culture-fit meeting with Camille, CTO (30 min)
- Reference checks

## About Hexa

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hexa is a multi-stage startup studio that partners with founders to build, launch, and scale software companies from scratch.
- **Entity Type**: Private (multi-stage startup studio; operates Start, Sprint, and Scale tracks)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France (12 rue Martel 75010)
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed as a single founder; built as a studio by a founding team.

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Venture Building / Startup Studio / Company Creation
- Target customers: Aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs (B2B, B2C, Enterprise tech founders)
- Mission or purpose statement: "To build alongside founders, not from the sidelines" – creating companies that leave a mark on the world by combining hands-on operational support with capital.

## Products & Services
- **Hexa Start**: A 12-month, intensive program for entrepreneurs who want to build a company from scratch (often before they have a concrete idea). Hexa provides the idea, team, co-founder, and covers all costs until the company becomes independent.
- **Hexa Sprint**: A 6-month program for founding teams who already have an idea and are looking for their first check (pre-seed). Offers €500k (€20k convertible note for 4% + €480k convertible note with MFN & cap at €8M).
- **Hexa Scale**: A growth-stage program for post-product-market-fit companies ($1–10M ARR, 10–40% YoY growth). Hexa invests €5–20M per company, takes a majority stake, and provides hands-on operational support (GTM, product, AI strategy, international expansion, hiring) for 9–12 months.
- **In-house Expertise**: 30+ experts in Product Design, Product Management, Engineering (via hired teams), GTM, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, People & Talent, Comms & Brand, Community, and Investing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Combined valuation of launched companies exceeds **$5 billion**.
- **Key Metric**: **50+ companies launched**; **2,600+ employees** across portfolio companies; **12 exits**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed on the site, but the studio itself acts as the primary investor and operator. Portfolio includes multiple billion-dollar companies (names not publicly listed in the provided data).
- **Growth Signals**: Studio has been operating since 2011 and has scaled from 0 to 50+ companies. The addition of the Scale track indicates a pivot to later-stage growth. Receives ~1,000 founder applications per year, selecting ~12 founders (2 per project) annually for the Start track.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Hands-on, not hands-off**: Unlike traditional accelerators or VCs, Hexa provides a full in-house team of operators (product, design, GTM, legal, finance) working alongside founders for 12 months (Start) or 9–12 months (Scale).
- **Founder-friendly majority stake**: For Scale, Hexa takes a majority stake but claims to be "the world’s most founder-friendly majority investor" – founders remain in the driver's seat with active board support.
- **Proven track record**: 50+ companies, $5B combined valuation, 12 exits, spanning 12+ years of SaaS expertise.
- **End-to-end platform**: Covers the entire lifecycle from idea (Start) to pre-seed (Sprint) to growth (Scale) – rare in the startup studio space.
- **Built-in network & resources**: Founders get immediate access to a team of 30+ experts, legal, finance, recruiting, and a community of other founders.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Scale track**: The newer Hexa Scale program is a key growth driver, targeting profitable, capital-efficient B2B SaaS companies with $1–10M ARR.
- **AI & embedded finance**: Hexa Scale explicitly helps companies with AI strategy and adding fintech/embedded finance capabilities.
- **International expansion**: Helping portfolio companies expand into new geographies and verticals.
- **Maintaining high selectivity**: Keeping the Start track highly curated (~12 founders/year) to ensure deep support and quality outcomes.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "You'll never build alone" – the studio emphasizes deep collaboration, ambition, humility, and execution. The team is composed of entrepreneurs and expert operators.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hexa is based in Paris. For the Start track, a presence at HQ is important to benefit from resources and mentorship. Sprint is remote-friendly but based in France/Europe for events. Scale is likely remote-friendly with in-person board/partner meetings.
- **Perks & Engineering Culture**: No software engineers in the core team – each startup's product is built by engineers recruited specifically for that company. This means engineers get to join a funded startup with a built-in support system from day one. The studio provides legal, finance, recruiting, and strategic support so engineers can focus on product.
- **Career Path**: Two kinds of roles: (1) the core team that builds the machine (partners, product managers, designers, GTM, finance, legal) and (2) founding hires inside the startups coming out of the studio. Either way, you're in "before it exists" – a high-risk, high-reward environment with significant ownership and impact.

## Sources
1. [hexa.com](https://www.hexa.com/)
2. [hexa.com/positions](https://www.hexa.com/positions)
3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/hexa](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hexa)
4. [hexa.com/team](https://www.hexa.com/team)
5. [hexa.com/faq](https://www.hexa.com/faq)

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