M&A Buy-Side Intern

Summary: BizDepot Brokers is a California-based business brokerage and M&A advisory firm, operating since 2003. They are seeking a Buy-Side Intern to work on their Insider Network, engaging with acquisition buyers and gaining hands-on experience in the M&A field while completing their degree. Responsibilities: - Reach out to past buyer leads in our CRM, including listing inquiries, NDA signers, and CIM recipients, to re-engage them - Run conversations to capture each buyer's acquisition criteria, capital, and timing - Sign qualified buyers into the Insider Network and segment them by industry, geography, and budget - Match active listings to buyers whose criteria fit, and pitch the opportunity - Maintain warm buyer relationships between deals so they come back to BizDepot first - Route serious buyers to advisors when they're LOI-ready Required Qualifications: - Currently enrolled (juniors and seniors preferred) in business, finance, economics, psychology, communications, or a related field - Can commit 12 to 15 hours per week, flexible around your class schedule - Tired of guessing about your future and want a defined, ambitious path - Build relationships easily and follow through without being reminded - Organized, detail-oriented, and good at remembering people and what they care about - Drawn to the buy-side, where success is about access, trust, and matching - Bring grit. Deals take months. The people who climb fastest follow up like their career depends on it, because it does Required Skills: CRM, M&A buy-side mechanics, Private equity, Search fund, Entrepreneurship-through-acquisition, AI fluency Benefits: Part-time, 12 to 15 hours per week, fully remote (U.S.-based), Monthly stipend of $1,200 during the Academy phase, A full-time salary plus commission role waiting after graduation if you perform, Commission upside on deals you help close, escalating significantly as you climb into senior producer roles, Direct mentorship from our principal broker, senior advisors, and our buy-side lead, A real seat on a M&A team while you're still in school