Lionheart Ventures

Lionheart Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by St Anne’s alum David Langer (Mathematics, 2007)

 

Their main areas of investment focus are AI and frontier mental health technologies. They believe these sectors are uniquely poised to help bring about a better future for humanity. Lionheart invest in exceptional, ethical founders who are developing transformative technologies that have the potential to impact humanity on a meaningful scale, while generating attractive returns for their investors. 

Summer 2026 Internship     

Lionheart design internship projects around the specific expertise of each intern. Example projects include market research into specific sectors of interest, academic research in the fields of existential risk, AI, and mental health, or development of strategies as to how to leverage the latest AI tools or LLMs.

They are looking for exceptional St Anne’s students in their penultimate year who are seriously interested in pursuing a career in technology entrepreneurship or venture capital investing. 

  • Who can apply: undergraduates in their penultimate year, and graduates, studying any subject
  • Personal qualities: exceptional analytical and communication skills. Mathematical modelling or software engineering skills are a bonus     
  • Previous experience / expertise: prior startup or investing experience preferred. Demonstrated interest in technology startups. Existing interest in societal impacts of AI, frontier mental health technologies, and/or existential/civilisational risk is a bonus
  • Location: Lionheart is a fully remote company so the internship is online
  • Duration: 10 – 12 weeks during the long vacation
  • Remuneration: UK living wage                                                                              

How to Apply

The following documents need to be emailed to Christine Robertson (internships@st-annes.ox.ac.uk) by 3 March 2026 (Tuesday of Week 7 Hilary term):

  1. Cover letter explaining your interest in the internship and how your skills and experience may assist you in the role (maximum 1 side A4 equivalent)
  2. Up to date CV (maximum 2 sides A4 equivalent)
  3. A reference sent directly from your Personal Tutor / College Advisor / Course Supervisor (please ensure you give them at least 2 weeks notice to write the reference!)

Please email Christine if you have any questions.

“The opportunity to intern at Lionheart Ventures was extremely formative and enjoyable. Lionheart is a tight-knit team of motivated individuals all working towards an incredibly important goal: making humanity more resilient and lowering existential risk. Throughout the internship, I was given the chance to sit in on pitches from start-ups, taking notes and asking my own questions, and to attend Lionheart’s weekly investment update meetings, which provided an excellent insight into how the company runs as a whole.”   Classics student, Lionheart Ventures intern 2022.