SIIFIC Launches Its Summer 2026 Internship Program
In August 2026, four interns—university and high school students—joined SIIF Impact Capital (SIIFIC).
Young people are among the most valuable talent shaping the future and creating the next generation of society.
Social issues can look very different depending on the generation experiencing them. The inconveniences and concerns that teenagers and people in their twenties experience firsthand today may well become the markets of tomorrow—five or ten years from now. As the next generation of leaders and consumers, young people also bring new perspectives and a sharper lens to our investment decisions.
With this in mind, this year’s internship program focuses on investment sourcing and company research.
The challenge is not simply to identify companies that are likely to generate financial returns. Each intern selects companies to research and explores how those companies connects with SIIFIC’s investment approach: In pursuit of wellness equity — a society where everyone can live better — we co-create with purposeful companies that elevate wellness literacy and strengthen social capital.
We ask them to develop this logic in their own words and take it all the way through to a presentation. In other words, they are challenged to articulate business potential and social impact not as separate concepts, but as an integrated whole. This is the very same question we engage with in our day-to-day investment decisions.
- It All Starts with Exchanging Business Cards
On the first day of orientation, the interns received their SIIFIC business cards and exchanged cards with everyone in the office.
New business cards, new colleagues, and the excitement of embarking on a new challenge together filled the office with a fresh sense of energy and joy.
2. Learning How to “Read” a Company
The first company they studied was the one from the current portfolio companies.
We shared the frameworks we use in our own investment practice: how to break down a company’s business model, market environment, management team, and impact structure—and, importantly, in what order and from which perspectives to examine them.
Rather than simply being given the “right answers,” the interns are encouraged to think for themselves, exchange views, and develop their own perspectives. It is a process that naturally brings plenty of smiles and lively discussion.
3. Presenting Their Own Research Every Week
Every week, the interns present what they have researched.
Because each person conducts their own research, they gain new insights from one another’s presentations and are challenged by questions from different perspectives. Through this process of learning from each other, their views gradually become multidimensional.
Researching and analyzing a large number of companies at a high pace is by no means a light workload. Yet both the university and high school students are taking on the challenge with seriousness and commitment, regardless of their age or academic background.
The Internship Is Also a Learning Opportunity for Us
We do not see an internship simply as a place where we “teach” young people.
The companies they choose to research, and the social significance they discover in those businesses, often prompt us to question and reconsider our own assumptions.
For us, that is one of the most valuable aspects of working with the next generation.
We will share the insights from this summer’s internship program on this blog in due course.
