Meet the NYC Startup Internship Alumni: Mishah Aryeh

There’s a unique opportunity that comes from spending your days analyzing how others are building. It sharpens your instincts, your curiosity, your understanding of what actually works, and where innovation is being channeled. My journey to joining the NYC Startup Internship Program was far from conventional. While pursuing my BBA in International Business at Baruch College, I developed a strong curiosity about what drives success across different industries around the world. With individual passions for finance, economics, and entrepreneurship, I declared all three as minors to deepen my academic foundation and gather as much insight as possible during my time at Baruch. It didn’t take long until I began to notice the overlaps and interconnectedness across these disciplines, only strengthening my desire to integrate them in a meaningful way.

This summer, I’ve had the privilege of sitting at the forefront of innovation alongside an investment team dedicated to growth and value. As a Summer Investment Analyst at Company Ventures, my diligence has focused on healthcare, fintech, and enterprise software. Over the past few weeks, my work has spanned many of the focus areas of our investment team. I’ve drafted investment memos for prospective opportunities, reviewed and analyzed pitch decks, validated market data, and curated case studies and performance materials for our LP network.

More recently, I’ve been refining our investment thesis on AI care delivery, researching the nuances of technology in healthcare to help us distinguish the promising companies from the noise. The range of experiences and responsibilities throughout the internship has given me the chance to apply the concepts I’ve been studying at Baruch in real-time, and deploy them to drive impact within the firm.

What sets Company Ventures apart is its ability to create meaningful, even quantifiable, value for founders. It’s rare to work in a space where emerging ventures are building side by side, ideas are actively being incubated (either externally or internally through the firm's healthcare incubator, Terrarium), and founders are genuinely invested in each other's success. Company Ventures has pioneered a model that brings together adjacent founder communities to elevate the output of everyone involved. I’ve been fortunate to engage with several high-caliber networks this summer, from our investment team, to our founder/startup ecosystem, to the broader intern cohort, and I’m grateful for the value provided by each one.

My advice to students considering the NYC Startup Internship Program would be to go through recruitment intentionally. Your biggest assets through the program will be your work ethic, willingness to learn, and your personality. Nobody wants to work with a robot, and nobody wants to work with an underachiever. The Blackstone Launchpad program is an incredible opportunity to accumulate technical experience while connecting to a community of interns and professionals that invest in one another. When you prioritize the value of these connections and approach the recruitment cycle demonstrating your hunger to achieve, you have a much better shot at leaving an impression that makes others want to work with you.

As I enter my final semester at Baruch this fall, I’m deeply grateful to have been part of the NYC Startup Internship Program, to have engaged with Blackstone LaunchPad, NYCEDC, and, most importantly, to have contributed to the work and community at Company Ventures.