Currently an Extern @Extern
I am a motivated junior eager to build my career in accounting and venture capital, focusing on climate and energy technology.
Discover my journey through projects and externships that showcase my skills in accounting and venture capital.
Energy Innovation Capital · Jul 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Think like a venture capitalist—faster with AI. Use AI-driven tools, databases, and market maps to spot and analyze energy, industrial, and sustainability startups, then craft investor-ready reports to pitch them like a pro.
Three-week sprint focused on reading businesses like an analyst, working from 10-K financials, building Excel models, and using AI to support financial analysis.
I am a motivated junior eager to build my career in accounting and venture capital, focusing on climate and energy technology.
I am Rony Abraham, a sophomore at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign pursuing a B.S. in Accountancy. I have entry-level experience in customer service roles and tutoring, and I am completing externships and sprints in venture capital diligence and Excel and AI financial modeling to build practical analysis and modeling skills for finance roles.
Externships
Excel & AI Financial-Modeling Sprint
Extern
Experience
Server / Food Expediter
Smith Crossing · Jun 2024
Barista
Starbucks · 2021
Tutor
Center Tutoring · 2021
Crew Member
Dunkin' · 2021 (3 months)
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business
B.S. in Accountancy · Class of 2028
Moraine Valley Community College
Associate in Arts, Liberal Arts Transfer
Victor J. Andrew High School
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern
Think like a venture capitalist—faster with AI. Use AI-driven tools, databases, and market maps to spot and analyze energy, industrial, and sustainability startups, then craft investor-ready reports to pitch them like a pro.
The work sourced and evaluated early-stage climate and energy startups, performed company-level due diligence, synthesized findings into topic reports, and produced a three-slide investment memo summarizing diligence on a Series B high-temperature superconducting power-delivery company. The work was awarded Top Performer by Energy Innovation Capital.
I produced a complete diligence package: a sourced shortlist of five startups, organized company records and a consolidated overview, synthesis reports (market, tech, team, competitors, and Synergy), and a three-slide investment memo for a Series B superconducting power-delivery company.
Three-week sprint focused on reading businesses like an analyst, working from 10-K financials, building Excel models, and using AI to support financial analysis.
Conducted startup diligence on VEIR across market opportunity, funding, team, technology, competitors, traction, and investment risks; synthesized findings into a concise investment memo.