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Firms / Middle-market banks / Needham & Company

How to get into Needham & Company

Needham is an independent New York bank focused on growth tech and healthcare companies. Who it hires and what undergraduates need on their resume.

Needham was founded in New York in 1985 and is employee-owned. It works with smaller, growth-stage companies in technology, healthcare and clean tech, doing IPOs, follow-on offerings and M&A. Its equity research covers a lot of small-cap tech.

Who it suits

Students who want to work with smaller public companies and really like tech or healthcare. Teams are small. It's a US application.

On the resume

  • Evidence you follow small-cap tech or healthcare: a stock pitch, a research write-up, a society investment report.
  • If you've coded or worked in a lab, say what you did and what came of it.
  • US format and timeline.

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Questions

What does Needham focus on?

Growth companies in technology and healthcare especially.

Is Needham independent?

Yes, it's employee-owned.

Who wrote this

I worked at BCG and Bain in London, and at Bain I worked recruiting events and interviewed candidates. I’ve had offers from Citi, Bank of America, BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Oliver Wyman, Strategy&, L.E.K. and OC&C. I’ve since scored and marked up more than 175 banking and consulting CVs by hand. The CV review on this site uses the same criteria.

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