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Go for a full-time position then an MBA.
I'm gonna focus more on the VC side of things than the IB side because you said that's where you want to end up, and I can assuredly tell you that you will have a much easier time breaking into VC from a startup or early stage company basis than IB. Go work for a startup. Early stage, probably post PMF, and just learn. You can find a ton of startup listings on places like YC, Wellfound, Techstars, or Angelist. Now, if you really want to go for banking, best bet would be either to take full time role and network, do a masters in finance, or wait 2 years and go for MBA. Also, there's never gonna be internships, just full time recruiting.
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