More than 1.5 million data points. The depth and breadth of our data is unrivaled across the global private capital market. Our easy-to-use online platform allows private companies and investment firms to align compensation strategy with real-world market intelligence since 1997.
Trusted by the founders, boards, investors, lawyers and recruiters shaping the private capital market















Real-time cash and carry benchmark data for your firm. Covers Venture Capital, Private Equity, Family Office, Real Estate and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Units.
Executives looking to benchmarking cash and equity across the organization & build a salary structure. Covers life science, tech, AI, Consumer and all types of private companies across every stage.
Built for individuals at the manager level or below (private company) or senior associate level or below (investment firm) to evaluate and understand their current or future compensation. We don’t help you find a job, we just make sure you’re not leaving money on the table.
The industry’s most comprehensive private market
compensation resource. The only firm to cover
compensation for investment firms and private companies
globally. Beyond real-time benchmarking data, we have:
Our data comes directly from investment firms and private
companies – not payroll software, cap table platforms, or
blended public-company datasets. Quality in, quality out.
The data is only as good as you know what to do with it. No two projects are ever the same. The Thelander advantage is 30 years of compensation expertise, grounded in our proprietary dataset, tailored to your organization’s unique situation.
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Yes, all data is published in aggregate only with no individual names, company names or firm names ever reported.
Yes. We have a free subscription tier, silver, that you can activate by completing either the private company or investment firm compensation survey. No credit card required. As a survey participant, you'll also unlock discounted pricing on full access.
We are a compensation data and consulting firm and how the breadth & depth of data, insights and analysis is what sets us apart - plus, our 30 years of experience. We aren't cap table management or comp management software. Compensation data isn't a feature we added on, it's the business. We don't blend public and private data. Every data point comes from a private company or investment firm.We survey directly, and we've been doing it since 1997. Quality in, quality out. We ensure the job title and level match is correct so that you can trust and rely on the benchmarks to make educated decisions.
Real-time. Our platform gets updated daily with new information.