Private Company Compensation by Gender: What the Data Shows for Executives and Staff

This month, we are digging into gender compensation data for executives and staff-level employees. According to the PitchBook – NVCA Q3 Venture Monitor Report, “80% of first-time financings go to all-male teams.” Thelander has been tracking gender compensation dat for the last 10 years. So, how does this impact compensation? The composition of the 9,734 total […]

The State of Gender Compensation in VC

This month, we are digging into gender compensation data among partners and non-partners at venture capital firms. The compensation of the 3,905 total employees whose gender was indicated in our 2025 Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation Survey was:  So, what’s the breakdown in venture at firms with less than $1 billion in total AUM? Male partners […]