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As venture rounds get bigger and the sub-$5M round disappears (PitchBook), it’s changed the…
One time is random. Twice is a pattern. I got off the phone with a biotech VC today who was…
Global M&A hit a historic milestone in Q1 2026. According to PitchBook, “total deal value…
According to PitchBook, “Biopharma companies’ willingness to go public appears to be…
Last week, Katherine Bindley from The Wall Street Journal published an article on “The Tech…
In a Fortune article published this week on the pay gap and pay transparency, the takeaway…
In Carta‘s State of Startup Compensation Report, they said that “the dominance of AI is…
We’re taking last week’s analysis one step further: what do those different option pool…
With the slew of new data that came out of the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor r this week, startup…
Independent board members bring industry expertise and valuable networks to the table — and…
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest. This month, we are digging into one of the most important…
One of our most frequently asked questions is about founder shares — specifically, what’s the…
AI Pay Premiums for Software Engineers and Data Scientists: 2026 Data…
Using the Thelander YoY private company dataset, we looked to see which private company executives…
Salary Structures 101: How to Build a Compensation Infrastructure for Your Startup…
Most private company roles saw higher raise rates in 2025, especially at the leadership level. See…
This month, we are digging into gender compensation data for executives and staff-level employees…
This month, we are digging into annual bonuses – who receives them, what percentage of the…
In today’s fundraising environment, it is taking longer for companies to raise capital and…
How much do digital health CEOs earn in 2025? Thelander benchmarks CEO cash and equity compensation…
This month’s Thelander Digest dives into severance and change in control – which affects…
The federal government and big tech companies like Google, Amazon and Apple have issued…
You might think the more a private company continues to raise capital, the more they pay their…
Recent pharmaceutical advances have placed a significant spotlight on biotech and a race to attract…
This month, we’re excited to release our updated analysis of technical staff-level pay premiums. In…
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest. Since March is Women’s History Month, we dug into our…
Ensuring the right equity distribution in privately held companies is key. Access to real-time…
This month, we delve into the fundamentals of establishing a compensation philosophy and the…
As 2024 comes to a close, what better topic to dive into than salary increases and bonuses? Drawing…
As we near the end of the year and your company plans for 2025, we’re addressing…
Welcome to this special edition of the Private Company Digest. This month, we’re joined…
While public company CEO compensation is widely reported, identifying what types of private…
We’re excited to continue our “Comp Talks for Private Companies” virtual series…
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest for July. Last year, we explored global compensation data for…
Welcome back to the Thelander Private Company Digest for June. Last month, we released a new filter…
It’s commencement season, which means many college graduates will soon be on the hunt for…
One of the most frequently asked questions we get from our survey participants and clients is about…
In September 2022, Fortune used Thelander data to look at CEO compensation by financing and…
In March 2023, we looked at the gender pay gap for life science CEOs. Almost a year later, we are…
Welcome back to the first Private Company Digest of 2024. Following a successful week at the…
In this month’s Thelander Digest, we are excited to give you a peak at some of our findings…
Welcome back to the Thelander Private Company Digest. We have a special November edition with a…
Lately, women in the workforce have been regularly making headlines. We’ve seen topics such as…
A few years ago, we added new questions to the Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation…
For our August newsletter, we look at data from biotech companies to see how stage of development…
For our July newsletter, in the spirit of the Eurotrip returning for summer, we compared…
In June’s Thelander Digest, we examine the different trends impacting compensation…
When examining compensation data for privately held companies – you want to make sure you are…
In the March 2023 Thelander Digest, we examine how the total…
The Thelander Digest is powered by real-time compensation data from the Thelander Private Company…
In this Thelander Digest, we look at hiring and compensation trends for 2023 using the results…
As the leading source for compensation data for the private capital markets, we’re…
J.Thelander Consulting hosted a Private Company Compensation Panel Webinar where we took a deep dive…
We’ve already looked at how receiving a bonus impacts the total cash that one is…
We’re proud that J. Thelander Consulting was recently featured in a Fortune article! Jessica…
For some senior investment professionals, their total cash compensation is just their base salary…
In July’s Thelander Digest, we examine where we’re seeing the most amount of…
Welcome to the first Thelander Digest, our monthly newsletter where we explore helpful compensation…