Private Equity vs Venture Capital Compensation: Global Insights
This edition offers an exclusive look at highlights from our recent PitchBook panel webinar, featuring key segments on compensation in Private Equity vs. Venture Capital, Carried Interest and Carry Dollars at Work, and Year-over-Year Compensation Trends. Let’s dive into these focused discussions by exploring the following video clips to gain valuable insights into the evolving compensation landscape within […]
Investment Firm Carry Dollars at Work
This month, we focus on the dynamics of investment firm carry dollars at work and how it shapes the compensation strategies across various investment firms. Understanding carry dollars at work—a crucial compensation lever—is essential for gauging potential returns on carried interest, which in turn helps with strategic planning and in attracting/retaining top talent. Carry dollars […]
Liquidation Preferences 101: What VC-Backed Companies Need to Know
Welcome to the August edition of the Investment Firm Digest. Thelander is the only firm to cover compensation for the entire private capital market – from your firm to your portfolio companies. That is why we wanted to give you an exclusive preview of the findings from our Thelander Private Company M&A with Change of Control & […]
How Does Region Impact Compensation for Venture Capitalists?
In this month’s edition, we delve into the regional differences in compensation for key roles within investment firms, focusing on Managing General Partners, Senior Director/Partners, and Senior Associates. Understanding these differences can help firms tailor their compensation and recruitment strategies and ensure they remain competitive in various markets. How does region impact compensation for each […]
VC Compensation by AUM: Cash and Carry for Firms Over $1 Billion
This month, we are going to dig into the higher AUM classes and examine what the mix of cash and carry looks like once VC firms pass $1 Billion in total AUM. Similar to how private companies have been staying private longer, investment firms are raising larger funds – and it’s taking time. This could be […]
Venture Capital Associate Compensation: How Much Recent Grads Make
It is commencement season, which means many graduates will soon be in the market for jobs that will jumpstart their earnings and their career. (If this is you, check out Complander). Among hopeful jobseekers are those who wish to dip their toes in venture capital, an increasingly difficult industry to break into. With thousands of […]
VC Investors Continue to Earn Top Dollar
This month, we’re going to dig into compensation trends for the top investment positions at investment firms. Since 2021, the median cash compensation for VC investors has gone up across all positions at the highest levels, including managing general partner, sr. managing director / sr. partner and managing director / partner. There’s a number of […]
Gender VC Compensation Data: The Pay Gap is Closing Among Junior Investors
In honor of women’s history month, we dug into the investment firm dataset to analyze how representation of female VC investors has changed over the last four years and what progress has been made in closing the pay gap between men and women in venture. Here’s what we found: When looking at senior managing directors […]
What Hiring Trends are We Seeing at Investment Firms?
This month we’ll be exploring different hiring trends at investment firms. We’ll take a look at where new hires come from, and how long one stays in a position before being promoted. Chart 1 looks at where new hires to venture capital (VC) firms came from. We see the following trends: Chart 2 looks at the median number of years one stays in […]
Investment Firm Bonus Compensation: 2024 Salary Increase & Bonus Results
Last month, we looked at a preview of salary increase data. This month, we give you an exclusive look at the bonus section, and examine how bonuses are looking for 2024. To review, a cash bonus is the preferred mechanism for rewarding individual performance, and is meant to be a short-term/annual incentive. With the current talent market being […]