Exclusive Preview Of Our Investment Firm Salary Increase Data
Each year, we team up with PitchBook to run our annual Salary Increase & Bonus Survey. As it’s the holiday season, we wanted to provide our email subscribers with a treat for our December Thelander Digest. We’ve included an exclusive preview from the Salary Increase & Bonus Survey that examines how salary increase percentages are looking for 2024 from those that have responded to […]
Do You Have to Commit Capital for Your Carried Interest?
For our November Digest, we’re looking at committed capital and if you have to commit capital for your carried interest. First, we need to define what this means. Committed capital is the percentage that the General Partners (GPs) contribute to the overall capital of the fund. So, why is this important? It shows how much skin GPs have in the game by indicating the […]
How Does Gender Impact Compensation at Venture Capital Firms?
For our October Digest, we’re looking at gender compensation data for investment professionals. Today, we examine the gender pay gap for three positions: 1) Managing General Partner (Investment Professional I)2) Managing Director / Partner (Investment Professional III)3) Associate (Investment Professional VI) To do this, we looked at median total cash and carried interest for males and females at venture firms with […]
What Trends Do We See with Carry Dollars at Work?
Welcome to September’s Thelander Digest! A few years ago, we added new questions to the Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation Survey to collect data on carry dollars at work. Using this data, we’ll be looking at insights on carry dollars at work and how it has changed since 2021. What is carry dollars at work? It’s defined as the amount of carry […]
Does Smaller AUM Equal Less Compensation?
The Thelander surveys are constantly evolving to keep up with the ever-changing market. We are excited to announce that our total assets under management (AUM) filter has expanded to include the lower categories of: Less than $25 million, $25 – $49.9 million, $50 – $99.9 million, $100 – $249.9 million… all the way up to $7 billion […]
United States vs. EuropeInvestment Professional Compensation
Since Thelander surveys private companies and investment firms globally, we are frequently asked about regional compensation data within the United States and internationally. Per popular demand, July’s Thelander Digest compares how investment professionals are compensated in the United States vs. Europe. Europe data is reported in USD. Let’s take a look! In the first graph we […]
Venture Capital vs. Private Equity: How Does Firm Type Impact Compensation?
In June’s Thelander Digest, we compare managing general partner compensation at venture capital firms to private equity firms. Let’s take a look at the data! About the data: Thelander Data Shows: The second graph shows us a snapshot of the median, 75th, and maximum total cash and carried interest for managing general partners at venture capital and private equity […]
How Should You Customize Investment Firm Compensation Data?
In May’s Thelander Digest, we examine which factors make the biggest difference in investment firm compensation. So, what filters really make a difference? The Thelander platform allows you to easily customize investment firm data by by four filters: total assets under management, size of most recent fund, type of firm, and region. Plus, the data is […]
What’s the Compensation forecast for CVC professionals?
In April’s Thelander Digest, we examine what the compensation landscape looks like for CVC professionals. Last month, J.Thelander Consulting hosted a webinar with DLA Piper and Bell Mason Group to give a full market update, and examine how CVC compensation trends have evolved in recent years. Jody Thelander, founder & CEO of the namesake firm, discussed exclusive insights, which […]
How Does Compensation Vary by Region?
In March’s Thelander Digest, we examine how median total cash compensation varies across the US for managing general partners and senior associates. The data presented is collected from the Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation Survey, which is now open-year round. There are two charts below: By examining the Thelander data above for managing general partners, we see that: Participate In The Investment Firm Compensation Surve By examining […]