As venture rounds get bigger and the sub-$5M round disappears (PitchBook), it's changed the way that companies recruit and retain talent - and the YoY compensation data is changing as a result. Take Operations Managers...
One time is random. Twice is a pattern.I got off the phone with a biotech VC today who was genuinely trying to understand why Thelander doesn't mix public and private company compensation data together for...
Global M&A hit a historic milestone in Q1 2026. According to PitchBook, "total deal value reaching an estimated $1.6 trillion—a new quarterly record—up 50.6% YoY despite a backdrop of trade policy uncertainty, geopolitical tension, and...
According to PitchBook, "Biopharma companies' willingness to go public appears to be making a tentative reversal after a long drought...The real drive behind this resurgence, according to investors, is the M&A market." We looked at our...
Last week, Katherine Bindley from The Wall Street Journal published an article on "The Tech Jobs That Are Safe From AI." She reported that senior IT and computer science job postings are up YoY -...
In a Fortune article published this week on the pay gap and pay transparency, the takeaway wasn't that companies aren't sharing pay — it's that they can't explain it. Private companies with fewer than 200...
Private Life Science Compensation Report Private Biotech Compensation Report CEO Compensation in Digital Health, Biotech and Tech. Read the full CEO Biotech Compensation Report Private Tech Compensation Report Startup CEO Compensation Report How does total...
In Carta's State of Startup Compensation Report, they said that "the dominance of AI is shaping how founders build and compensate their teams." AI equity compensation is rising — but is it rising equally across...
Custom Salary Structures Thelander Pay Plans are designed to add the right amount of formality and structure to your private company. A balance must be struck between hiring and building the organization while avoiding salary...
We're taking last week's analysis one step further: what do those different option pool sizes actually mean in dollar terms? The short answer is that a higher valuation doesn't automatically translate into a better outcome...
