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 […]
How Does Gender Impact Compensation?
Lately, women in the workforce have been regularly making headlines. We’ve seen topics such as the “number of women in the workforce tops pre-pandemic levels for the first time” and that “more mothers are working than ever before.” Thus, for our October newsletter, we are taking a look at gender compensation data for CEOs. In the […]
What Compensation Trends are We Seeing at CVC Units?
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest. This month we’re exploring compensation trends for CVC Unit Leaders and Corporate Venture Business Development (CVBD) Leaders. We particularly look at how the median and 75th percentile in total cash has changed since 2019. Let’s dive into the data! Chart 1 shows how the median total cash for CVC Unit Leaders and CVBD Leaders has […]
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 […]
Has Vesting for Long-term Incentives Changed?
Welcome to September’s Thelander Digest, where we’ll explore how vesting for long-term incentives has changed since last year. The first chart looks at what other (long-term) incentives in addition to base pay and cash bonus are utilized by CVC Units. The most popular option is corporate stock, followed by carried interest and shadow/phantom/synthetic carry. Let’s dig into […]
What Trends Do We See with Carry Dollars at Work?
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 you will receive […]
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 […]
Does Stage of Development Impact Compensation for Biotech Companies?
For our August newsletter, we look at data from biotech companies to see how stage of development impacts compensation for its CEOs. The different stages of development can be categorized into five groups:1) Pre-Clinical 2) First in Man 3) FDA Clinical Trial Phase I 4) FDA Clinical Trial Phase II 5) Commercial Chart 1 shows the median for total cash, founder, and non-founder equity for CEOs […]
CVC vs. VC Compensation: How Does the Total Cash Compare?
There are jobs, regardless of type of firm, that are competitive. In August’s Thelander Digest, we’ll explore how compensation for Senior Associates and Associates compares at corporate venture and venture capital firms. Let’s get started! Chart 1 shows the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile for total cash for senior associates. Chart 2 shows the 25th percentile, median, and 75th […]
Europe vs. USA Compensation
For our July newsletter, in the spirit of the Eurotrip returning for summer, we compared compensation for CEOs and Biologists in Europe and the United States. J.Thelander Consulting surveys globally and all data is reported in USD. Let’s take a look. Our Findings: Thelander data clearly shows that the United States compensates higher for cash and […]