CVC Compensation Structure: Insights from Thelander Webinar
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest for June. This month, we wanted to share our webinar recording from May in case you missed it, as well as some exclusive data that was presented by Jody Thelander, our founder & CEO. Jody was joined by industry experts James Fischer, Corporate Partner at DLA Piper and Sue Siegel, Chairman, Board […]
The Goal of Your CVC Unit Impacts Compensation
Welcome back to the May edition of our Thelander Digest. Last month, we talked about how long term incentives are impacted by CVC unit structure. This month, we’re going to focus on another key factor – the goal of the CVC Unit and how that impacts compensation, including long and short term incentives. In addition to base […]
How CVC Unit Structure Impacts Long Term Incentives
Welcome back to the April edition of our Thelander Digest. Last month, we dug into how CVCs can incentivize existing and prospective employees. This month, we’re going to look at how long term incentives are impacted by CVC unit structures. For context, not off balance sheet CVC units invest directly from the parent company’s balance […]
CVC Long Term Incentives: What You Need to Know
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest. This month, we are going to share first-hand what comes up on the consulting side of the business regarding long term incentives for CVC Units. Here’s what you need to know: Why is a long term incentive important? Investors are tied to the success of their portfolio companies. CVC […]
What Hiring Trends are We Seeing at CVC Units?
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest! For those of you that are new or want to revisit our previous issues, you can find CVC here, traditional investment firm (such as VC) here and private company here. If you are interested in subscribing to one or all of our Digests, you can sign up here. In this month’s edition, we’ll be exploring different hiring trends at CVC […]
Results from the CVC Salary Increase & Bonus Survey
Last month, we looked at a preview of salary increase data. This month, we’ll give you an exclusive look at the bonus section, and examine how bonuses are measuring up 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 highly […]
Exclusive Preview Of Our CVC 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 of the results from the Salary Increase & Bonus Survey that examines how salary increase percentages are looking for 2024 from those that have […]
Watch our Latest Webinar for All the Latest Compensation and CVC Industry Trends
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest. As we near the end of the year, CVC units are making decisions on salary increases, bonuses, and benchmarking their teams against the market based on real-time data. As Jody, our founder & CEO, frequently states, the data is only as good as you know what to do with it. That’s why we hosted a […]
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 […]
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 […]