AI in Venture Capital and Private Equity: How Firms Differ
Using data from the Thelander AI in VC report (available on the Thelander Platform for no charge), we looked at how AI in venture capital and private equity is being used in very different ways — and the data shows a clean split by firm type. VC firms are more likely to use AI for […]
Venture Capital Compensation by Role: What the Data Actually Shows
Any day Thelander data is used in a Halle Tecco, MPH, MBA blog post is a good day. Halle updated her post on “The Many Roles at a Venture Fund — And How to Land Them” with real-time (& exclusive) compensation data from the Thelander platform for six job titles. We customized the data by […]
Investment Firm Compensation: What Associates and Managing Directors Are Making
In honor of America’s 250th birthday, we’re sharing real-time comp data (straight from the Thelander platform) for all investment firms with $250 – $499M AUM and a most recent fund of $250 – $499M. Here’s what Associates & Managing Directors / Partners are making: Chart #1: AssociatesTotal cash ranges from $133,750 at the 25th percentile […]
Marketing & Communications Roles at Investment Firms. How’s the Comp?
Dedicated in-house marketing teams at investment firms is still relatively rare, but that’s changing. Firms like Lightspeed are leading the shift, with their CMO describing the firm as “much more than capital providers. They’ve become media companies.” How common are dedicated Marketing & Communications roles across the broader investment firm ecosystem, and what does it take for […]
What Talent Partners at Venture Capital Firms Are Making
Venture capital firms are increasingly building out dedicated talent teams to help portfolio companies hire executives and scale their teams, a model long used by CVC Units. As these roles have become more strategic, compensation has followed. We dug into the Thelander YoY dataset (available through an investment firm subscription) to see what Talent Partners […]
Investment Firm Compensation: Why AUM Alone Isn’t Enough
We just wrapped an investment firm consulting project where we looked at the firm’s compensation by both total AUM and size of most recent fund. We found the data to be interesting, so we’re sharing some of the analysis with you in this month’s digest. One of the most influential ways to customize investment firm compensation is […]
One in three investment firms gift vertical slices of carry into trusts. Is yours one of them?
Carried interest is one of the most powerful levers in venture capital and private equity compensation. In our recent webinar with GetDynasty.com, we discussed putting part of your carried interest (and committed capital) into vertical trusts. Here’s what the data says, and what you need to know before you act. When it comes to gifting […]
The Investor Option Pool: Why Valuation Matters More Than Share Size
In our last piece, we looked at how the founder share of a company’s option pool shrinks as valuations rise — and what that actually means in dollar terms. This week, we’re looking at the investor option pool: what that growth actually means, and why the dynamics of the investor pool are fundamentally different from […]
Venture Capital Compensation Trends: Roles Funds Are Betting On
When we asked Perplexity what was going on in Venture Capital this week, it said that venture was in its “value creation” era — and when we looked at the year-over-year venture capital compensation trends on the Thelander platform, we understood why. We pulled the roles with the biggest jumps in median total cash since […]
Investment Firm Bonus Structure
Investment firm bonus structure varies widely across PE and VC firms — and understanding how bonuses are set is critical for attracting and retaining top talent. In case you missed our IF Data Drop last week, we’re expanding on how firms structure bonuses for their investment teams. The first major consideration is whether a bonus […]