{"id":278774,"date":"2025-06-27T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jthelander.com\/?p=278774"},"modified":"2025-06-27T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:02:00","slug":"where-is-cvc-talent-coming-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/?p=278774","title":{"rendered":"Where Is CVC Talent Coming From? Hiring &amp; Compensation Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thelander&#8217;s compensation offerings encompasses more than data on salaries and long term incentives. Our robust platform also reveals where and how people move within and across organizations, a crucial component when it comes to CVCs building an experienced, innovative&nbsp;and elite team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a founding partner of GSK&#8217;s corporate venture arm, Action Potential Venture Capital,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalventuring.com\/corporate\/healthcare\/imran-eba-moves-from-gsk-cvc-to-medical-startup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">left his position<\/a>&nbsp;to become CFO at one of their CVC Unit&#8217;s portfolio companies, the Thelander team started thinking analyzing trends in CVC hiring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably: What types of organizations are new hires at CVC firms coming from? And what does compensation look like as they change positions? Let&#8217;s dig in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corporate VC Hiring Trends Favor Experiences Inside the CVC World<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majority of new hires (56%) still come venture capital firms, as indicated by the chart below. But an increasing number of new hires in 2025 came from other CVC units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Hiring managers appreciate that CVC experience is very valuable,&#8221; said Jody Thelander, founder &amp; CEO of the namesake firm. &#8220;Venture capital firms and CVCs can operate differently with varying priorities (financial return versus technology transfer).&nbsp;This can also impact&nbsp;the talent they recruit and the skills needed to support the firm and the portfolio companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>45% of new CVC hires came from other CVC unit&#8217;s, a 6% increase&nbsp;from 39% in 2024.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of employees joining firms directly from graduate school is up 9% from&nbsp;22% in 2023 to 31% in 2025.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VC firms, other CVC units and private companies are the top three sources for new hires in 2025.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image img-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jthelander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20b1bf59-87db-20fb-1ab2-ba6872432bc5.png\" alt=\"What types of organization did new hires come from?\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Thelander CVC Overview Report via the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/survey.jthelander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CVC Compensation Survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where Are CVC Employees Going?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, CVC professionals bring value to other organizations. As CVC units continue to be major players in the investment firm ecosystem, there&#8217;s been a competitive shift in attracting and retaining talent with CVC experience. Nearly half (49%) of CVC senior professionals or key employees who leave go on to venture capital firms, a 6% increase since last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the number of CVCs professionals or key recruiters leaving to join public or private companies is down. Just 16% in total, still leave to join public or private companies, possibly suggesting that leaders join companies they&#8217;ve supported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>VC firms, like other CVCs, and PE\/Growth Equity Firms are the top three places key recruits go when they leave a CVC unit, representing more than 90% of all job changes.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than one-quarter (26%) of CVC senior leaders move on to a different CVC unit.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image img-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jthelander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/243f1d57-3244-95ab-bbc7-6bc4f2c722b8.png\" alt=\"Where did the senior professional or key recruit go?\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Thelander CVC Overview Report via the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/survey.jthelander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CVC Compensation Survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These charts who how CVC employees have a range of career opportunities. &#8220;CVC talent brings a depth and breadth of experience that is valuable across the private capital market and there is a lot of demand for their skill set, which makes them attractive candidates,&#8221; Thelander said. &#8220;There is always&nbsp;a premium for people who have key skills ranging from investing to business development and portfolio company services.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center btn-post wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/survey.jthelander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access Compensation Data for the Global Private Capital Market By Participating Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thelander&#8217;s compensation offerings encompasses more than data on salaries and long term incentives. Our robust platform also reveals where and how people move within and across organizations, a crucial component when it comes to CVCs building an experienced, innovative&nbsp;and elite team.&nbsp; When a founding partner of GSK&#8217;s corporate venture arm, Action Potential Venture Capital,&nbsp;left his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,3],"class_list":["post-278774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-cvc","tag-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}