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European Leveraged Finance to Silicon Valley Venture Capital?
 

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Zweihander
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 on 5/26/12 at 12:07am

Have an offer with DB Leveraged Finance desk in London, but ultimately want to end up at a top Silicon Valley VC fund (Accel, Sequoia, KPCB etc).

Just wondering if I can go straight from LevFin to VC? Will coming from an all-credit background kill my chances?

Would my chances be any better if I were to do PE or B-School after my analyst stint and then try for VC?

You know you've been working too hard when you stop dreaming about bottles of champagne and hordes of naked women, and start dreaming about conditonal formatting and circular references.
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