0 LP/Allocator to Direct PE pathway 1 1y
+4 Need Mentor 2 1y
+9 Cerberus PE 1 1y
+8 Bertram Capital in SF? 8 1y
+13 IB -> US SOF (Military) -> PE 3 1y
+6 KKR Leveraged Credit SF 10 1y
+15 Top PE Seats in Canada in 2025? 11 1y
+23 LMM PE Return Offer 6 1y
+11 Hamilton Lane - Direct Co-Invest 12 1y
+27 PE FoF Prep 17 1y
+5 Thoughts on Aurora Capital (LA) in 2024? Culture, Comp, Performance. 2 1y
+45 Moving from direct to co investing 47 1y
+7 Direct Co-Invest / Secondaries / Primary 12 1y
+24 Structuring Fundless sponsor 7 1y
+8 Below Market Pay? 8 1y
+21 Moving from UMM PE to cushy MM IB 6 1y
+4 Pomona capital thoughts? 5 1y
+18 Does anyone have any insight into Apollo LA? Specifically their new alternative strategy group there? 5 1y
+18 Send back a corrected case study? 12 1y
+14 Evergreen Services Group 3 1y
+7 AlpInvest Primaries - Experience and Exit Ops 4 1y
0 Slogging through the PE/VC trenches 1 1y
+895 Overview of Infrastructure Private Equity 124 1y
+9 Any Shops That Are Open to Hiring Turnaround Consultants? 10 1y
+4 Co-Invest / FoF Model Test 5 1y
+9 Help with Transfer Decision and Career Path 1 1y
+6 CarterPierce doesn’t give you access to jobs if you work for one of their clients 5 1y
+4 Opinions: Should I Stay or Should I Lateral? 3 1y
0 Goldman Offers Interns Jobs in "Private Equity" — Within the Firm (BBG) 1 1y
+3 Pomona Capital 2025 (PE secondaries) 10 1y
+36 KEA Consultants London 23 1y
0 PE LA Comp 1 1y
+4 Carlyle PE summer 2026 prep 4 1y
+87 Secondaries is Paradise 59 1y
+6 Recruiting Firms for Bay Area - PE / Growth Equity 1 1y
+4 BDT&MSD Growth Equity? 2 1y
+9 Family Offices in London? 1 1y
+21 27M | Corp Finance → FP&A | Laid off & Unemployed 3 Months | Studying CFA Level 1 | Want to Pivot to IB/PE/Corp Dev — What Should I Do? 8 1y
0 27M | Corp Finance → FP&A | Laid off & Unemployed 3 Months | Studying CFA Level 1 | Want to Pivot to IB/PE/Corp Dev/Investment Analyst — What Should I Do? 1 1y
+13 KKR Group Cultures 11 1y
0 K1 Investment Management (LA) - 2025 opinions 2 1y
+12 Is being an LP super chill? 7 1y
0 Jim Cramer likes KKR, BX, and Apollo 1 1y
+344 Q&A: PE Secondaries Principal 287 1y
+19 Long-time reader, now looking for advice. 1 1y
+49 if starting out now, are careers in PE now objectively worse than Law? 25 1y
+23 Sponsor Finance and Sponsor Finance Lending 3 1y
+7 PE MF analysts/associates in India 6 1y
+9 Tower Arch comp/WLB? 19 1y
+9 Start Up Saga and Tales from the Crypt 1 1y
+9 would you rather: 2 years at 1st-time fund or 4yrs at well-known fund? 1 1y
+9 Tully Friedman Interview 1 1y
+18 Advice needed... 1 1y
+6 Triton Case Study 5 1y
+27 How I broke into Private Equity/Growth Equity? 19 1y
+4 Endeavour Capital 2025? 5 1y
0 Swander Pace Capital Information 0 1y
+1 thoughts of GE vs PE? 2 1y
0 Healthcare Growth Equity - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic 1 1y
+9 Interesting datapoint on PE recruiting by prior job and undergrad 1 1y
+3 Navimed - DC Healthcare PE 2 1y
+110 10 Years' Comp Progression Across IB, PE, Corporate Roles 49 1y
+22 Thoughts on Diversis Capital 11 1y
+49 Top LA PE Firms 47 1y
+17 Tech PE at Vista vs. KKR vs. BX vs. Warburg etc 10 1y
+6 IFM Infrastructure (Associate) - Modelling Test 4 1y
+7 Fund and Co-Investments? 1 1y
+14 BMO/RBC M&A Toronto ---> US PE 16 1y
+54 Warburg Pincus 41 1y
+4 Increase in PE salaries 2 1y
+38 started in direct investments, moved to indirect, trying to move back and have an interview... please help 16 1y
+4 TPG Digital Media? 2 1y
0 Gryphon SF 2 1y
0 deleted 0 1y
+194 LMM PE Associate Experience - What is it REALLY like? 57 1y
+10 Anyone heard of Invictus Growth Partners (Bay Area)? Culture? 11 1y
0 6 St Global Opps 1 1y
+32 LBO - Debt-Like Items 16 1y
+6 Helios Investment London 6 1y
+12 Deleted 5 1y
+8 thoughts on Angeles Equity Partners 5 1y
+13 LMM Year 2 Associate Comp in 2025 10 1y
0 Which IB and PE groups in SF and LA sponsor ? 1 1y
0 Oaktree culture and comp 1 1y
+3 Growth Buyout 4 1y
+14 LMM PE or LMM IB to start career? 4 1y
+22 What to do with my career? 10 1y
+19 Lateral from Fund-Adjacent Endowment Investing to PE/Private Credit? 2 1y
+17 Family Office or Energy Corporate? 11 1y
0 Buyside 2026 Oncycle Recruting 1 1y
+18 IR at PE Shops 13 1y
+718 Family Office is Paradise 57 1y
+7 Sovereign Wealth Fund Interview 1 1y
+3 Gladstone 1 1y
+21 any info on hamilton lane? 28 1y
0 Primary investing to Co-Investment mix? 1 1y
+14 London Private Equity Recruiting from New York 3 1y
+9 Corp Dev Recruiters - Denver/Seattle 1 1y
+16 PEP, Quadrant, BGH etc. - culture, hours, comp etc. 26 1y
+10 GCM Grosvenor 6 1y

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