2023 GROWTH EQUITY PRESTIGE RANKINGS - OFFICIAL

It's about that time of the year to get the rankings going seeing GrowthCap just launched their's. Use this as motivation.

------------------------ Women (and Founders) Dream of Knowing You -------------------------------------

1.a. Blackstone, Sequoia, TPG, KKR, Thoma Bravo, Vista Equity, TA Associates, Summit 

1.b. Bessemer, a16z, Accel, Insight, Softbank, Battery, IVP, ICONIQ, TCV

----------------------------------- Women Dream of Knowing You ------------------------------------------------

2.a. JMI, Spectrum, Accel-KKR, PSG, Sageview, Norwest, Apax Digital

2.b. Brighton Park, Silversmith, Lead Edge, Stripes, Raine, Guidepost, SIG

---------------------------------- Neither Women or Founders Know You --------------------------------------

3.a. Volition, Level Equity, Mainsail, Long Ridge, Adams Street

3.b. Frontier, Updata, Five Elms, M33 Growth, Left Lane

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This is the type of stupid shit that the SVB collapse will hopefully wipe out.

Bessemer, a16z, Insight, Level, Silversmith, M33, all have their funds under custody by SVB. Most growth equity activity will get absolutely crushed and the most active deals will be in the lower mid-market by firms experienced in the space. 

I highly doubt these rankings mean anything anymore. The only ones who will be making money are the most disciplined investors who did not chase valuations like rabid dogs and didn't park their ENTIRE fund in SVB.

Nobody outside of VC and maybe PE even knows what growth equity is. There isn't any "prestige" associated with the space. 

 

Didn't realize how many notable funds had direct exposure like that. It'll be interesting to see how this effects active processes over the next few weeks. 

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

Can confirm - women confess they dream of undressing in front of me and founders are piling up inbound while my silly little friend in (checks notes) "Tier 3" just cleared my total comp as a bonus stub.

 

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