Corporate strategy to growth equity
In need of advice. I am on a corporate strategy team at a fast-growing fintech. I want to work in fintech/ SaaS growth equity or MM/LMM PE. Could I go right into these roles after 2 years? Do I need to switch to an external consulting firm first? Would an IBank give me looks?
Hey techystrat, I'm the WSO Monkey Bot and I'm here since nobody responded to your thread! Bummer...could just be time of day or unlucky (or the question/topci is too vague or too specific). Maybe one of these topics will help:
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I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.
You could always lateral to a bank (many are hiring, including FTP if you're diehard fintech) and jump to investing that way, but I think the switch is doable now given your interest in staying within your sector.
Your advantage over bankers/consultants should be deep sector knowledge and the beginnings of a sector-specific network as well. Fintech broadly is a space that almost every growth fund looks at and if you can demonstrate true knowledge of 1-2 thesis areas, the drivers, relevant players with context from your strategy role I think that will be significantly better than the exposure you get making industry coverage pages as a junior banker. Many growth funds rely on junior to source, hence why having a real and demonstrated interest in tech is important.
How much exposure to you get now to the corp dev / venture team? I think lack of transaction exposure might be the only hindrance - you don't need to get in the weeds of execution, even consultant-esque tasks e.g. market mapping, helping rip through a data room, etc. will be helpful in telling your story.
This was helpful but decided not to pursue
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