How do VC / GE Roles Differ from CVC?
How do venture capital and growth equity roles differ from corporate venture capital, and how do venture capital and growth equity firms view corporate venture capital experience?
I don’t have a lot of respect for corporate venture. With few exceptions (GV, debatably Salesforce Ventures) these guys will just spray and pray with minimal diligence or post-close portfolio involvement. There’s just no incentive for them to be that disciplined about underwriting or even investment performance since they’re just a rounding error on the parent’s balance sheet… it’s really more of a PR play to show that you’re “innovating” v groups that have any influence / impact on the org
Do you think there is any value to fielding opportunities within a specific sector that the corporate operates in? Or are VC / GE juniors not positioned as generalists?
You are spot on with your rounding error point. Place that reached out to me has a cash balance greater than 10bn but a VC fund less than 250mm
I'm not sure I fully understand or have enough context for your question. In general, most juniors at "financial" venture/growth firms will be pretty generalist in nature, obviously within the parameters of their firm (SaaS only, consumer only, etc). CVC I imagine is a little more focused as prospects would need to have SOME relevance to their parent's industry and business model.
Is the sector focused experience one gets in a CVC firm valued when trying to lateral to a VC/GE firm?
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