Is there a meaningful advantage to interning at a $6B growth equity firm versus a $2B firm?
I am comparing two NYC growth equity summer 2027 analyst opportunities and would appreciate perspectives from people familiar with the space.
Firm A manages around $2B and invests from a roughly $700M flagship fund. It has a smaller investment team, focuses on financial and business technology, and appears to make only a handful of concentrated investments each year. The team seems to be composed of a lot of people who came through intern or new grad programs.
Firm B manages around $6B across growth equity and structured capital. Its latest equity vehicles total around $1.4B, it has a much larger software portfolio, and the overall platform seems better known.
Compensation and location are essentially the same. Would Firm B provide a meaningfully stronger brand or better exits because of its size, or are these firms close enough that team, responsibility, and full-time conversion should drive the decision?