+5 VC Bros Get Cranked? 5 1d
+15 Insights on erebor / startup banking? 8 2d
0 quant to VC 1 3d
+15 Growth Equity Compensation 1 3d
+9 Anyone join a startup that actually paid a fat check at exit? 3 5d
+20 US-Backed Startup Building Software in Australia: IP Ownership, Tax and Entity Structure Considerations 4 5d
+16 EQT Ventures & Growth 6 1w
+6 Growth Equity Investment Memo 2 1w
0 What would you pay for that nobody's built yet? 2 1w
0 How to go from IB to VC? 1 2w
0 Hi 1 2w
0 Transfer to VC 2 2w
0 DRW VC Thoughts? 0 2w
+33 Q&A | Associate, CVC | +5 years in Real Assets PE and VC 5 3w
0 Is Investing in On-Demand App Development Still Profitable? 1 3w
+39 Quitting IB to start a CPG startup 9 3w
+55 Is there any point to joining a startup after IB? 16 3w
+6 Enterprise B2B Infra/Security/Cyber 4 3w
+12 Is there a meaningful advantage to interning at a $6B growth equity firm versus a $2B firm? 8 3w
+27 Path into biotech 10 3w
+27 IB > Strategic Finance at Decacorn > VC? 8 3w
+25 Europe VC Rankings 24 3w
+16 Stop watching the AI boom from the sidelines 0 1mo
+221 My Startup Failed - Five Hard Lessons 24 1mo
+22 Imagine we put 100 hours a week into a startup 13 1mo
+8 Growth Equity FT recruiting??? 6 1mo
+4 Pre-money / Post-money valuation question 5 1mo
0 The Unit Economics Nobody Talks About in Fitness-Tech Diligence: Dev Cost Per Feature 2 1mo
0 Harlem Capital Performance and Thoughts? 1 1mo
+9 Private Credit Origination Startup 2 1mo
+21 Feeling lost about how to recruit for VC 8 1mo
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0 Multi stage VC in London 1 1mo
+53 VC interview questions 34 1mo
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+42 Top-Tier VC by Prestige 30 1mo
+57 Want to build a startup & raise some money? Part I 13 1mo
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+50 Venture Capital Prestige Tier List 28 2mo
+1 Data for sale 3 2mo
+3 Investment Fund set up by Kylla Corporate Transactions 2 2mo
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+145 Venture Capital is Paradise 57 2mo
+37 Growth Equity Analyst vs. IB Analyst Programs 26 2mo
+32 Absurd startup opportunity, should I take it? 32 2mo
0 Venture Capital Case Study Interview Tips? 3 2mo
+13 ER to VC? 9 2mo
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+17 Rates 7 2mo
+21 Hey Jane- The Sketchiest Start-up in LA 4 3mo
+11 Venture Debt Reputation 2 3mo
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+20 Thrive Capital? 19 3mo
0 Invus PE / Growth / Publics 1 3mo
+22 Is VC actually a skill-based career — or mostly access + luck? 2 3mo
0 Life Sciences VC/PE Book recs? 2 3mo
+6 What's Motive for Hiring Undergrads? 2 3mo
+1 Fidelity VC 1 3mo
0 D. E. Shaw Venture 1 3mo
0 WSO VC internship 1 3mo
+9 Venture Capital in SG 4 3mo
+3 Increased GE SA Interest? 2 3mo
+3 Insights into Soma Capital? 3 3mo
+5 We can start a EV renting business here in India 6 3mo
+3 Thrive Eternal 1 3mo
+18 Remote/Virtual internship with a VC, no less effective 3 4mo
+9 VC Interview Tips 1 4mo
+9 Best Strat Fin Teams w/ ex-Investors 4 4mo
+3 BAM Elevate Insights 1 4mo
+53 How Difficult Actually Is It to Get Into VC? 16 4mo
0 Early-Stage Deal Flow from Korea and SEA — Any Foreign GPs Interested? 3 4mo
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+13 Manager at a London VC 1 4mo
+9 What Actually Matters Early if You Want to Eventually Run Capital? 2 4mo
+22 Would you still go into early stage VC today? 9 4mo
0 Guide to Blocking Silicon Valley to Arlington Mission Critical VC Investments Based on War-Time Insights 2 4mo
0 Accel SA Process 3 4mo
+10 Entry grade level TC at a top VC, AM I CLUELESS??? 4 4mo
0 Absolutely unheard of TC out of grad school, am I CLUELESS about the industry??? 1 4mo
0 Choosing a VC 3 4mo
0 Del 2 4mo
+19 Want to leave my Decacorn Strategy Job for VC, but Pay is Too Good Compared to VC? 9 4mo
0 Iconiq Capital Portfolio Operations 0 4mo
0 J&J Ventures? 0 4mo
0 Primer / Books to Develop / Understand Growth Equity Investing? 4 4mo
+23 Climate / Energy Transition Growth Funds 11 4mo
0 VC case modelling help ! Cap table 2 4mo
+7 M33 Growth 4 4mo
+24 T1 Early-Stage VCs - Who Are They? 9 4mo
+10 Crossover Privates vs Multi-stage Growth / VC vs Classic GE 2 4mo
+34 Junior / mid-level carry in VC 15 4mo
+3 Seed v Growth v Mega Venture Capital Rounds 1 4mo
0 Energy transition / Climatetech case studies 1 4mo
0 Seeking Growth / Late-Stage VC Analysts for Paid Product Feedback 2 5mo
+29 London VC/Growth Path 15 5mo
+18 Leaving at end of 2nd yr in IB with nothing lined up. -> Path to Entrepreneurship 8 5mo
+13 Best private company data software? Pitchbook, Crunchbase, AlphaSense 13 5mo
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