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I was in a very similar boat...at the end of the day I decided to say no to the first time VC despite having a lot of interest/internship experience in the space. Mostly b/c I wanted to join a program that felt more established, had a larger team to network with and rely on, & comp was more predicable. Also, I personally feel like there are many paths into the VC space (yes - analyst & associate roles at the famous shops are ultra competitive, but when you look at some of the smaller funds - I mean people come from IB, PE, HF, AM, operating roles, software roles, even government..really anything & everything). 

 

Sweatshop- a tech boutique that works it's analysts

Vc fund : close to 150MM in size. They used to be a part of a Lmm pe fund with 30-40 MM aum till late, and now they got spun off recently. The firm would have like three partners, one IM and one analyst (me). They Coinvested a lot with the likes of sequoia/ bvp a lot before the spin-off, but has never really led a round.

 
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