Tier 1 VCs that Hire Out Of UG?
Title basically. Do any tier 1 VCs like a16z benchmark sequoia khosla etc. hire out of undergrad? If so is it pure networking based or hh based?
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Basically only Bessemer unless you have a real in-depth connection with the team (have seen people go straight to FF after graduation this way).
Most of the tier 1 funds you need meaningful operator / founder experience for their early-stage teams or 2-3 years of PE for their growth teams
Other than benchmark (for obvious reasons), most places will make opportunistic hires out of undergrad if you’re truly exceptional. Founders Fund, Sequoia, 8VC, Lux (I think), handful of others have all done it historically
What makes someone "truly exceptional" in these cases? Is it their network (from birth i.e. who their dad/mom is or their reputation at their school) or is it how well they can analyze an emerging trend and invest behind it in pitches?
Officially, a handful like Bessemer, Insight, & Summit hire directly out of undergrad for analysts. Occasionally some firms will hire a one-off college grad (Sequoia did a couple from Stanford, Accel as well, even Benchmark once upon a time hired a grad student directly out of a PhD program), but they're very rare and generally either very well connected, hustled like crazy, or both, meaning they not get recruited through traditional OCR or a headhunter. Personally I've only seen it happen at Stanford.
If I’m interested in going somewhere like sequoia benchmark etc., should I try to go to insight summit Bessemer or Is it better to try for a top tier bank like GS tmt or Evercore tech and then try to go?
If you want work at Sequoia or Benchmark you need to build relationships with the partners at those firms and get them to like you. You're being too conventional with your thinking. You don't "apply" to firms like that. You get them to like you so much they invite you to join them.
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