Thought it would be helpful to collect a comprehensive list of the VC/growth firms that take on analysts in one place. I believe General Atlantic, Insight, and Summit do, but would love to find out about others.
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is summit sourcing/is there a2a?
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ICONIQ takes 2-3 analysts a year.
Bessemer, JMI, NEA, Susquehanna, TCV, Bain Capital Ventures, Anthos, General Catalyst, Accel are some more
Bessemer takes 3 analysts (2 from the summer). Accel occasionally hires 1 analyst (often comes from the summer). Battery Ventures does not have a structured program, but hires 1-2 analysts.
My friend is at GA this summer and says they take 6 analysts (summer only, unless one of them doesn't take the return).
Does anyone know what the comp is like for these programs (mainly focused on the bigger, more built out ones such as GA, Insight, etc), Also curious as to how the training and experience / development is since less structured and rigid compared to banking Analyst programs.
Heard around 180k first year for bigger places like GA and Insight, can anyone back me up here? I know for GA specifically, a lot of the analysts go on to become associates and start at 255k at that level.
Is that really accurate? Seems a bit high if analysts at these places are primarily focused on sourcing
thoughts on this?
I heard insight is 255 for your first 6 months and it scales to 300 after that
following
Spectrum, Silversmith, Volition, Guidepost, Bain Cap Tech Opportunities, KKR NGT, Norwest to add some more.
do most of these take SAs?
many of them do. from the top of my head: iconiq, accel (sometimes), lead edge, anthos, insight, georgian partners, otpp, general atlantic, alpine partners, summit partners, spectrum equity, bessemer, SIG, level equity, the riverside, altamont, DRW...
How does pay compare to IB?
Have kept track for VC/GE/PE (growth-focused) funds (with & without an analyst class) for quite some time. Please feel free to suggest any additions and edits so everyone can make use of this comprehensive list. I'm guessing this is exactly what you're looking for-
Arrowroot Capital (LA) - Analyst Class
K1 Investment Management (LA) - Analyst Class
IVP (Menlo)
TCV (Menlo/NYC) - Analyst Class
Bregal Sagemount (NYC)
Guidepost Growth Equity (Boston) - Analyst Class
Turn/River Capital (SF) - Analyst Class
Updata Partners (DC) - Analyst Class
Level Equity (NYC) - Analyst Class
General Atlantic (NYC) - Analyst Class
JMI Equity (Baltimore/La Jolla) - Analyst Class
Spectrum Equity (LA/SF/Boston) - Analyst Class
Platinum Equity (LA)
NewSpring Capital (Philly)
TA Associates (Boston)
Volition Capital (Boston) - Analyst Class
The Riverside Company - Analyst Class
Susquehanna Growth Equity (Philly)
Stripes Group (NYC) - Analyst Class
Aquiline Capital Partners (NYC) - Analyst Class
Spring Lake Equity Partners (Boston) - Analyst Class
Sageview Capital (Greenwich/Palo Alto) - Analyst Class
Adams Street Partners (Chicago/Menlo Park)
Resurgens Technology Partners (Atlanta)
Lead Edge Capital (New York/Santa Barbara)
Blueprint Equity (San Diego) - Analyst Class
Providence Equity (NYC/Boston/KC)
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors (LA) - Analyst Class
L Catterton (Greenwich)
Edison Partners (NJ)
Summit (Boston) - Analyst Class
Insight Equity Partners (NYC) - Analyst Class
Five Elms Capital (KC) - Analyst Class
Alpine Investors (SF) - Analyst Class
The Riverside Company (New York) - Analyst Class
Anthos Capital (LA) - Analyst Class
Georgian Partners (Canada)
From the comments section-
Silversmith
Bain Capital Ventures
KKR NGT
Norwest
Anthos
Accel
BMV
Battery
NEA
General Catalyst
Activant
Frontier
Apax Digital
Exactly what I was getting at, awesome stuff. This is incredibly valuable for myself and I'm sure others as well, really really appreciate it!
Spectrum has an analyst class
TCV and Alpine both take analyst classes too
Anyone know if these growth firms recruit MBAs heavily as well?
GA recruits for VPs out of HBS, GSB, and Wharton
Frontier Growth (Charlotte) does analysts analysts
Apax Digital takes one or two analysts
From recruiter: Battery Ventures takes 3 interns and 3 full time hires a year
Any information about positions in London?
Bump
Would add Guidepost and M33 in Boston for GE
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