How to break into VC/Growth Equity?

Question

I'm a 1st year analyst who just started in a tech group at a pretty decent MM bank in August, but looking to explore future VC/Growth Equity space further as that's where I think I want to be within the next year or two.

Would it be best to start reaching out to headhunter's now and get on their lists for whenever on-cycle recruiting happens? Should my approach be different for getting recruited for early stage VC rather than Growth Equity? Would attempting to network with VC investors be a good move or kind of weird considering I just started?

PE-biz-dev · Accepted Answer

This has been discussed extensively elsewhere, but most of what you're talking about is only going to be applicable for the larger growth firms.... and the steps you outlined should work fine there.

If you're optimizing for earlier stage VC there is typically no concept of "on-cycle," and the process will be MUCH more random and informal. Early-stage VCs simply do not have the same need for junior resources as, say, buyout PE; it's not uncommon for even reasonably well-regarded Silicon Valley firms to have like 5 partners against 2-3 associates.

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How to break into VC/Growth Equity?