Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

About 18 months ago in early 2008 we hired an analyst (pre-MBA), but wanted to wait until after Summer to hire a post-MBA associate. We weren’t ready to hire an associate yet so I offered him a summer internship. Once you’re done raising a fund you’ll hire anybody you want! What about VC’s and Risk? It was May.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

What’s a “fair” split of fee income and carried interest when a partner joins several years/funds after others? For example carried interest takes years to accrue and is based on the efforts and decisions of both the individual and the firm that happened 5-10 years ago.

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

ithacaVC

JANUARY 10, 2012

Managing Partner/General Partner (I have seen some with Managing Directors too like an investment bank): top dogs that run the shop and own most of the carried interest. Critically, it is completely common for someone to be hired in as a principal or managing partner depending on the experience level. It carries cache.

Partner 49

Partner Carried Interest Caching Harvest 49

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

If you are one of six in the LP relationship area, you will have less leverage than if you are a new hire with the only European LP relationships. Senior partners take home a lower 15 percent of the carried interest….Summarizing Are you bringing a track record which will facilitate marketing?

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

VCs tend to gain most of their returns through carried interest- a percentage received as compensation from the profits of a hedge fund or private equity. These are crucial players in your space- they typically invest a substantial amount of money to organizations (averaging around $10 million).

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

They had raised nearly $2 million of venture capital money to hire an army of workers whose job it was to mindlessly stare at images all day and no one asked about working conditions or if the existence of this company and others like it had costly societal consequences. No other VC asked questions like this.”

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Cap Table Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

VCs also get capital gains tax rates on “carried interest,” which is what irritates the masses. Carried interest is the upside that VCs get after returning the money they raised – it is the VC “profit” if you will. They can increase worker wages and hire more employees, which benefits labor.

Dividend 150

Dividend Capital Gains Silicon Valley Stock 150