Venture Capitalists Bet on Green Infrastructure for Job Growth

September 16, 2009

Venture capital backed IPOs hit a 30-year low last year, with just 6 venture-backed companies making a public debut, says Paul Holland and Steve Vassallo, partners at the Menlo, CA venture capital firm Foundation Capital. This isn’t just bad news for the venture capital industry. It’s bad news for the U.S. economy as a whole, […]

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Tips for Your Private Equity Job Search

September 14, 2009

The Wall Street Journal has been following the lives of several senior professionals in finance who lost their jobs during the recent downturn. One of them, Heidi Mannetter, formerly a senior marketing strategist at Principal Financial Group Inc., offers some useful advice for anyone hunting for a job right now, including jobs in private equity. […]

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Fewer Venture Capital Jobs but Higher Pay

September 9, 2009

A report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that hiring in the Silicon Valley tech sector is down by 17 percent from 2000 to 2008. But wages for those who do manage to land a venture capital job are up by 36 percent. The report, in a Time magazine blog, indicates that Silicon Valley […]

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Women Underrepresented in Private Equity Jobs

September 7, 2009

Women make up only 10 percent of the 700 plus professionals at Europe’s biggest private equity firms, according to an article from the Wall Street Journal online.  This is a steep drop from a UK tally that shows women represent nearly half of that country’s overall financial services sector. The data, from provider Pequin, showed […]

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A New Breed of Venture Capitalists

August 19, 2009

A new crop of venture capitalists is springing up that not only want to earn a profit but also to invest in ventures that make the world a better place. One of them, a firm called Good Capital, even sponsors an annual conference to gather like-minded investors, employers and venture capital job seekers together in […]

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Wall Street Sage Sees Opportunities for Private Equity

August 17, 2009

Wall Street veteran Byron Wien was recently hired by private equity firm Blackstone Group as a senior strategist, reporting directly to Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman and COO Tony James. Wien was formerly senior strategist at the giant hedge fund Pequot Capital Management, and before that, at Morgan Stanley. He’s well-known for publishing his annual forecast […]

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Venture Capital Jobs – Investor Relations

August 12, 2009

Investor relations professionals at venture capital firms play a dual role. First, they need to keep existing limited partners up-to-date on the fund’s performance, and confident about the firm’s management. Second, they participate, along with the principals, in attracting new investors, through presentations and other communications. Taking a disciplined approach to regular communications with current […]

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Private Equity Jobs – Investor Relations

August 10, 2009

In a private equity firm, investor relations involves communicating the firm’s strengths to existing limited partners investors and potential investors. The goal is to build investor trust in the firm’s management team to keep existing investors relaxed and to support future fundraising efforts. Thus, an investor relations professional will foster relationships with existing investors through […]

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Venture Capital Jobs – Marketing

August 5, 2009

Marketing is critically important in the venture capital world, yet it plays a different role depending on whether you’re working at the venture capital firm or the start-up companies in which they invest. Smaller VC firms may hire outside consultants or marketing firms, while a larger, more established VC firm may have the resources to […]

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Private Equity Jobs – Marketing

August 3, 2009

The marketing role within a private equity firm is a bit more constrained than other financial institutions such as investment banks or mutual fund companies. For one, private equity investors must be accredited investors, meaning they must meet certain thresholds for income ($200,000+ per year or net worth of $1 million or more), or be […]

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