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Day in the Life of a Venture Capital Partner
A practical day-in-the-life guide for venture capital partners, with a timestamped schedule, firm-type variants, ladder comparisons, and a path into open roles.
Term Sheets: Definition, What's Included, and Key Terms
A term sheet lists the main economic and control terms of a deal before definitive documents. Here is what it includes, and how a VC desk reads it.
How to Get Into Fintech Venture Capital
A practical guide to getting into fintech venture capital: how the seats differ from generic tech VC, which backgrounds win, what proof to build, and how interviews work.
Venture Capitalist vs Angel Investor: Key Differences
Venture capitalists invest LP capital through a fund. Angel investors write personal checks. Here is how the two differ, and what the lead type signals.
How to Get Into Biotech Venture Capital
A practical guide to getting into biotech venture capital: how the seats differ from tech VC, which backgrounds win, what proof to build, and how interviews work.
Advisory Shares: Definition, Vesting, and How VCs Read Them
Advisory shares compensate external advisors with equity. What they are, typical FAST ranges, vesting, NSO tax shape, and how VCs read them on a cap table.
How to Become a Venture Capital Operating Partner
A practical guide to becoming an operating partner at a VC firm: what the role is, how seats differ, how pay works, how to get in, and when to walk.
Liquidity Event: Definition, Types, and How VCs Screen One
A liquidity event converts private-company equity into cash or sellable securities. Types, SAFE treatment, waterfall math, and how VCs screen an exit.
How to Become a Venture Partner
A practical guide to becoming a venture partner at a VC firm: what the role is, how seats differ, how pay works, how to get in, and when to walk.
Pre-Money Valuation: Formula, Examples, and How VCs Screen It
Pre-money valuation is the company's equity value before new capital. Formula, share-price math, option-pool and SAFE caveats, and how VCs screen the number.
Software Engineer to Venture Capital: How to Make the Move
A practical guide for software engineers moving into venture capital: pick the right seat, build proof of work, avoid portfolio-company job traps, and run a 90-day transition plan.
What is a down round?
A down round is a financing where new shares price below the last preferred round. How it works, what it does to the cap table, and how VCs screen the deal.