Soros

Venture capitalist

How much do partners at venture capital firms make annually?

I feel they make much less than an average software engineer

Is it true? What would be absolute levels

6mo ago

AvgRasmalaiEnjoyer

Amazon5mo

Personally know Accel India's Managing Partner, he has a top model Porsche Taycan Turbo S, an Audi Q5, and lives in a 25Cr 4 story penthouse, baaki aap decide kro kitna banate hai :)

EarthDragon

Stealth5mo

Correct! Fund MDs and Founders with secondaries live in those 25 cr penthouses and villas in Indiranagar 😀

AngryBus91

Uber5mo

Completely depends on tier

Tier 2 vcs (Blume, kalaari, etc) will be 20% lower than MBB compensation. MBB compensation at partner level is comparable to directors at Google/uber. Except for the fund founder who’ll be much higher

Tier 1 VC (sequoia, accel, matrix, nexus) partners should make 1.5-2X MBB folks. Their compensations is similar to IB MDs/PE MDs (atleast 5-10 cr+ carry yearly). These folks will earn similar to Sensex 30 ceos

Tier 3 vcs (kae, indiaquotient) will make half of MBB

Soros

Stealth5mo

I assume kae IQ Blume etc are all similar

AngryBus91

Uber5mo

Think Blume is 2X bigger in fund size. But fair, might be similar tiers

Main point is an MD at tier 1 VC (not Founder GP) would have the same net worth as a CXO in a successful unicorn (20-100 cr). Founder GPs would be similar to founders at soonicorns (100-500 cr net worth).

Unicorn founders are completely out of bracket at 1000cr+ net worth

So - in short, no an average engineer does not make the same as a VC MD