Finance CareerSep 6, 2018

VC Salaries

How much should a Principal at a VC firm expect in TC?

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Cisco void ptr Sep 6, 2018

700k

eBay ebayy Sep 7, 2018

1M

Amazon Dr. Savage Sep 7, 2018

Didn’t junior partner at KPCB only make like 560K according to released documents from the Ellen Pao case? Principal is one step below that right? So 400K-500K? Besides, the carry really goes to the senior partners.

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Bzhs7284 Sep 7, 2018

10M and some strippers

Lazard fin/tech Sep 7, 2018

~$300-400 for a smaller fund, ~$400-600 for a larger fund. carry should be over 1%

OpenDoor Dwaoop Sep 7, 2018

Where are people getting these numbers from?

Lazard fin/tech Sep 8, 2018

i work in finance

eBay ebayy Sep 8, 2018

From their ass!!

Adobe lacey-gewg Nov 26, 2019

Exactly

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TCju74 Oct 6, 2022

Check out John Gannon’s blog, he aggregated a ton of data on this subject. At my mid-sized fund (~$400M) the principals made between $175-220k base, 20% bonus and about .5-1% carry