About This Survey
For the 5th year, the VC Platform Global Community conducted a compensation survey to understand trends and industry standards of how platform roles are compensated at leading venture firms. Formed organically in 2012, the VC Platform Global Community is a peer-led independent group of 1000+ members who hold platform roles at 600+ firms globally.
This survey included a broad group of individuals with “platform” as the primary focus of their role, but it should be noted that each firm looks at these individuals and their responsibilities slightly differently. As part of the analysis of data, we did our best to normalize the data based on geography, seniority, fund size, individual role, functional responsibilities, and level of experience, but the ultimate findings may not align with the standards of every firm.
What will you get out of it?
This report will empower both firms and Platform professionals with the data they need to make more informed decisions around Platform compensation. As Platform rapidly evolves so too will this compensation survey, so you’ll always have the latest annual data to inform your decisions.
Individuals from 600+ firms were invited to participate. Representative logos include:
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Data Cleaning
- Identify and remove duplicates
- Extract submissions from those that identified as having primarily an investing role
- Currencies converted to U.S. Dollars
- Identify and remove outlier data that seems inaccurate or meaningfully skews averages
- Standardize city, state, and country data
- Remove incomplete or unclear responses
Who Took The Survey?
Respondents
Year over Year Survey Participation
Gender Identity
Male/Female Breakdown of Who Responded
Investment Committee Involvement
Investment Committee Member Participation
- 26.1%Member
- 73.9%Non-Member
Titles
What title best matches your own?
- 8.5%Partner
- 11.7%Associate
- 19.8%Vice President
- 27.6%Manager
- 32.4%Director
Primary Role
Count of what is the primary focus of your role
Respondents Firm Information
Respondent Geography
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Total Cash Compensation by Title
U.S. Total Cash Compensation by Title and Gender
Each year we do a breakdown of total compensation by gender to shine a light on any gender pay gap that may or may not exist at each level of the platform profession. This year’s data suggests that, with increased seniority, particularly at the Partner level, those that identify as female are making less on average than those that identify as male.
| Count | Q1 | Median | Q3 | |||||
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| Title | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Associate | 7 | 21 | $73,500 | $80,000 | $83,000 | $90,000 | $135,000 | $110,000 |
| Manager | 10 | 68 | $110,250 | $95,000 | $120,500 | $110,000 | $138,550 | $150,000 |
| Director | 37 | 66 | $130,000 | $144,250 | $175,000 | $175,200 | $215,000 | $211,750 |
| Vice President | 23 | 43 | $211,000 | $206,500 | $290,000 | $268,000 | $345,000 | $352,500 |
| Partner | 12 | 16 | $359,750 | $300,000 | $512,200 | $389,750 | $615,500 | $483,437 |
United States Total Median Compensation by Title & AUM
Global Benefits
Expected Shift in Work Location
Given the rise of hybrid and remote work, we thought it would be particularly interesting to look into the shift in work location for platform professionals.
Talent & Recruiting Compensation
Sponsored by: True
The True platform is a global suite of products and services driving the intelligence behind talent management. Learn more: trueplatform.com
Total compensation data for the 53 U.S. based respondents that selected Talent & Recruiting as their primary role.
*Non-US data set is smaller and can be explored via the compensation calculator.
Marketing & PR Compensation
Sponsored By: Bam Comminications
Total compensation data for the 44 U.S. based respondents that selected Marketing & PR as their primary role.
*Non-US data set is smaller and can be explored via the compensation calculator.
