Today, hundreds of professionals identify as working in venture capital platform roles — more than 400 people in one self-reported membership group , the VC Platform Global Community, alone. Data from the VC Platform Global Community shows three major areas firms are paying attention to as they build out their founder support: Talent, Marketing, and Events. In fact, 48 members of the VC Platform community list “talent,” “recruiting,” or “people” in their title (i.e. It’s clear that firms are not only investing in Platform support, but also in specific functional areas therein. Like others who join VC Platform teams, the professionals we've hired bring with them specific industry expertise: startup recruiting and journalism, respectively.

Source: Forbes May 08, 2019 16:03 UTC