# Market evidence report — venture-capitalist

Source: **45 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 33, gb 12), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 26 | 58 % |
| junior | 11 | 24 % |
| senior | 4 | 9 % |
| n/a | 3 | 7 % |
| lead | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 9 | 20 % |
| 2 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 4 | 9 % |
| 3 | PowerPoint | 3 | 7 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | due diligence | 24 | 53 % |
| 2 | market research | 16 | 36 % |
| 3 | financial modeling | 15 | 33 % |
| 4 | financial analysis | 11 | 24 % |
| 5 | investment evaluation | 6 | 13 % |
| 6 | portfolio monitoring | 6 | 13 % |
| 7 | deal sourcing | 5 | 11 % |
| 8 | investment analysis | 5 | 11 % |
| 9 | valuation analysis | 5 | 11 % |
| 10 | venture capital | 5 | 11 % |
| 11 | portfolio management | 4 | 9 % |
| 12 | private equity | 4 | 9 % |
| 13 | business development | 3 | 7 % |
| 14 | company formation | 3 | 7 % |
| 15 | competitive analysis | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | data analysis | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | divestitures | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | equity compensation | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | financing transactions | 3 | 7 % |
| 20 | industry research | 3 | 7 % |
| 21 | joint ventures | 3 | 7 % |
| 22 | mergers and acquisitions | 3 | 7 % |
| 23 | quantitative analysis | 3 | 7 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | venture capital | 8 | 18 % |
| 2 | growth equity | 3 | 7 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relationship building | 7 | 16 % |
| 2 | portfolio company support | 6 | 13 % |
| 3 | investment memo preparation | 4 | 9 % |
| 4 | compliance work | 3 | 7 % |
| 5 | financial model creation | 3 | 7 % |
| 6 | investment evaluation | 3 | 7 % |
| 7 | investment opportunity identification | 3 | 7 % |
| 8 | market research | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | portfolio company guidance | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | transaction management | 3 | 7 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 45 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

33 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- due diligence — 52 % (17 ads)
- market research — 36 % (12 ads)
- financial modeling — 33 % (11 ads)
- financial analysis — 21 % (7 ads)
- deal sourcing — 15 % (5 ads)
- investment analysis — 15 % (5 ads)
- investment evaluation — 15 % (5 ads)
- valuation analysis — 15 % (5 ads)
- venture capital — 12 % (4 ads)
- business development — 9 % (3 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 21 % (7 ads)
- PowerPoint — 9 % (3 ads)
- Crunchbase — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 6 % (2 ads)
- Pitchbook — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 55 % · junior 27 % · senior 12 % · lead 3 % · n/a 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 12 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Emerging Business / Venture Capital Associate | 3 |
| 2026 Venture Capital Summer Associate | 1 |
| Analyst, Aerospace & Defense Venture Investing | 1 |
| Analyst, Venture Capital Investing | 1 |
| Angel Investor / Venture Capitalist | 1 |
| AVP, Head of Venture Capital | 1 |
| Director, Global Venture Capital and Private Equity | 1 |
| Investment Associate | 1 |
| Investment Associate - Venture Capital/ Growth Equity | 1 |
| Investment Associate, Venture Capital, London | 1 |
| Investment Banking & Venture Capital Analyst | 1 |
| Junior Analyst - Venture Capital | 1 |
| Principal | 1 |
| Senior Director, Venture Capital Lead | 1 |
| Senior Startup Investor Manager, (VC and Angel) , AWS Worldwide Startups | 1 |
| Senior VC Associate @ New Markets Venture Partners in Washington DC | 1 |
| Senior VC Manager @ Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington DC | 1 |
| vc | 1 |
| VC Analyst @ Fulgur Ventures in Remote | 1 |
| VC Analyst @ HOF Capital in Remote | 1 |
| VC Analyst @ Lavrock Ventures in Washington DC | 1 |
| VC Analyst @ Paladin Capital Group in London, England | 1 |
| VC Associate @ Canapi Ventures in Washington DC | 1 |
| VC Associate @ NextGen VP in Remote | 1 |
| VC Associate @ Paladin Capital Group in Washington DC | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.