Vault Career Guide To Venture Capital

Venture capitalists raise money and invest it in start-up companies, reaping the rewards when these companies make it big.

Vault Career Library background on the VC industry, including history, how venture capital funds are raised, and the structure of VC firms, typical career path of a venture capital professional.

Provides information on investment banking, covering the basics of financial markets, interviews, career paths, and job responsibilities.

Venture capital is a "hot" field, and aspiring venture capitalists have their work cut out for them. This guide will give readers the edge they need in this competitive industry. Readers get an inside look at venture capital hiring and interviews, an explanation of key concepts and a glossary of current lingo.

Careers at private equity firms (which raise funds to invest in private companies) are considered plum jobs in the finance world because of the intellectual challenge and potentially huge financial payoffs. Although private equity is a relatively young business, now there are more than 2,700 such companies worldwide. In this new Guide, Vault guide brings the scoop on the industry.

For their great upside and the opportunity to be truly innovative in investment strategy, hedge funds represent the pinnacle of employment for many finance professionals. For many jobseekers, however, the industry is a mysterious one, as employers are relatively small and do not have structured hiring programs like investment banks or mutual funds. This Vault guide takes an inside look at employers and career paths in the industry.