Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a venture capitalist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a venture capitalist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Venture capitalists invest in young or small start-up companies by providing private funding. They research potential markets and particular product opportunities to help business owners develop or expand a business. They provide business advice, technical expertise, and network contacts based on their experience and activities. They do not assume executive managerial positions within the company, but have a say in its strategic direction.

Also known as seed capital investor, angel investor, investor, financier.

Professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: mergers and acquisitions analyst, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mergers and acquisitions anal… 70% covered corporate investment banker 54% covered insurance rating analyst 44% covered dividend analyst 43% covered credit analyst 40% covered venture capitalist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from venture capitalist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a venture capitalist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A venture capitalist needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • decide on providing funds management skills
  • business valuation techniques business, administration and law
  • management consulting business, administration and law
  • perform business analysis information skills
  • business analysis business, administration and law
  • investment analysis business, administration and law
  • make strategic business decisions management skills
  • analyse business plans information skills
  • analyse financial performance of a company information skills
  • create a financial plan management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a venture capitalist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Venture capitalist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a venture capitalist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.