Table 1Transition record

corporate investment bankertoventure capitalist

A corporate investment banker already meets 47% of what the venture capitalist role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From corporate investment banker

47%

Overlap1

To venture capitalist

18 Skills carried over

8 Required, not held

54.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.2/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the venture capitalist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the corporate investment banker profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A venture capitalist role treats 7 of its required skills as things a corporate investment banker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse business plans
analyse financial performance of a company
analyse financial risk
business valuation techniques
funding methods
make strategic business decisions

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A venture capitalist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a corporate investment banker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held holding company activities business, administration and law
already held business valuation techniques business, administration and law
already held maintain client debt records information skills
already held management consulting business, administration and law
already held investment banking business, administration and law
already held perform debt investigation information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 7 the venture capitalist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held assess financial viability required
required, not held perform business analysis required

optional, not held analyse loans optional
optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
optional, not held obtain financial information optional

02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held decide on providing funds required
required, not held create a financial plan required

optional, not held establish investment funds optional
optional, not held budget for financial needs optional
optional, not held make investment decisions optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held investment analysis required
required, not held business analysis required

optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held international business optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held apply technical communication skills required
required, not held build business relationships required

optional, not held liaise with financiers optional

05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held foreign languages for international careers optional

06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held apply credit risk policy optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a venture capitalist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse business plans skill
already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
already held analyse financial risk skill
already held business valuation techniques knowledge
already held funding methods knowledge
already held make strategic business decisions skill
already held management consulting knowledge
already held credit control processes knowledge
already held debt systems knowledge
already held develop investment portfolio skill
already held examine credit ratings skill
already held holding company activities knowledge
already held investment banking knowledge
already held maintain client debt records skill
already held manage contracts skill
already held modern portfolio theory knowledge
already held perform debt investigation skill
already held review investment portfolios skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held actuarial science optional

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held establish investment funds optional
optional, not held actuarial science optional
optional, not held analyse loans optional
optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
optional, not held apply credit risk policy optional
optional, not held budget for financial needs optional
optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held foreign languages for international careers optional
optional, not held international business optional
optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
optional, not held make investment decisions optional
optional, not held obtain financial information optional

16 held skills the venture capitalist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on participation in financial markets skill
not needed by the target role asset management knowledge
not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
not needed by the target role business loans knowledge
not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
not needed by the target role economics knowledge
not needed by the target role financial statements knowledge
not needed by the target role fundamental analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
not needed by the target role manage corporate bank accounts skill
not needed by the target role mergers and acquisitions knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor stock market skill
not needed by the target role perform stock valuation skill
not needed by the target role provide legal advice on investments skill
not needed by the target role securities knowledge
not needed by the target role stock market knowledge

6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held investment analysis required
required, not held business analysis required
optional, not held actuarial science optional
optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held foreign languages for international careers optional
optional, not held international business optional

Index

Other moves recorded from corporate investment banker

Full index of moves from corporate investment banker

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.