Opinion

December 1, 2021

Gen Z will make VC more entrepreneurial

Generation Z will help accelerate diversity in the industry as the old rules of society and entrepreneurship are redrawn


Nicolas Colin

5 min read

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It is often said that venture capital (VC) is the least entrepreneurial segment of the tech sector. The terms and organisational principles governing it have been left unchanged for decades. Senior personnel don't change much, either, because it takes such a long time to reap the benefits of having embraced such a career. And it’s long been such a minuscule segment of financial markets that nobody interested in financial services in general would consider VC their preferred destination for building a career.

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Nicolas Colin

Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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