Opinion

April 21, 2022

Dispatches from a London VC: The Gen Z VCs fight for a pay rise

If I don't get paid as much as a Sequodreessen associate, I'm quitting.


Rosie Wood

3 min read

Here's to getting paid more. Credit: SKYLAKE STUDIO

Rosie Wood is a (fictional) associate at the VC firm Mild Conviction. It’s a generalist, multistage fund with offices in London, Paris and Verbier. They’re not like normal VCs — they don’t need to do a tonne of due diligence to decide on an investment. Instead, they’re simply looking for companies and founders that are pretty good. Because pretty good is usually good enough. Catch up on her other dispatches here. 

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Rosie Wood is Sifted's fictional VC columnist

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