I recently got my hands on a database of New York City venture capitalists and was able to run some numbers. Altogether the list represented 29 firms and 259 VC’s. Despite opinions to the contrary – at least in New York – it certainly helps to have an MBA and in particular, have attended Harvard Business School…how east coast :)
Some Stats:
- Only 9.6% of NY- based VCs are women
- Of the 250 who had listed their undergraduate alma maters 41% attended an Ivy League school
- 140 (56%) hold MBA degrees
- Of the MBA’s, exactly 50% went to Harvard Business School, 16% to Wharton, 18% to Columbia and 10% to U Chicago
- 3% hold doctorate degrees
- Surprisingly, only 5% hold law degrees
