The Great Venture Talent Flux
๐ฐ Check out my latest Crunchbase guest post here โก๏ธ Link
The post covers one of the most prominent undercurrents shaping VC right now โก๏ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐๐
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2023 wasnโt just a rough patchโit was a pressure cooker.
It didnโt just shake valuations. It shook people.
Founders. Investors. Operators.
All rethinking their place in the system.
All asking: Is this still the right game, at the right firm, in the right role?
In the article, I unpack the why behind this movement:
From burnout and broken org structures to AI disruption, capital drought, and a generation of investors who are ready to build again.
We rarely get to know the real reasons behind a moveโbut we can observe the patterns, prepare, and adapt.
Hereโs my bold take:
๐ 2025 is NOT a recovery year.
๐ฅ Itโs a realignment year.
Firms are rebuilding.
Roles are (quietly) opening up.
And people are stepping into something new to rewrite their stories.
The wildest part?
Even after I wrote the post, more names kept emerging:
โก๏ธ Michael Seibel is stepping into a โpartner emeritusโ role at YC
โก๏ธ Mercedes Bent is leaving Lightspeed to build something new
โก๏ธ Luke Hakes joined Howden Ventures from Octopus to drive a new growth chapter
And for every headline name, there are dozens more reshaping their careers silentlyโespecially at the junior and mid-level tiers.
So if youโve been waiting for a โsignโ...
๐ This is it.
We're still in the pressure zoneโbut the window for reinvention is wide open.
๐ฌ Give it a read.
๐ค Share it with someone who's ready for their next chapter.
Letโs keep the conversation going.
Correction made on the 10th of June regarding the move of Ryan Collins
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