Venture Capital & Private Equity January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
38%
Asia
38%
Europe
15%
Latin America
8%
Reported gender breakdown
Female
50%
Male
50%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
77% of Venture Capital and Private Equity employees are engaged
This is in the top 35% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 29 and is in the top 2% compared with other industries.
How does Venture Capital and Private Equity compare?
People in Venture Capital & Private Equity were much more positive than average regarding Action, Service & Quality Focus, and Engagement.
On the lower side, people in Venture Capital & Private Equity had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Work & Life Blend, and Management.
People working in Venture Capital & Private Equity are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government.
The highest scoring question for Venture Capital & Private Equity had 89% of people agreeing that they are proud to work for %[Company]% (+5% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Venture Capital & Private Equity were generally least favourable about Feedback & Recognition, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 22% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 13% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-7% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 6% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
5%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
11%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
28%