How hard is it to make a transition from Investment role within Industry to PE?

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Like corporate VC to VC? Or like Corp Dev to PE? So both, do-able but not easy. Look for firms that have people who successfully made that transition.

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Same comment as before. Not impossible but not many firms take investment professionals via this path due to different investment models.

LBO, leverage, entry/exit multiples etc.

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Hard but certainly not impossible. Would be a bit easier if you were Corp dev at a PE portco.

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