Why do most VC and PE investors have no dedicated IT resources?

At moments, when we come out of busy periods of meetings and our day-to-day bubble full of to-dos, questions come up that unintentionally connect multiple experiences. They mostly start with a single observation, followed by similar ones in the period after. Sometimes these patterns aren’t new or remarkable at all, and sometimes they are, but they always leave me with a question. These questions often stick with us for a longer time before I almost always eventually ignore them or put them in a freezer. Now, we've decided to put a little more thought into it to trigger others to also think about it. One of these questions is: why do most VC and PE investors have no dedicated IT role or resources?

REASONS WHY
This question came up after taking a look inside more than 25 VC and PE funds in the last year, while on the other hand, building up internal IT capabilities at Venturelytic and seeing our partners work on improving IT processes at lots of portfolio companies of these funds. While these portfolio companies have dedicated IT professionals or departments that streamline their internal processes, their investors often don’t. After giving it a bit more thought, we came up with the reasons why this is the current status quo and why this perhaps should change in the future.

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