Investment bank, PE, VC will definitely encounter these three words for financial headhunting consultants. The differences between them are as follows:

Investment banks are intermediaries, serving enterprises, PE and VC.

Both PE and VC are investors, not intermediaries, which is the biggest difference from investment banks. Some big investment banks also have their own PE or VC below, so PE and VC can also be regarded as generalized investment banks.

PE generally invests in mature enterprises, and its profit model has been relatively stable, so it can quickly quit. PE does more PRE-IPO business.

VC generally invests in start-ups, which are still immature and have great uncertainty in the future. Investment 10 may succeed one or two.