Announcing The Information’s 2025 List of Next General Partners

Amid a prolonged slump in initial public offerings, venture capital firms are shrinking planned funds and abandoning once-promising strategies. That’s heightened competition for the premier positions at venture firms—the general partners who make investment decisions and get a share of the firm’s gains. But some people are navigating the turbulence well.

The Information’s VC reporters spoke to dozens of founders, investors and limited partners to identify the people on track to become VC firms’ next general partners. Our list includes 16 dealmakers with track records of spotting and assisting startups before they become multibillion-dollar companies. They comprise a mix of investors from firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures and Altimeter, as well as executives at companies including artificial intelligence–search startup Perplexity and customer-service platform Intercom. You can see the entire list, along with extensive reporting about each person, by following this link.