What are venture capital communities?

Communities for venture capitalists, aspiring VCs, and founders trying to understand how VC works. LinkedIn and Slack host professional networks for LPs and fund managers, with more general discussion on Reddit and Discord covering fund dynamics, term sheets, and the state of the funding environment.

Where do most venture capital communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (41% of 34 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

79% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical venture capital community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 222K members and the median is 1K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (53%). Others that show up often include newsletter, live chat, and online/offline events.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Venture Capital topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Venture Capital Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 34 venture capital communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: venture capital communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 34
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 222K
Median members: 1K

Where Venture Capital Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
14(41%)
Slack
7(21%)
LinkedIn
4(12%)
Discord
3(9%)
Intros AI
1(3%)
Facebook
1(3%)
Reddit
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
16(47%)
Chat communities
10(29%)
Other platforms
8(24%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (47%), but chat communities is also well represented (29%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Slack and LinkedIn also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
2(6%)
Small
20-100 members
1(3%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
7(21%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(18%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
4(12%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(3%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(3%)

12 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (222K vs 1K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Venture Capital Differs From Other Categories

Venture Capital is smaller than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Venture Capital	Hive Index average
Free to join	79%	84%
Median members	1K	25K
Average members	222K	673K
Paid or apply-to-join	21%	16%
Live chat	38%	41%
Discord share	9%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
53%
Newsletter
44%
Live Chat
38%
Online/Offline Events
35%
Job Board
29%
Requires Application
18%

Niche Features

Courses
12%
Member Perks
12%
Pairing
9%
Paid Community
6%
Token
3%
Tools
3%

Forum appears on 53% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 110

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	14	41%	2	2%
Slack	7	21%	69	63%
LinkedIn	4	12%	6	5%
Discord	3	9%	10	9%
Intros AI	1	3%	4	4%
Facebook	1	3%	17	15%
Reddit	1	3%	2	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack gets 63% of clicks but only 21% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
79(72%)
Forum / feed-based
21(19%)
Other platforms
10(9%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
76(69%)
Newsletter
72(65%)
Job Board
71(65%)
Online/Offline Events
71(65%)
Pairing
61(55%)
Requires Application
59(54%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
61(55%)
Huge
22(20%)
Medium
15(14%)
Tiny
3(3%)
Gigantic
1(1%)

Top-clicked listings

Confluence.VC
52(47%)
Investors, Venture Capital & Angel Investors
17(15%)
EVCA
5(5%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

2001

2005

2011

2015

2016

2017

2020

2021

2022

2023

18 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2020.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

F6S
Independent Platforms · 5.0 stars · 4.6M members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Venture Capital. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

Updated periodically

FAQ

: Communities for venture capitalists, aspiring VCs, and founders trying to understand how VC works. LinkedIn and Slack host professional networks for LPs and fund managers, with more general discussion on Reddit and Discord covering fund dynamics, term sheets, and the state of the funding environment.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (41% of 34 listings).
: 79% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 222K members and the median is 1K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (53%). Others that show up often include newsletter, live chat, and online/offline events.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Venture Capital topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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