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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

Within private equity there are certainly sectors that drum up more attention than others. Private equity investments offer access to growth in more scaled businesses. Below, we explore some of the private equity investments made by Hauser Private Equity in recent years within the industrial sector.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. 1) Manage the firm .

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Pivot Now is Less Painful Than Turnaround Later

Startup Professionals Musings

Gemassmer Startups struggling for survival are not uncommon, due to economic changes, management problems, or product issues. In this case, a private equity firm engaged me to assist in the purchase of a German software supplier. In addition the company had started to sell its basic software to other industries as well.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. For mature businesses, there are Private Equity or PE firms. ? These phases are focused on inorganic growth, mergers, buyouts, acquisitions, and exit preparation for the business. Debt investors. Stages of Funding.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 1)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

They’ve heard rules of thumb like “A growing software company is worth 5 times their trailing 12-months revenue.&# This article assumes we’re talking about a volatile industry like software or emerging markets where almost nothing is “well-known&# and company trajectories are all over the map.).

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The Boston Consumer Tech Year In Review

Rob Go

So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless. Ebay’s third largest acquisition in the last 3 years. IPO’s/Exits.