Inc Startups

JUNE 6, 2018

Is private equity all that it's made out to be? Money

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MARCH 14, 2018

For ideas on scaling, see PEHub: How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund. The post How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund appeared first on David Teten. Contributed Articles Fund Management Private Equity Venture CapitalVC fund managers typically want to grow their businesses aggressively, just like the founders we back.

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David Teten

MARCH 21, 2018

The biggest risk for many VC and private equity funds is team risk. – Specifically if you’re in the process of joining a fund: How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm. DUE DILIGENCE ON PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS.

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A VC : Venture Capital and Technology

MAY 15, 2015

I spent a week in Europe a few weeks ago with our friend Eric who is a managing partner in a private equity firm. I’ve also had the pleasure of working on a board of one of our portfolio companies with a private equity investor who is making a few minority investments. Venture Capital and Private Equity are very different investment disciplines. 2/ Private equity can’t afford to lose money on an investment.

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David Teten

MAY 14, 2013

I’m giving a talk next month on “ How Private Equity Funds Raise Capital and Source Deals with Social Media” at Terrapinn’s Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America conference in Miami. Terrapinn’s Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America conference takes place on June 17 th -18 th at the Four Seasons, Miami.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The Stern Private Equity Club will host its 8 th Annual Stern Private Equity Conference on Friday, March 1 st , 2013. New York Presentations and Conferences Private Equity Venture Capital

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2013

For venture capital, this is typically ten times the invested capital, and those returns can only be achieved through equity appreciation, not debt service. Invested Interests debt financing private equity funds startup VCs venture capital firms The direct answer to your question is NO, VC and PE funds do not provide debt financing for any companies. Their entire business model is based on investing in companies that can potentially offer very high returns.

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David Teten

MAY 19, 2017

I’ve also published research here on private equity , venture capital , hedge funds and mutual funds , and angel investing , as well as on fund management : origination , due diligence , investment research , and portfolio acceleration. The post Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor appeared first on David Teten. Asset Management Career Fund Management Private Equity Venture Capital

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2017

A few years ago, I presented at an Invesco conference on Emerging GPs, and one of the highlights was a presentation by Laurie Weir summarizing CALPERS’ selection criteria under their Private Equity Emerging Manager Program Review. I’ve written a number of pieces relevant if you are fundraising for a private equity or venture capital fund – I suggest my presentation on raising capital for tech companies and How to Write a Resume that Wins Investors.

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Inc Startups

AUGUST 20, 2017

Private equity firms are often targeted by the press as inherently evil and exclusively driven by profits, often to the detriment of everyone else-- but that is far from accurate.

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Inc Startups

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Private equity firms can be plenty bad, but why try to slam them when they do good

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2011

IVC Research Center has released the Quarterly Survey of Israeli Private Equity Deals for Q1 2011. Eleven private equity deals in Q1 2011, amounted at $216 million, a 68% decrease from the $668 million in Q1 last year, and a 74% decline from the previous quarter ($826 million).

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . Quantitative, technology-enabled investing in private companies makes sense , but is structurally very difficult , and will become a more common strategy at a much slower rate.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Also see Preqin’s Key Due Diligence Considerations for Private Equity Investors. . VC and private equity are very illiquid on both the investing and the personnel side. Summarizing the study, Private Equity International notes that when compensation “bias” is tilted towards founders, staff turnover rises significantly.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

London Business School is proud to present the London Business School 2011 Private Equity Conference. and Vincenzo Morelli (Partner – TPG Capital and Chairman of European Private Equity Roundtable).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

Online platforms that connect startups and entrepreneurs are common, but one that connects private equity professionals? But DealMarket ( www.dealmarket.com ), launched in March this year, looks set to be the way that private equity and investment types will work in the future.

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Inc Startups

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

With Amazon entering B2B distribution, private equity firms should look to exit their positions now. Distributor valuations are headed in one direction: down. Technology

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Inc Startups

APRIL 7, 2017

Mizzen+Main announced an investment from the Growth Fund of L Catterton, the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in the world. Startup

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David Teten

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I presented a few weeks ago to the American Marketing Association Executive Forum on how their members can work with and earn money from private equity and venture capital funds.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

V iola Private Equity , an Israeli PE fund with $164 million under management for technology buyouts, has announced a $7 million investment in Zend , the leading provider of open-source and commercial solutions based on PHP web applications.

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David Teten

JULY 19, 2012

I have a presentation coming up in August on best practices of VCs and private equity funds in deal origination. Events Fundraising Investing Investment Research New York NextNY Private Equity Venture CapitalYou’ve surely seen lots of talks on how entrepreneurs can raise capital; the question I’m exploring is the reverse, which is how investors can find potential investments. If you have any feedback on my deck, below, please add in the comments.

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions. Private equity investing is a relationship business. These investors are exploiting the wealth of information about private companies available online, increasingly leaked via social media. Marketing Private Equity Social Media Venture Capital

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 21, 2015

SolarWinds announced Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Silver Lake Partners and Thoma Bravo, private equity firms. percent higher than the […] The post Private Equity Firms to Acquire Solar Winds for $4.5 Under the terms of the deal, SolarWinds stockholders will receive $60.10 per share, worth a total buyout of about $4.5 billion in cash. That price is about 43.5

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David Teten

MAY 4, 2011

On Wednesday May 18th, the YJP, I, and some other colleagues will be hosting our Young Jewish Professionals Private Equity and Hedge Fund Summit.

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Inc Startups

JULY 19, 2016

Entrepreneurs regularly ask whether or not they should sell their company to a private-equity firm and is it a victory or a defeat when they do.

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Inc Startups

MAY 29, 2012

Private equity is under attack in Presidential politics. If you let that affect your decision to accept private equity capital, you're out of your mind. What is surprising, though, is that the target of one of the attack ads is private equity.

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Inc Startups

MAY 14, 2013

Now, a decade after Oreck, then an 80-year-old entrepreneur, and his family sold the business to a private equity company, Oreck the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. "We Oreck used to be one of the biggest names in the vacuum cleaner business.

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VentureWoods

JANUARY 11, 2013

Dear Colleague, In 2004, the buzz around one mega exit – of Private Equity investor Warburg Pincus from Bharti Airtel – got institutional investors across the world excited about the Indian Private Equity opportunity. About (The Mess in) Private Equity? The Global Co-Head of Private Equity at a MNC Bank (who no one seems to have informed that any portfolio – especially one constructed in India – should have a few lemons)?

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VentureWoods

JANUARY 11, 2013

Dear Colleague, In 2004, the buzz around one mega exit - of Private Equity investor Warburg Pincus from Bharti Airtel - got institutional investors across the world excited about the Indian Private Equity opportunity. About (The Mess in) Private Equity? The Global Co-Head of Private Equity at a MNC Bank (who no one seems to have informed that any portfolio - especially one constructed in India - should have a few lemons)?

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). Otherwise, private owners tend to have unrealistic expectations or an arbitrary sale price expectation. Glickman, Resilience Capital Partners LLC Luke Johnson, Platinum Equity LLC Robert B. Zubin Avari, Charter Oak Equity LP Christopher A.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’m delivering a webinar next Tuesday for Harvard Business School Career Services on “How to Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies” Among the topics I’m covering: - Raise capital from a venture capital fund to found a company.

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Inc Startups

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has turned a negative spotlight on private equity. You might want to get some well-earned liquidity yet still retain some equity in the business to stay invested in the future. This common scenario is where private equity can play a vital role.

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Inc Startups

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Private equity funds are numbers-driven. Private equity managers view this “professionalization” of a company’s systems as something that will help it sell your company to the next larger, more sophisticated financial buyer.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 2, 2017

Before you decide to give up on growing your business, try this instead. It works. Strategy

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Recent Buzzes - VC Experts, Inc.

JANUARY 11, 2010

In late 2009 the Institutional Limited Partners Association ( ILPA ), a predominantly US-led association of private equity investors, published its Private Equity Principles. ILPA says that these principles aim to enhance partnership governance, strengthen alignment of interest between GPs and LPs, and improve investor reporting and transparency.

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Startup Houston

MARCH 2, 2013

When it comes to private equity, you want advice from someone well respected in the industry; someone with strategic insight and the experience to back it. a New York-based private equity firm, Iyer understands the startup world and the importance of value creation for investors.

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The Next Web

JULY 24, 2015

Venture capital investors are looking for different things than private equity investors. So, as an early-stage startup, why on earth should you consider reaching out to private equity investors, if you are not making progress with venture capital investors?

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Inc Startups

JANUARY 15, 2012

But he praises Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital and the private equity industry as a whole. If you are going to pick on a private equity firm for bad behavior and hubris (of which there is plenty), they are the last ones to select.

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Inc Startups

JANUARY 12, 2012

But for small business, private equity can work much differently than it does for big public companies. Get ready to hear a lot more about the world of private equity. Then, “We need an equity partner.”

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Inc Startups

AUGUST 29, 2013

Shazi Visram, CEO and founder of Happy Family, explains how to get through the growth phase--without resorting to private equity. What about private equity? Here are her tips on getting through the growth phase--without selling your soul to private equity.

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