scholarly journals Private Equity and Venture Capital – Preamble

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1-Feb) ◽  
pp. 133-137
Author(s):  
Palash Khatri ◽  
V R Sudindra

Private equity investment can offer very strong returns in comparison to any stock market returns or public market investment opportunity.Private equity invests in companies which are not listed in the recognized stock exchange. Every business comes across six stages of the life cycle which include; Development, Start-up, early-stage growth, expansion, maturity, and decline/crisis stage. PE firms invest in the initial three stages. In today’s fast-moving world with technological changes very great business plan may hit by various events and successes of companies. Private equity not only invests in companies, but they also provide management support and assist in the overall success of companies. The present study discussed on Birth of US Private equity, Indian Private Equity major players, steps in venture capital funding.

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judit Karsai

Hungary represents the second most developed venture capital and private equity (VC&PE) market in Central and Eastern Europe. This article is based on a detailed survey of the entire VC industry between 1989–2010. It demonstrates that while there was a relatively strong correlation between the allocation of capital to VC&PE funds and the capital flow into the Budapest Stock Exchange, the changes in investment activities were closely related to election years. Investments had been hampered primarily not by the shortage of capital, but by a lack of demand and attractive business plans. The article illustrates the different roles and approaches of global, regional and country VC&PE funds in Hungary. It points out that VC investments hardly satisfied their principal function or mission, namely to support innovative start-up and small businesses. Government interventions in the VC market proved to be ineffective as well. Similarly to the whole region, the Hungarian market profited from a transitory situation in the case of high-value PE transactions between 2007 and 2008, at the beginning of the crisis, when the investment problems in Western Europe had yet not extended to the CEE region. From 2009 onward, however, the crisis has resulted in a drop in investments despite the significant amount of uninvested capital accumulated in recent years. As to the prospects for 2013, the early-stage VC segment in Hungary is expected to flourish owing to the Jeremie funds, while the high-value buyout segment of the market will suffer from both the euro zone debt crisis and the loss of transparency in economic policy.


Author(s):  
Susan Chaplinsky

OutReach Networks is taught in Darden's Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity elective. A teaching note for this case is available for instructors as well as an Excel file for student analysis. This introductory case explores the venture capital (VC) and discounted cash flow (DCF) methods of valuing early-stage companies. OutReach Networks is an unusual start-up company in that it was profitable early in its development and did not have to seek VC funding to support its growth. The company has grown quickly and may soon be a candidate for an IPO. In November 2011, an experienced venture capitalist approaches the founder with an offer to invest $30 million in exchange for 30% of the company. While the founder sees some benefit from the VC's experience in preparing the firm for an IPO and the funding enabling it to scale more quickly, he cannot understand how the VC has arrived at this offer. The founder believes the funding should be worth no more than 15% of his firm. Potential reasons for the disagreement over the valuation are (1) differences in the founder's and investor's view of the company's risk, (2) disagreement over the appropriate set of comparable companies, and (3) differences in the methods used to calculate the percentage equity stake. The case is appropriate for use in courses covering entrepreneurial finance or venture capital.


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Piotr Zasępa

Investments of venture capital and private equity funds are made in young fast growing companies whose founders are characterized by a lack of capital for their development. Fund investment cycle is assumed to follow the process of divestment after a period of rapid growth and dynamic growth of the company. One of the methods used willingly completion of the investment by the funds is to put the company on the stock exchange. It is quite a long and expensive process, however, that the valuation of the fund may obtain a public market is often the highest possible. The process has, however, affected by the condition of the public market and current trends in the market for initial public offering. This is also reflected in the so-called underpricing of the offer or the difference between the opening and closing of the first day of trading of the company. This article aims to analyze the impact of trends on the stock exchange on the level of underestimation of the value of the transaction IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in the period 2000-2013.


1969 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Silverstein ◽  
Carl Osborne

Scientists or entrepreneurs in the area of biotechnology seeking to convert their discoveries into commercially viable products can find the effort daunting given that it combines the well-recognised challenges inherent in any start-up company, the complex and changing regulatory requirements for marketing approval, and the uncertainty of biology. Significant capital is required at each step from discovery to manufacture to preclinical and clinical testing, and venture capital investors are an important source of this funding. This paper provides some basic guidance to early stage companies on how to attract venture capital funding.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-296
Author(s):  
Abdel Razzaq Al Rababa’a ◽  
Zaid Saidat ◽  
Raed Hendawi

Different models have been used in the finance literature to predict the stock market returns. However, it remains an open question whether non-linear models can outperform linear models while providing accurate predictions for future returns. This study examines the prediction of the non-linear artificial neural network (ANN) models against the baseline linear regression models. This study aims specifically to compare the prediction performance of regression models with different specifications and static and dynamic ANN models. Thus, the analysis was conducted on a growing market, namely the Amman Stock Exchange. The results show that the trading volume and interest rates on loans tend to explain the monthly returns the most, compared to other predictors in the regressions. Moreover, incorporating more variables is not found to help in explaining the fluctuations in the stock market returns. More importantly, using the root mean square error (RMSE), as well as the mean absolute error statistical measures, the static ANN becomes the most preferred model for forecasting. The associated forecasting errors from these metrics become equal to 0.0021 and 0.0005, respectively. Lastly, the analysis conducted with the dynamic ANN model produced the highest RMSE value of 0.0067 since November 2018 following the amendment to the Jordanian income tax law. The same observation is also seen since the emerging of the COVID-19 outbreak (RMSE = 0.0042).


Author(s):  
Adekunle Orelope Koleosho ◽  
Folajimi Festus Adegbie ◽  
Ayooluwa Olotu Ajayi- Owoeye

Sustainability of shareholder’s wealth has been a subject of discussion globally due to various decisions of the managers and the effect it has on company’s performance. Various corporate actions and information about the companies are disseminated over time and studies have shown the effect on shareholder's wealth. This study examined the effect of capital market returns on sustainability of shareholder's wealth in Nigeria Listed Companies. The study adopted ex-post facto research design. A sample of 57 companies from a target population of 168 companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as December 2018 was randomly drawn across the various market sectors for the panel data. The study used secondary data from the NSE, CBN and companies’ data on the Bloomberg Terminals. Validity and reliability were premised on the statutory audit of the financial statement. The study adopted descriptive and inferential (Regression and Correlation) statistics to analyze the data. The study found that the stock market returns indicators (dividend per share, earnings and Leverage) have joint and statistically significant relationship with market price per share: DPS, EPS and LEV with Adjusted R2 = 0.738, F(3, 796) = 54.74, p = 0.108 > 0.05. The study concluded that stock market returns measured by dividend and earnings have a significant effect on the shareholders' wealth while leverage exerts a negative effect on Market Price per share. The study recommended that the management of the companies should embrace the payment of dividend to shareholders while ensuring the growth of earnings over the period to sustain shareholder's wealth.


Biotechnology ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1293-1321
Author(s):  
Anna Białek-Jaworska ◽  
Renata Gabryelczyk

This chapter concerns the subject of research-developmental activity of biotech spin-offs in Poland with particular reference to their strategy, determinants of their development and determinants of their financial standing. In the chapter, the authors analyse the determinants of biotech spin-offs and start-ups development in Poland in the light of the research commercialisation cooperation on the universities-business line. The literature overview contains the definition of a process for the commercialisation of the results of research and development (R&D) activity and components of companies' business models. The chapter defines key activities in the development of business models in the context of the commercialisation process and the life cycle of the company, especially at the start up and early stage. Quality-quantitative analysis includes the business models of seven biotechnology spin-offs traded on the alternative market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, especially the structure of their intellectual capital, R&D expenses in relation to received subsides and grants, third-party shares in start up equity, and the ability to realise the “Go Global” strategy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Portmann ◽  
Chipo Mlambo

This paper investigates the manner in which private equity and venture capital firms in South Africa assess investment opportunities. The analysis was facilitated using a survey containing both Likert-scale and open-ended questions. The key findings show that both private equity and venture capital firms rate the entrepreneur or management team higher than any other criterion or consideration. Private equity firms, however, emphasise financial criteria more than venture capitalists do. There is also an observable shift in the investment activities away from start-up funding, towards later-stage deals. Risk appetite has also declined post the financial crisis.


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Piotr Zasępa

This paper examines approach and possibility of comparison of venture capital rate of returns with specific public benchmarks. Rate of return that are used by the public market analytics do not fit within venture capital cash flow characteristics. One of the methods that are presented in this article is Public Market Equivalent which enable simple comparison of venture capital rate of returns with effects of the public index or bond market for Bond Market Equivalent method.


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