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Choosing the Right Company in the Venture Capital Investment Competition
Frodsham, David; Linz, Florian; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-631-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis technical note is written to give students competing in the VCIC a guideline on how to approach start-up analysis for investment purposes. The technical note focuses on real-life insights and examples to better prepare students for the VCIC where they will have to think and analyze quickly.Starting at €8.20
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Bluewater Capital and ENI Partners: Private Equity Fund Restructuring Situation Caused by a Key Person Event
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-918-ECorporate Governance, FinanceIn March 2009, Ricard Thomas - managing director at Bluewater Capital, a European-based alternative asset management company focused on private equity investments - was preparing for his next trip to London. The next day, all the investors in the most recent fund of ENI Partners (ENI, the general partner, or GP), a London-based private equity firm, would meet to discuss the fate of one of the leading private equity houses in Continental Europe. I...Starting at €8.20
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Sea Breeze Capital (B)
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, Peter; Johnson, RobCase F-889Entrepreneurship, FinanceEn la primavera de 2012, Jordi Alves estaba enfrentando algunas decisiones difíciles. Un año antes, tras un proceso que había durado más de lo esperado, había logrado recaudar el primer fondo de búsqueda en España. Así, había dedicado un año entero a buscar una empresa para adquirirla y ahora tenía lo que parecían dos buenas adquisiciones sobre la mesa. La cuestión ahora era qué hacer. ¿Qué adquisición debía emprender? ¿Debía hacerlo? Además, no ...Starting at €5.74
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Oltre Venture: la revolución del impacto (B)
Beccarini, Irene; Herrera, Ángela; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase SM-1670Entrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyEste caso describe la start-up y los primeros pasos de una nueva empresa de inversión de impacto de Italia: Oltre Venture. Oltre Venture, que se define a sí misma como una empresa de "capital riesgo social", había sido una de las pioneras en la inversión de impacto en Europa, con un primer fondo de inversión de ocho millones de euros y la recaudación de 29 millones para el segundo. Fundada por profesionales con muchos años de experiencia en el ám...Starting at €5.74
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Schneider Drinks (A). Loan Request - Teaching Note
Vardarizi, Sarp; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTeaching Note FT-83-EFinanceThe teaching objectives of this case include the analysis of the business, the industry, the management, the income statement and the balance sheet with a special focus on the risk factors; the consolidation of the methodology of financial diagnosis and forecasting and the special emphasis on the action plan of the bank.Starting at €0.00
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease - Teaching Note
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliTeaching Note FT-87-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €0.00
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (Entrepreneurs)
Ramírez Maz, Daniel; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-873-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €8.20
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Genmedi: How to Value a New Company for an Upcoming Round of Financing - Teaching Note
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kolarova, LenkaTeaching Note ET-34-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceEvery venture capital and private equity deal involves determining the value of the company. This is one of the most important-and most difficult-tasks faced by an investor (and an entrepreneur), and skill is required when using the various methods for valuing a company. In March 2019, the investors in LifeCycle Ltd.-a technology company based in Shanghai, China-set up a new company, Genmed, to capitalize on an innovative technology for biologica...Starting at €0.00
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Oltre Venture: The Impact Revolution (A) and (B)
Beccarini, Irene; Herrera, Ángela; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTeaching Note SMT-122-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThis case describes the start-up and early operation of a novel impact investing firm in Italy: Oltre Venture. Oltre Venture, which defines itself as a "social venture capital" firm, had been among the pioneers of impact investing in Europe, investing ¿8 million in its first fund, and raising ¿29 million for its second one. Founded by professionals with many years of corporate and private equity experience, Oltre Venture had developed a unique ha...Starting at €0.00
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Sea Breeze Capital (A) - Teaching Note
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, PeterTeaching Note FT-98-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceCase A describes the attempt made by Jordi Alves, an MBA graduate, to start the first search fund in Spain. Case B describes two acquisition opportunities that Jordi identified one year after he had launched the search fund. Jordi Alves graduated with his MBA in 2010. During his business school studies, he focused on search funds with the intent of starting his own search fund immediately after graduation. Being from Barcelona, Spain, he selected...Starting at €0.00