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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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Soomaa Labs OU (A)
Johnson, Rob; Kolarova, LenkaCase E-218-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe fast-growing company in this case is considering pursuing an IPO on NASDAQ. The A case focuses on whether the company should do the IPO and, if so, what the process would involve and what the IPO valuation might be. The B case examines proposals from four investment banks to be the lead advisor on the IPO. The C case describes events leading up to the final stages just prior to the IPO.Starting at €8.20
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Soomaa Labs OU (C)
Johnson, Rob; Kolarova, LenkaCase E-220-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe fast-growing company in this case is considering pursuing an IPO on NASDAQ. The A case focuses on whether the company should do the IPO and, if so, what the process would involve and what the IPO valuation might be. The B case examines proposals from four investment banks to be the lead advisor on the IPO. The C case describes events leading up to the final stages just prior to the IPO.Starting at €5.74
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Heritage Chickens: The Challenge of Genetic Sustainability
Joel Gehman; Marni Devlin Moses; Leanne HedbergCase IVEY-9B17M057-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe Poultry Research Centre at the University of Alberta farm was an internationally recognized research, development, and learning hub. It began the Rare Poultry Conservancy Program in 1986 as a way to maintain heritage chicken breeds. In 2009/10, as a result of the global financial crisis, university funding was reduced, and every campus department needed to cut programs or find creative ways to finance them outside of the traditional methods. ...Starting at €8.20
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Transcend Coffee: Local Sustainability Challenges in a Global Industry
Joel Gehman; Nicole Neufeld; Dasha Smirnow; Siddharth Agrawal; Danielle Sandberg; Manav DeolCase IVEY-9B16M130-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, Transcend Coffee—an independent coffee shop and coffee bean roaster with several locations in Edmonton, Alberta—was selling premium coffee to a loyal base of customers. While it had taken several years to establish its presence in a marketplace that was filled with coffee retailers, Transcend Coffee's success was in part due to its direct trade supply chain strategy. By working closely with its coffee bean farmers, Transcend Coffee was a...Starting at €8.20
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Poppy Barley: Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Sustainability Certification
Joel Gehman; Greg Dobbelsteyn; Peter Loginov; Aimee Van Dam; Brittnay Verstraete; Leanne HedbergCase IVEY-9B18M103-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn November 2016, the co-founders of Poppy Barley Inc. (Poppy Barley) had just finished discussing the company’s fiscal projections and sustainability goals for the upcoming 2017 year. Poppy Barley, a made-to-measure footwear retailer in Edmonton, Alberta, had grown rapidly. The co-founders, who were sisters, wanted to further both their product line and their commitments to corporate sustainability. Would becoming certified as a sustainable busi...Starting at €8.20
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Angus Morrison Ltd - Teaching Note
Johnson, Rob; Kolarova, LenkaTeaching Note ET-53-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis case describes an opportunity for an experienced Scotch whisky executive to buy a company operating in the Scotch whisky industry. Part of the opportunity involves transforming the company, currently a broker and whisky supplier, into a full-fledged Scotch whisky company. The case details some of the complications of securing and then financing a deal.Starting at €0.00
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Accent Equity Partners and the San Sac Deal
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-983-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was April 2019, and Niklas Sloutski, Chief Executive Officer of Accent Equity Partners, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, had just returned from a meeting with the firm's partners. The meeting in which they reviewed the firm's investment portfolio brought discussions about the implications of pursuing a possible exit from the investment in the San Sac Group, a market-leading provider of waste sorting, containment and compaction products i...Starting at €8.20
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Rocky Mountain Soap Company: The Move Toward Sustainable Packaging
Joel Gehman; Jennifer Sloan; Jennifer Liu; Yi Wu; Leanne Hedberg CarlsonCase IVEY-9B19M082-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2017, the co-owners of Rocky Mountain Soap Company in Canmore, Alberta, faced an important challenge. Their company produced and retailed toxin-free, 100 per cent natural bath and body products, and they wanted the product packaging to reflect theStarting at €8.20
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Chicfy
Cabiedes, Luis Martin; Kolarova, LenkaCase E-212-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn January 2018, Cristina Nevado, an experienced business development professional, made a decision to join Chicfy. Cristina's job description was Chief Operating Officer, and the reported mandate was to lead international expansion and growth, but, somewhat to her surprise, her first assignment was to lead the process of a new financing round. Before launching this project, she reviewed the recently audited financial statements for 2017 to prepa...Starting at €8.20