Venture Capital Creating Job Opportunities in these Regions

April 15, 2009

The biotech and biopharmaceutical sectors seem to be sailing through this recent economic crisis and continuing to grow rapidly, according to a March, 2009 report in Business Facilities, a trade publication for site location professionals. The sector is poised to experience skyrocketing growth because of an increasing stream of new products in the pipeline, expiring […]

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What Stock Pickers Can Learn from Private Equity Managers

April 13, 2009

Private equity as an asset class had an outstanding run from 1998 to 2006. More recently, with the bear market and the forced unwinding of highly leveraged positions, many of the big private equity firms such as Blackstone Group and Fortress and others have taken a bit of a hit. But the reports of private […]

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Getting a Job in Venture Capital

April 9, 2009

There’s no straight and narrow path to a venture capital job. Many venture capitalists have industry experience, combined with an MBA from a top business school. However, there are plenty of exceptions to this rule. If you are looking for venture capital career opportunity, consider these tips. “Show me the upside” Venture capital partners value […]

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Rethinking Your Career in Private Equity

April 6, 2009

“Debt is a sword. Equity is a pillow” asserts a recent article in CEO Forum. The authors are referring to the fact that for the past decade or so, much of the activity in the private equity world has been fuelled by corporate raiders racking up huge amounts of debt as they took over companies. […]

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Venture Capital Model is Alive and Well

April 2, 2009

That’s the word from Businessweek in a profile on Allegis Capital, a 12-year-old VC firm that’s put together an impressive track record. In July, 2008, Allegis sold Ribbit, a telecommunications provider it backed, to BT Group for $105 million. The year before, the firm unloaded computer security company IronPort Systems to Cisco Systems for $830 […]

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The Brave New World for Private Equity Investors

March 30, 2009

The global economic crisis has churned up the private equity world, not only for PE firms but also for the primary investors in the asset class. A recent Wall Street Journal article looked at how a ranking of the most influential European private equity investors reveals a seismic shift in power, now that private equity […]

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Tech Startups See Venture Capital Opportunities in China

March 26, 2009

Entrepreneurs who’ve set up shop in China see plenty of potential for growth and say the current economic slowdown has actually helped the situation by reducing costs and weeding out weaker competitors. In a PC World article, William Bao Bean, a partner at venture capital firm Softbank China & India Holdings, sees “a time of […]

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Abu Dhabi Looks to Ramp up Private Equity Activity

March 23, 2009

The Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC), the first investment company in the United Arab Emirates and one of the leading financial services firms in the area, has hired a new head of private equity to lead the charge for buy-outs in the Middle East and North Africa. Because of the credit crunch, the value of […]

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Venture Capital Job Experience Leads to More Effective CEOs

March 19, 2009

Chief executives recruited from outside the company tend to perform better, and those with experience in venture capital and private equity did the best. That’s according to a new study by Vell Executive Search of CEOs that focused revenue growth among 51 publicly-owned technology companies in New England with $100 million or more in annual […]

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Private Equity Firms May Adapt Better to the Current Environment

March 16, 2009

Private equity may be better able to adapt to today’s tumultuous environment than other asset classes, due to the long-term nature of private equity investments and the influence that private equity managers have over entry and exit decisions. That’s the view of Peter Pfister, recently named managing director of private equity at Deutsche Bank’s Asia-Pacific […]

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