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EZAmuse Negotiation Background (A)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-807007-EFinanceThis is the background to an exercise in negotiation. A promising venture-capital-backed company, EZAmuse Communications, is raising a B round. Its existing backer, Reality Venture Partners, would like it to raise enough for six or nine months, when it will have results on its current products and be able to raise a C round at a higher valuation. The new and talented CEO, who has succeeded with Reality in the past, would like to raise a larger am...Starting at €8.20
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Brazos Partners and Cheddar's Inc., Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808055-EFinanceTeaching Note for [806069].Starting at €0.00
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Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808056-EFinanceTeaching Note for [807005].Starting at €0.00
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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An IPO in India, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-809018-EFinanceTeaching Note for [807095].Starting at €0.00
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Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, TomCase HBS-813102-EEntrepreneurshipGenentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected transformational effects. Established in 1976, Genentech was to develop the new science of recombinant DNA into viable therapeutic products with mass market appeal, something that most scientists agreed was at least a decade away. The founders, Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson had limited fina...Starting at €8.20
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Apax Partners and Xerium S.A. (Spanish version)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-806S01EntrepreneurshipIn 2002, Apax Partners had to decide whether to accept a less-than-perfect offer for one of its portfolio companies or to refinance it. This company, a maker of paper industry consumables with a global presence, had been purchased in 1999 and performed extremely well since then. Despite being a solid, cash-generative operation, it didn't excite a lot of interest in the market. An early exit at a good multiple would be helpful for Apax's current f...Starting at €8.20
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Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-807093-EFinanceThe three founding partners of Gobi Partners, a venture capital fund investing in early start IT and digital media companies in China, are planning to raise a second fund. The first $51.75 million fund is close to being entirely invested and the portfolio companies are doing well, with two having raised subsequent financings at significantly increased valuations. The firm itself has increased its headcount and opened a second office, but it has n...Starting at €8.20
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Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808052-EFinanceTeaching Note for [808052].Starting at €0.00
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Adams Capital Management: Fund IV, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808053-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (806-077).Starting at €0.00
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The Blackstone Group's IPO
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-808100-EFinanceSteven Schwarzman, Chairman of the Blackstone Group, has just learned that an investment group associated with the government of China wants to buy the majority of Blackstone's leveraged IPO. As he considers how to respond to this offer, Schwarzman reviews the firm's proposed structure as a public entity and assesses how he might retain the delicate balance among stakeholders while still maintaining liquidity in the market.Starting at €8.20