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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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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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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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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
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Visant Capital
Kelly, Peter; Liquido, Francisco; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase E-168-EEntrepreneurshipDhruv is an Indian search fund entrepreneur. His is only the second search fund in India. More than a year into his search, he has finally found a company for acquisition and it is time to bring it to investors. Will they like the company? Or will he have to keep searching?Starting at €8.20
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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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Sea Breeze Capital (B) - Teaching Note
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, PeterTeaching Note FT-99-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceCase A describes the attempt made by Jordi Alves, an MBA graduate, to start the first search fund in Spain in 2011. Case B describes two acquisition opportunities that Jordi identified one year after he had launched the search fund. In spring 2012, Jordi has searched hard for a company to acquire. He now has two potentially attractive acquisitions on his desk - Feva Seguridad, a Mérida, Extremadura-based alarm monitoring company, and Belladía, a ...Starting at €0.00
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The Windham Family (A): Family Tradition
Batt, Robert; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-897-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementFrom these cases you will learn that parents' actions (expectations, responsibilities, excessive demand) can lead to negative effects: for example, the creation of a dysfunctional next generation. A sensible governance structure for family wealth is necessary, but it is even more important to foster emotional health (vs. financial health) and self-worth (vs. net worth) among all family members, especially in-laws. The cases also deal with family ...Starting at €8.20