Private Equity Investments in Food Assets
The acquisition of Heinz by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital is the most recent in a history of private equity groups investing in food assets. Ildiko Szalai, Senior Packaged Food Company Analyst at Euromonitor gives several examples of these investments, all of which have varying aims and results. The Heinz purchase might give the company a significant financial boost to start investing in new markets.
What investment style is right for your startup?
Many people waste time sending business plans to Venture Capitalists, begging bank managers for loans, creating CrowdFunding videos, or pitching their ideas to any angel investor that they can find. If you are scattered in your finance raising strategy, you will experience a lot of rejection, frustration and more importantly,.waste a lot of your valuable time.
There are two models discussed in this presentation -
1. Before CrowdFunding (BC)
2 - After Debt Crisis (AD)
Quickly see when you should use the triple F round, bank lending, angel investors, venture capital, private equity, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, CrowdFunding, CrowdLending or CrowdInvesting.
Chinese Venture Capital Seeks Investment Opportunities in Chicago
Chicago entrepreneurs presented startup pitches to visiting China investors at a media kickoff at Chase Tower. The event marked the rebranding of a Chinese American business magazine from Nihao to Mandarin Quarterly.
The publication invited foreign investors from China to meet local entrepreneurs. In tandem with an expanding market, Asian investors are looking abroad for innovative companies in which to invest.
Crash Course: Equity Financing in the Mining Sector
Help get investors up to speed on private placements and equity financings with this Crash Course in Equity Financing in the Mining Sector.
Dell Could be Biggest Tech Buyout Since 2007
Bloomberg Senior M&A Reporter Serena Saitto discusses possible outcomes for a deal on acquiring Dell. She speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.”
The latest pickle of private equity
The financial crisis has hit the private equity industry hard. Not only are private equity firms finding it harder to raise cash, their exit strategies are often impeded. Lex’s Vincent Boland and Oliver Ralph discuss the new strategies being employed by an industry facing a structural shift.
A micro-lending service empowering rural entrepreneurs this Diwali
A Bangalore-based micro-lending service is bringing cheer to hundreds of small-scale rural entrepreneurs this festive season. Preethi Prabhu, an art gallery owner in Bangalore is celebrating her Diwali in a different way this year. While others are bursting fire crackers and partying, Preethi has decided to invest a small sum of money to help a weaver family in Maharashtra.
“Something that we spend on a one day outing in a restaurant can help a great deal to people living in rural areas, I think that money they get in their business brings in a lot of integrity to them and they pay it in the right time,” says Preethi Prabhu, a social investor.
A venture capitalist’s view of stewardship development
Roland Van Der Meer, Chairman of Bio-Logical Capital, explains why investment in development that has respect and sensitivity to resources will not only produce good current yields and long term capital appreciation but also environmental returns. Bio-Logical Capital is the leader of stewardship development, and Van Der Meer brings financial accumen and a passion for environmental issues to his role as Chairman.
Van Der Meer is the author of www.Sustainable-Path.com blog, where he shares insights, ideas and thought leadership about creating impact at scale, using his 25 year successful career as a Silicon Valley venture capitalist to guide the future of sustainable ventures.
Baseball Analogy Catches Differences in Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Theories
Scott Joachim, chair of the Fenwick & West Private Equity Group, discusses the different vehicles through which limited partnerships (LPs) diversify their investments across venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funds. Baseball comes into play as an outlet for describing the investment theories and differences in approach between VC and PE funds.
Convertible Notes For Startups Explained
Many startups are forgoing traditional seed funding in favor of convertible notes, loans which convert into stock after a company goes through its next round of funding. But are convertible notes good for startups? Are they good for investors? The Explainer Music team breaks it all down in its latest video.
