Synopses & Reviews
The 5
th edition of Lerner's
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook continues to present the important historical cases of private equity while incorporating a number of new relevant and timely cases from previous best-selling issues. It includes more cases relevant to the texts four main goals: understanding the ways in which private equity firms work, applying the key ideas of corporate finance to the industry, understanding the process of valuation, and critiquing valuation approaches of the past and present- an approach which has proved very successful over the past four editions.
This casebook contains cases and notes designed to provide an understanding of the history of the private equity industry's development and the workings of the industry today. By explaining the industry on a case-by-case basis, this text promises to address the critical question of whether gains made in recent years have been sustained and how firms will respond to the current opportunities and challenges.
Synopsis
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook, 5th edition provides an understanding of the ways in which private equity groups work. The casebook builds an understanding of the key distinctions in the industry, and reviews and applies key ideas of corporate finance.
The 5th edition continues to explore a wide variety of valuation approaches; from techniques widely used in practice to methods less frequently seen in practice today but likely to be increasingly important in the future years.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 PE today and tomorrow
2 Iris Running Crane December 2009
Module 1: Fundraising
3 Yale University: July 2006
4 Altoona
5 PE Partnership Agreements
6 Grove Street Advisors II
7 PE Fundraising Process
8 CPPIB
Module 2: Investing
9 Firm Strategy Vignettes
10 Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Conundrum
11 Avid & Lighthouse Partners
12 Metapath
13 Valuation in PE Settings
14 European PE
15 Moneybookers & Investcorp
16 PE in Developing Countries
17 Hony
18 Gobi & DMG
19 PE Securities
Module 3: Exiting
20 emgs
21 Motilal
22 IPO Process
23 Rock & a Hard Place: Valuation & Distribution
Module 4: New Frontiers
24 Village Ventures
25 Microsoft IPV
26 Abraaj
27 Actis in 2008
28 Blackstone IPO
Appendix: A note on PE Information Sources
Glossary
Index