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Private Equity and Venture Capital in Europe

Markets, Techniques, and Deals

Global financial markets might seem as if they increasingly resemble each other, but a lot of peculiar aspects qualify different markets with different levels of development. Pr… Read more

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Description

Global financial markets might seem as if they increasingly resemble each other, but a lot of peculiar aspects qualify different markets with different levels of development. Private equity investors can take advantage of these variations. Structured to provide a taxonomy of the business, Private Equity and Venture Capital in Europe, Second Edition, introduces private equity and venture capital markets while presenting new information about the core of private equity: secondary markets, private debt, PPP within private equity, crowdfunding, venture philanthropy, impact investing, and more. Every chapter has been updated, and new data, cases, examples, sections, and chapters illuminate elements unique to the European model. With the help of new pedagogical materials, this Second Edition provides marketable insights about valuation and deal-making not available elsewhere.

Key features

  • Covers new regulations and legal frameworks (in Europe and the US) described by data and tax rates
  • Features overhauled and expanded pedagogical supplements to increase the versatility of the Second Edition
  • Focuses on Europe
  • Includes balanced presentations throughout the book

Readership

Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals working in venture capital, and more generally in financial markets and financial institutions

Table of contents

Part 1 General Framework and Private Equity Deals

1. The Fundamentals of Private Equity and Venture Capital

2. Theoretical Foundation of Private Equity and Venture Capital

3. Clusters of Investment Within Private Equity

4. Investing in the Early Stages of a Company: Venture Capital

5. Investments in Mature Companies: Expansion Financing

6. Investments in Mature Companies: Replacement Financing

7. Investing in Mature Companies: Vulture Financing

Part 2 Legal and Fiscal Framework in the Private Equity Business

8. Legal Framework in Europe for Equity Investors

9. Legal Framework in the United States and United Kingdom for Equity Investors

10. Taxation Framework for Private Equity and Fiscal Impact for Equity Investors

Part 3 Managing a Private Equity Investment

11. The Managerial Process

12. Fundraising

13. Investing

14. Managing and Monitoring

15. Exiting

16. Listing a Private Company

Part 4 Company Valuation, New Solutions, and Industry Trends

17. 1Company Valuation in Private and Venture Capital

18. Techniques of Equity Value Definition

19. New Trends and Solutions in the Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry

20. Strategies, Business Models, and Perspectives of Private Equity and Venture Capital

Review quotes

"Comprehensive textbooks on Venture Capital and Private Equity are still scarce goods. This compendium provides an excellent up-to-date discussion of the most important aspects focusing on the European landscape. Students and young practitioners in the Venture Capital and Private Equity or affiliated industries will very much appreciate its content." —Alexander Groh, EMLYON Business School

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About the authors

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Stefano Caselli

Stefano Caselli is Vice-Rector for International Affairs at Bocconi University where he is a Full Professor of Banking and Finance and Chair in Long-Term Investment and Absolute Return. He is the Chair for the EMEA Region of Partnership in International Management, Executive Secretary of the External Advisory Board of the School of Transnational Governance at EUI and conducts numerous research and consulting projects with the most important financial institutions at European level and corporations for valuation and corporate governance issues.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Banking and Finance and Chair in Long-Term Investment and Absolute Return, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Bocconi University, Italy

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Giulia Negri

Giulia Negri is Fellow of Corporate Finance at Bocconi School of Management. She teaches Executive level and Executive MBA-level courses and served as a financial consultant for small and medium-sized enterprise companies. She is Associate Professor of Finance at Luxembourg School of Business.
Affiliations and expertise
Fellow of Corporate Finance, Bocconi School of Management, Italy; Associate Professor of Finance, Luxembourg School of Business, Luxembourg.

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