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The essential guide to raising private equity

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Raising private equity funds is seen as the holy grail for businesses who want to grow quickly, simply because the strength of capital opens the door for rapid growth.

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Pembroke VCT raising another £60m of investment

Growth Business

One third of the cash raised will be invested in new growth-stage companies, with the rest being spent on second and third round investments in existing portfolio businesses. Current portfolio businesses include burger chain Five Guys, fashion designer Bella Freud and ice-cream brand Hackney Gelato.

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What is a Price Index? (Definition, Examples, and Applications)

Peak Frameworks

Example: In 2013, the Eurozone experienced a period of very low inflation, even deflation in some parts. Application in Private Equity and Corporate Finance In the heart of high-stakes deals and corporate strategies, price indices serve as a touchstone for decision-making processes in both private equity and corporate finance.

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Food Distribution is Ripe for M&A

Focus Investment Banking

Between 2013 and 2019, food distribution generated a steady flow of deals with strategics driving the majority of activity. During the same time, private equity firms started betting on the sector, particularly in specialty segments. Financial : Private equity groups seeking to acquire a company as an investment.

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What is VBA for Excel? Here’s Everything You Need To Know

Peak Frameworks

Additionally, if you’re interested in refining your Excel skills and recruiting for private equity, you should check out our , Private Equity Course. For example, in 2013, JPMorgan used VBA to build a custom model to forecast loan losses, which helped them save time and improve accuracy.

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Are You Doing the Right Training to Win the K-12 Instructional Materials Race?

Tyton Partners

For example, Cengage had a competitive high school product portfolio and a market-leading database business in Gale, while Scholastic was a leading literacy player across institutional and consumer channels with its own K-5 basal ELA program. A handful of players tried to break in. Pearson then became Savvas Learning.

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The Dynamic Landscape of Software Mergers and Acquisitions in 2024

Solganick & Co.

February 2024: As part of the aftershocks of Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of virtualization giant VMware in 2023, private equity firm KKR announced a deal to buy VMware’s End User Computing business for approximately $4 billion. Rocket Software, based in Waltham, Mass., provides IT modernization and IT automation services.