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Private Equity vs Venture Capital As a Growth Engine

Align Business Advisory Services

Two options you might encounter are investments from private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC). Read More » The post Private Equity vs Venture Capital As a Growth Engine appeared first on Align BA. Navigating the world of outside investors can be challenging. While they both involve outside.

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FTC Workshop Argues That Private Equity Incentives Are Not Aligned With Quality Health Care

JD Supra: Mergers

On March 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a public workshop titled “Private Capital, Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care.” The event is part of the agency’s effort to publicize and encourage enforcement targeting private equity investments in health care.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Bain Capital to Acquire Harrington Process Solutions

JD Supra: Mergers

Bain Capital Private Equity will acquire Harrington Process Solutions, according to a news release. Harrington, founded in 1959 and based in Chino, Calif., is a specialty distributor of industrial flow control process solutions. Harrington provides solutions to a wide range of industries, including life sciences.

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Private Equity Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Course for Beginners

OfficeHours

Private equity is an investment asset class that has gained significant prominence and popularity in recent decades. However, private equity can seem complex and intimidating to beginners who are unfamiliar with its fundamentals. Venture capital focuses on early-stage companies with high growth potential.

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Is Private Equity Right for You?

OfficeHours

To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?” Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Strategic thinking skills are essential.

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Understanding Private Equity

Benchmark International

Private Equity (PE) or Private Equity Groups (PEGs) combine large amounts of capital from various sources and directly invest it in private companies or the buyout of public companies (resulting in the delisting of public equity from the stock exchange).

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ENT & Allergy Practices Attract Private Equity

JD Supra: Mergers

Armed with anywhere between $2 trillion and $4 trillion of “dry powder”—with about half of that targeted to healthcare—private equity firms have a lot of capital to put to work. One area receiving interest is the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and allergy field. By: FOCUS Investment Banking