Trendsetter Inc. are looking for Venture Capitalists that could provide funds that can help them establish and scale-up their business. Trendsetter Inc. was a software startup company that provided innovative warehouse and distribution solutions mainly to clothing retailers. Out of the 7 pitch they had conducted‚ they got a positive response from six Venture Capitalists and have received two “Term-sheets” - summaries of the terms and conditions under which the Venture Capitalists would invest in Trendsetter
Premium Venture capital Startup company
Angel financing is defined as ‘‘[i]nformal venture capital-equity investments and non-collateral forms of lending made by private individuals ...using their own money‚ directly in unquoted companies in which they have no family connection PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report‚ 2004. Thomson Reuters; https://www.pwcmoneytree.com’’ (Harrison and Mason 1999). It plays a crucial role in financing growth-oriented ventures by filling the gap between informal family
Premium Venture capital Private equity
Background Walnut Venture Associates is a small group of angel investors with backgrounds in the software industry. RBS is a small software company that makes billing and enterprise management software specifically targeted at other software companies. RBS and Walnut are deciding whether Walnut should invest in RBS‚ and then if they are willing‚ whether RBS finds the terms of the deal satisfactory. This case memo illustrates that the venture capitalists are looking for good managers in a particular
Premium Venture capital Investment
SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION The definition for small-scale industrial undertakings has changed over time. Initially they were classified into two categories- those using power with less than 50 employees and those not using power with the employee strength being more than 50 but less than 100. However the capital resources invested on plant and machinery buildings have been the primary criteria to differentiate the small-scale industries from the large and medium scale industries. An
Premium Industry Venture capital Finance
MARTINEZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN GERMANY 1. General presentation of the case study (Summary) Martinez Construction is a well-established construction company in Eastern Spain. Because of a recent decline in contracts in the Spain society‚ Martinez Construction Company needed to expand to international market in order to survive (expand and grow). After a survey in the international market‚ the newly
Premium East Germany Germany West Germany
Term Sheet BUS605: Venture Capital and Private Equity Term Sheet “A term sheet is a non-binding agreement setting forth the basic terms and condition under which an investment will be made. The term sheet serves as a template to develop more detailed legal documents. Once the parties involved reach an agreement on the details laid out in the term sheet‚ a binding agreement or contract that conforms to the term sheet details is then drawn up” (Investopedia‚ 2013)
Premium Venture capital Stock
suppliers of telecom solutions in Malaysia. The case involves a possible joint venture with Sakari‚ the leading manufacturer in Finland of mobile phones and telecom systems. There is a large potential in the future development of telecom facilities in Malaysia and the to enterprises have discussed a joint venture About Nora Nora is a leading supplier of telecommunication services in Malaysia. They are looking for a Joint Venture to manufacture and commission digital switching exchanges to meet the needs
Premium Joint venture
1. If you were to consider a franchise such as McDonald’s‚ Burger King‚ or Starbucks‚ what would you need to know? As a full time student‚ employee and parent‚ I would truly contemplate opening a franchise such as Starbucks with the notion that all of the coffee that I buy would be a personal investment into my own business. So in order to open up my very own Starbucks‚ there are a couple of things I would need to know. I would need to evaluate the franchise and all of its offerings to the franchisee
Premium Venture capital Management Business
Kit too should look at these same aspects of differentiating between a good idea and an opportunity as Andrea. He should look into finding out the costs involved in operating his business in an environmentally friendly manner‚ and measure if the venture will be sustainable as well as profit maximizing‚ with cost effective
Premium Entrepreneurship Venture capital
Starbuck’s FDI 1. Initially Starbucks expanded internationally by licensing its format to foreign operators. It soon became disenchanted with this strategy. Why? When Starbucks started its international expansion in Japan‚ it initially decided to license. As it is known licensing is "the method of foreign operation whereby a firm in one country agrees to permit a company in another country to use the manufacturing‚ processing‚ trademark‚ know-how or some other skill provided by the licensor"[1]
Premium Subsidiary Joint venture Coffee