Startup Venture Transaction Analysis – Ybrain Generally I think it’s a good decision for Stonebridge Capital to invest in the Ybrain. My investment analysis mainly involves five parts: Market‚ Team‚ Product‚ Business Model‚ and Exit Options. First of all‚ I will look at the industry dynamics and market potential. Ybrain is a combined product of the medical device industry and the wearable tech industry‚ both of which are the emerging growth areas. Compared to the wearable products for general
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Indorama ventures is a public limited company with a leading profile in the worlds largest petrochemical producers and one of the words leading manufacturer of wool yarns. It is the largest polyester fibre producer in Thailand. It’s products serves major players in the consumer markets including food‚ beverages‚ personal and home care‚ health care‚ automotive‚ textile and industrial. (Revenue) Since they are best at producing petrochemical and manufacture wool yarns world-wide‚ they have three major
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founder incur? Career risk taken by each founder Financial demands faced by each founder May have to reserve ownership for future founders. Potential problem - split equity very early Dynamic equity-splitting Building a Board Lesson #2 Boards and new ventures The Benefits of Having an Independent Board Brings perspective and experience‚ and a set of complementary skills for the CEO Recognize the need for long-term planning and assist in long-range strategies Can provide a framework for control and discipline
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overview Understand figure: life cycle approach: venture operating and financial decisions Basic introduction‚ read through. The life cycle approach (fig 1.5 page 29) is followed rather loosely in the book‚ and it does not play a major role in the structure of the classes. Exercises: 6 and 7. (note: these exercises are quite straightforward‚ don’t think too much of them) Chapter 2 From the idea to the business plan Understand the parts of a Venture opportunity screening Understand the parts of
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turnout rate. 2. Subsequent to the Harvard Ball‚ what do you think of Vivek’s efforts to further prove out the concept with additional trial venues/customers? What effect did this have on mitigating risks‚ moving the company forward and obtaining venture capital funding? Subsequent to the Harvard Ball‚ Vivek chose not to test the prototype in any other venues. Instead‚ he began focusing on further developing the business plan. He met with the operations manager at Robert Keebler’s stadium who bombarded
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Ministry of Sound Case Study Richard Whittington The Ministry of Sound went from start-up to maturity in little over a decade. The case raises issues concerning both business strategy‚ particularly regarding sustainable competitive advantage and resources‚ and corporate strategy‚ particularly regarding diversification and internationalisation. There are also issues of ownership and organisation. In the end‚ the fundamental question is: what future for the Ministry? In 1991‚ 28-year-old
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Hedging Strategy Analysis for Sims Metal Management The Risks Faced by Sims Metal Management Sims Metal Management (SGM) is a global Australian-based company that specializes in metal recycling‚ operates business in North America‚ Australiasia( Australia and Asia) and Europe‚ with North America being the largest market. The company’s activities expose it to the three major parts as financial risks: market risk‚ credit risk and liquidity risk. Market risks consist of interest rate risk‚ foreign
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crisis in 2009. In order to diagnosis the problem‚ Mr. Idris called for a meeting among senior managements. He found out that there was no-result investment made by one of the subsidiaries‚ Malaysian Travels Sdn Bhd (MTSB). In 2006‚ MTSB had a joint ventures with Turkistan Global Services Sdn Bhd (TGS) to form a new entity‚ Malaysian Turkistan Travel Sdn Bhd (MTT)‚ in the purpose of exploring travel business opportunities in Turkistan. In this entity‚ MTSB holds 40% of the shares whereas the others held
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company endured through the Survival stage and reach Rapid-growth stage. 5. Different types of venture financing have been obtained for the company‚ starting from Greg Thomas investing his own savings of $50‚000 plus another $50‚000 from friends. First round of financing was obtained from two investors providing $200‚000. An additional $1 million was obtained in the second round of financing from a venture capital firm named Katile Capital Partners. $5 million is being sought out to help fund sales
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Business Financial Management for Small Business Student Number: Word Count: Q1. Formal venture capital funds are provided through a limited partnership were the managing partners invest on behalf of the limited partners (Carter. S.‚ Jones-Evans. D. 2006). A business angel usually fits the profile of a well-educated‚ wealthy individually who has skills and experience working with start-up business ventures‚ which lets them add a great deal of expertise to the start-up or growing businesses using
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