It describes the problems involved in the drafting and evaluation of financial contracts between users and investors, and between companies and employees. A simple conceptual framework is presented and some critical questions are addressed: 1) How is cash allocated? 2) How is the risk distributed? and 3) What are the incentives for all parties? The …
The case focuses on the risks and rewards of an early investment in a successful consumer startup in an emerging market (i.e., non-tech), from seed funding in 2004 to raising expansion capital in 2019. Nasik Valley in India while making external fundraising decisions. Case (A) takes the perspective of the initial investor. This is followed …
The introduction to Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) follows the journey of Claudia Fan Munce, who leads CVC for a large hardware and software conglomerate, as she and her team identify and explore opportunities to partner with startups in the healthcare industry. Along the way, students learn about the history of CVC, the relationship between CVCs …
KTM is a small motorcycle manufacturer based in Austria. Due to the difficult economic environment, KTM went private in 1999 with the help of venture capital firm BC European Capital (BC). After several years of strong growth, BC tries to liquidate its position and move on. KTM faces the decision to find the best means …
A new approach to philanthropy, led by venture capitalists and the “new wealth.” It was created in the last two years. The same criteria of accountability for results apply that apply to your investment portfolio.
The experienced entrepreneurial Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jadelink International Limited is committed to creating a modern jewelry brand that represents a new perception of Jade. At first, the CEO succeeded in rapidly increasing sales and bringing Jadelink products to Shanghai, the most modern city in China. But the company plans to expand the business …
A venture capitalist has to decide whether to invest in a medical technology company that licenses the intellectual property of a private property of intellectual property based on platform technology. Entrepreneurs Amar Sawhney and Fred Khosravi founded Incept LLC to commercialize their multipurpose hydrogel technology. The pair then parted ways with Confluent Surgical to develop …
An American venture capital firm has just learned that the transaction structure to buy an illiquid British software company is unacceptable to institutional investors. The group has to decide if it wants to go ahead with the deal. That decision depends on whether investors are confident that their due diligence has uncovered any issues that …
A growing current account deficit, skyrocketing interest rates, and a falling currency – these were just a few of the troubling trends in India that Krishna ‘Kittu’ Kolluri considered on his 20-hour flight back from Mumbai to Silicon Valley in September. 2013 General Partner, working at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), which made investments in India, …
Softbank Venture Capital (SBVC) has created an incubator called Hotbank. Ellen Levy, Netbatsu Development Officer at SBVC, is faced with the decision of which Hotbank / SBVC portfolio company relationships to facilitate.