Australian Resources
ABS - Venture Capital and Later Stage Private Equity, Australia, 2008-09Wed 10/02/2010 at 1:00 pm
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have released the venture capital and later stage private equity report for FY09. The report is a result of a survey conducted by the ABS with the financial support of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
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Enterprise and Venture Capital, 5th EditionMon 06/07/2009 at 8:29 am
Enterprise and Venture Capital by Chris Golis, Patrick Mooney, and Thomas Richardson is a comprehensive guide to building businesses, sourcing venture capital, and negotiating with investors. The revised and updated fifth edition is a bestselling guide for people looking to building new businesses around bright ideas and for investors to take advantage of new business opportunities.
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Invest to Exit: A Pragmatic Strategy for Angel and Venture Capital InvestorsThu 14/05/2009 at 12:00 am
An e-book by Dr Tom McKaskill on strategies for profitable exits by angel and VC investors.
Australian Bureau of Statistics' VC and Later Stage Private Equity Survey (FY08)Wed 11/02/2009 at 11:00 pm
The latest ABS survey results on the Australian VC and PE sector were released on 12 Feb 2009. A copy of the report may be downloaded here.
A comparison of ordinary, VC and PE-backed IPOs in Australia 1996-2007Mon 27/10/2008 at 11:00 pm
This paper examines the pricing and performance of ordinary, venture capital and private equity-backed initial public offerings in the Australian stock market from June 1996 to May 2007. The results indicate that VC and PE-backed issues are less underpriced than ordinary issues, suggesting a lower risk premium attached by investors to these issues. Further, all these forms of issuance outperform nominal performance benchmarks.
Study of Australian superannuation fund attitudes to PE investingMon 19/05/2008 at 12:00 am
This study by John Evans of UNSW's School of Business looks at the attitudes of the major superannuation funds to private equity investments, and is a follow up to an earlier study conducted in 2005.