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MsE Masters of Entrepreneurship Summer Projects: Private Equity & Venture Capital

Mergers & Acquisitions

Orbis M&A (formerly Zephyr)
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- Use the Advanced Search screen of Zephyr to search across deals.
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- Look for Screening & Analysis-->Deals and League Tables

VC and Deal News

Here are a few sites that cover VC and deal news:

Venture Beat: http://venturebeat.com/
VC News from Bloomberg: http://topics.bloomberg.com/venture-capital/
VC Dispatch from Wall Street Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/
Dealbook from the New York Times: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/category/main-topics/venture-capital/

Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Gilligan, John and Mike Wright. Private Equity Demystified, Second Edition. March, 2010.

Deals with motivations, risks and rewards of private equity players.
NOTE: UK focused publication

Pratt's Guide to Private Equity Sources

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The introductory chapters provide a useful overview of the VC industry. The international directory includes locations, list of project preferences, type of financing, minimum investment, preferred investment, and contact person.

Venture Capital Financing

MoneyTree – PricewaterhouseCoopers

Fenwick and West – Venture Financing

NVCA – National Venture Capital Association

Venture Capital Survey – San Jose Mercury News