Working the private equity circuit. (explanation of venture capitial funding)(includes directory of resources)(Financing Your Business)

From: Black Enterprise | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Private equity investors, also called venture capitalists, provide funding for various stages of business development, including the seed stage, early stage, expansion and acquisition. The investors recover than money by public offerings, buyouts or refinancings.

Are you a prime candidate for venture capital or other private investment backing? Here's how to get in the game.

Buyout specialist John Douglas has seen the best and the worst of private equity funding. "The first deal that I tried to put together was an acquisition of a television station in Austin, Texas," recalls the ...

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