Mark Ribeiro - Private Equity 101

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Angel Scale Biotech: <a href= "https://syndicate.angelinvestboston.com/en-us/the-surge-of-opportunities-in-angel-scale-biotech"> Learn More</a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark Ribeiro is managing partner at Juna Equity Partners in NYC, a growth equity firm that grew out of part of GE Capital. Since one of my portfolio companies was acquired by a growth equity firm, I thought it would be fun to learn more about this type acquirer.</span></p> <p class="p2">Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Highlights:</span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Sal Daher Introduces Mark Ribeiro</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Angel Investing Vs. Private Equity</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">What Juna Equity Partners is Looking For</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... They basically provide autistic learning centers for kids that have been identified at an early age with autism. It's a company that when we bought it, it was still considered a somewhat niche space ... There was a change in the macro environment..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... what private equity does is it allows companies to become more efficient, and it makes American companies, absolute world beaters..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Private Equity Investments Gone Wrong</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Advice to the Audience</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... This is what angels do. Angels look at founder flesh. They evaluate founder flesh. The other thing is, is this a technology that has the potential to revolutionize an existing business somewhere? ..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Why Staying a Private Company is Better than Going Public</span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Topics: boards, angel investing strategies, management</span></p>