Private equity is a financial activity through which an investor enters in the corporate structure of a company by acquiring shares / units through a third party subscribing shares or underwriting newly issued shares that will increase the assets of the target company. Private equity includes investments in companies listed on regulated markets. If the target company is listed on a public market it knows as Private Public Equity.
Venture capital is the contribution from an investor to finance the start-up or growth of the activity in high potential development sector.
The financial crisis has done more than destroy value: it has redefined how to compete and win in the market. To succeed in this context is necessary to understand the most appropriate market structures and business that will attract market preferences.
We have partnership with some financial reality by helping them in acquiring and sustaining their competitive advantage in periods of adverse economic conditions like the present. Through a close and sincere cooperation with our customers CleverAdvice strives to get more creative, efficient and sustainable in the long run.
In the field of venture capital we work with some regional funds studying the best start-ups. We work with different types of investors, venture capital funds specialized fund and LBO funds. We support our customers through assisting them in possible operation. Our projects include risk management, acquisition, portfolio management post-acquisition and the definition of exit-strategy with the identification of potential buyers.
- Review current investment portfolio: proposed to extend activities in markets with more favorable risk/return ratios
- Assessed competitive positioning, compared merger and acquisition transactions in both Italian and European markets to optimize corporate valuations
- Proposed vertical integration processes
- Valued buy-side long-term feasibility
- Assessed the impact and follow the implementation of transformation initiatives on complex plans
- Screening of potential transactions carried out through market analysis and competitive valuation of the companies
- Compiled business due diligence and reviewed corporate business plan, analyzing the strategies for making improvements
- Assessed investment plans analyzed the risk profile of investments and revised the acquisition process between equity partner and advisor to support the Investment Committee.
- Assisted investment fund in the evaluation of a start-up that develops advanced biomedical equipments:
- assessed target market potentials and the competition
- assessed feasibility of management business plan
- assessed benefits for both individuals and state-hospitals of the use of the company products/solutions
- Developed a crash tool useful to simulate turnaround situations
- Assessed and reviwed supply chain (purchasing, make or buy decisions, centralization level, key skills, roles, processes) through a restructuring of sales and distribution networks
- Recommended and implemented cost reduction measures, re-engineering of critical processes of organizational management and development tools for ad-hoc performance monitoring (Tableau de Bord)
- Implemented process optimization plans, R&D and new product road map