Ted runs technology Equity Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank and has a wealth of experience with IPO issuances.
But many foreign equipment manufacturers didn't want to part with technology if their equity participation was only 26%.
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Even if they are, says Ben Van Vliet, a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, the equity exchanges will likely shut down the activity soon.
Scott Milleison, who runs the Sports Finance Group at JP Morgan Private Bank, was recently guest on Forbes SportsMoney on the YES Network, where he discussed the new owners in sports that have come from venture capital, technology and private equity industries are increasing team values.
In technology, private-equity interest has grown as the industry has matured, and cash-flow and profitability have become more predictable.
He now thinks that the pendulum may have swung too far the other way, with many private-equity firms regarding investing in technology as easy.
Mr Johnson opened trading at the Stock Exchange on Tuesday morning, appealing for more science and technology companies to be listed to attract equity investment.
More data is becoming available for use, along with access and equity issues that accompany rapidly changing technology landscapes.
He reorganized the 16-person office last year to strengthen individual advising, alumni relations and connections with new employers, particularly private-equity firms, hedge funds and technology startups.
We would focus additional equity commitments into Financials, Information Technology, and Industrials as correction progresses and further evidence of sustainable improvement in (1) consumer sentiment, (2) employment and (3) housing emerges.
In sectors like technology it can be even harder for private equity to compete, since valuations in some areas are sky-high and acquirers can use cash on hand and richly-valued stock to make deals.
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The acquisition of SunGard has opened up the possibility of far larger deals, especially with its model of a consortium of private-equity buyers combining generalist funds and a technology specialist such as Silver Lake.
It sits atop several big political and social fault lines of our day: trade, technology, growth, education, planning versus chaos and equity versus salary.
The deal will help Web.com compete with GoDaddy, which was acquired by private equity firms KKR, Silver Lake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures last month.
This is especially the case in Europe, where many private-equity funds avoided the excesses of the American technology bubble and have even made decent returns.
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We love what Liazon is doing for two reasons: first, as a digital marketplace, it uses technology to create value for consumers, similar to what we believe equity crowdfunding portals will do for entrepreneurs and investors.
It's no secret that we still have a long way to go before achieving gender equity in the fields collectively known as STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Technology companies usually are not highly geared, since they are capitalized more through equity than debt and usually have very little foreign debt.
If you are looking for equity put plays, we recommend hunting in the large-cap technology space, as hedge funds appear to be bailing on these equities.
Private Equity, funds, angel networks and broker dealers are embracing the technology underpinning crowdfunding with its standards of deal presentation and distribution channels to potential investors.
When the technology bubble burst, pension funds were left with worthless stakes in private-equity deals that had gone sour, on top of the damage done by tumbling stockmarkets.
Among the U.S. sectors in which bankers expect to see more activity are industrials, financial services, technology, clean technology and housing-related areas, said Mary Ann Deignan, head of equity capital markets for the Americas at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
It is meant to push companies out of the so-called valley of death where private equity or debt investors are reluctant to cover huge construction costs on unproven technology given the sluggish growth outlook for power demand.
As equity partners, Chrysler's suppliers would also be encouraged to put their best technology into the plant without fear that it will be shared with their competitors.
Sarayu Srinivasan is a venture capitalist, most recently with Intel Capital, the private equity arm of the Intel Corporation, where she focused on a range of stage agnostic technology investments in the U.S. and India.
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Just as Prime Computers made private-equity firms think that tech deals were impossibly hard, Seagate has transformed their view of investing in technology, says Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School.
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