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Risk capital in entrepreneurship
Ježková, Slávka ; Sato, Alexej (advisor) ; Beníček, Milan (referee)
The diploma thesis describes and defines in theoretical part the entire venture capital system, analyzes the individual elements and inner flows. The thesis contains chapters where the reader can meet the term of venture capital, its history and specifics, and various possible types of investment, subjects at venture capital maktet and the investment process. The second part of the thesis focuses on the issues of the venture capital market in Central and Eastern Europe and in detail in the Czech Republic with particular accent on the last period and the changes caused by the financial crisis and includes the limiting factors for the development of this market.
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Private equity - leveraged buyouts and KKR
Haško, Miroslav ; Brada, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Osička, Štěpán (referee)
The aim of this thesis is description and understanding of private equity industry as a part of alternative asset class. In the first part, we describe the basic concepts of private equity industry and characteristics of individual subjects present in this sector. Analysis of the industry and basic comparison of private equity in Europe and United States is the theme of the second part of this paper. The base of knowledge created in the previous parts supports the analysis of buyouts and their value creation strategies. On the example of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, pre-eminent private equity firm, we show how private equity works in practice and what current trends in the industry are. In the end, we estimate the subjective value of one unit of ownership in KKR and list that risks could affect the company and the industry.
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Private Equity financing in the Czech Republic
Quittek, Radim ; Valach, Josef (advisor) ; Krabec, Tomáš (referee)
Diploma thesis aims to describe the current state of the Private Equity financing in the Czech Republic. This issue is viewed from two angles. The first part is devoted to macro-economic assessment of the current state of Private Equity in the Czech Republic. It aims to describe the current situation, compare it to economies with a developed private equity market and to draw recommendations that will lead to further development of private equity in our country. The focus of the second part is to characterize the Private Equity market from a microeconomic perspective. It aims to describe the functioning of the Private Equity market at the level of individual entities, the business model and analyze and compare the investment strategies of General Partners operating in the Czech Republic.
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Private equity investments in the Czech Republic
Procházka, Adam ; Marek, Petr (advisor) ; Podškubka, Tomáš (referee)
Private equity investments belong to alternative investments. They are based on investing into non-public firms. Private equity can be devided in two groups. In the first case starting and expanding companies are being sought(venture capital), the second choice consists of buying established companies(private equity in closer). In both cases the necessary assumption is a high potential of the particular company so the investor can re-sell the business in few years for profit. As will be shown on five different investment cases from Czech environment, high returns on capital are compensated by high risk -- particularly by low liquidity and by a threat of wrong market estimation.
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Private Equity and Venture Capital as instruments of business financing
Zvárová, Petra ; Machková, Hana (advisor) ; Sato, Alexej (referee)
The objective of this diploma thesis is to introduce the sector of Private Equity and Venture Capital which is aimed to finance perspective companies that are not publicly traded. The first chapter presents the development of sector and main featuring players on the market. The second chapter explains phases of the investment process. The topic of the third chapter is analysis of the sector in terms of development trends and comparisom of particular types of investment as well as comparison of the main markets which are the USA and Europe. The goal of the last chapter is to present and analyze the Alternative Investment Market in London as a new market for the venture capital backed companies.
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Key performance indicators of private equity
Beran, Marek ; Krabec, Tomáš (advisor) ; Fous, Zdeněk (referee)
This thesis aims to identify key performance indicators of private equity. At the beginning of the paper are defined both parts of private equity, criterias of each part and relationships among market participants. It is then outlined the history of the two main parts. In the next step is introduced global development with emphasis on the last 30 years. A larger space is then devoted to Europe, which will subsequently be a pivotal part of the work. Following this section is indicated methodology. In the next section is defined 7 countries, which are subsequently subjected to research. The fourth chapter is an empirical survey of individual States, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, Romania, Singapore and France, where are mentioned results of evaluated factors and also the defending of values. The last, fifth, is itself part of the evaluation and comments on results achieved.
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Private Equity
Tregler, František ; Mařík, Miloš (advisor) ; Marek, Petr (referee) ; Kráľovič, Jozef (referee)
This final thesis analyzes and evaluates current techniques used in attribution analysis of the private equity funds. The first section defines all the relevant parameters and relationships. The second section provides the reader with a historical overview of the private equity industry together with a unique typology of private equity funds. Description of the current situation in the private equity industry is based on my discussions with investment professionals. These two sections are followed by a chapter describing the private equity investment process and the leveraged buyouts. Analysis is focused on value creation during buyouts, buyout price negotiations and the role of investment banks. I define individual phases of the private equity investment process and various valuation techniques used during the life cycle of the investment. Special attention is given to the private equity valuation process and its differences to the traditional and formal legal valuation. A special reaction function of cost of equity was derived from the traditional discounted earnings methods. Separate section is dedicated to calculation of return and efficiency of private equity funds. I analyze various methods used in the return/efficiency evaluation process, including the most frequently used Internal Rate of Return (IRR) approach. I then propose an adjustment (or several adjustments) to the IRR method and I test my proposals on several real-life case studies. In the same manner I theoretically derive and then practically prove major factors affecting the return of private equity investments. Special attention is given to the effect of company's indebtedness and operational improvements on total return of the private equity investment.
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Venture capital funds in the Czech Republic
HUBENÁ, Jana
The diploma thesis is divided in two main parts. In the first part the thesis describes the concept of venture capital, it provides venture capital concept definition and clarifies possibilities of utilisation of venture capital. The work shows creating funds, gives definition of a founder, funds rules and their priorities, ways of checking investments and the process of the final phase, i.e. evaluation. Kind of venture capital investment, investment process length, quantity of provided tools and investment risk are very important points in this dissertation, too. The second part of the thesis tries to find out more on venture capital funds, which are regular members of CVCA, i.e. Argus Capital Group Limited, Genesis Capital, KBC Private Equity, Enterprise Investors, Advent International and 3TS Capital Partners.
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Venture Capital and Private Equity. Communication strategy
Štrama, Patrik ; Zadražilová, Dana (advisor) ; Kursová, Petra (referee)
Private equity is a specific way of financing business, which increases the equity of firms and does not affect cash-flow of the business. This thesis provides basic information on the operation of private equity and an overview of the private equity market in the Czech Republic. One of the fundamental problems in the Czech market is currently the lack of promotion of private equity and venture capital. Communication activities of CVCA (The Czech Venture Capital and Private Equity Association), which covers the promotion and providing of information about this topic on the Czech market, shows significant shortcomings. The basic goal of this thesis is therefore to address this problem and design a communication strategy for CVCA. Identified are key target groups, tools and methods of communication, which should lead to more intensive promotion and education about venture capital and private equity on the Czech market.
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Private equity
Černá, Markéta ; Doláková, Helena (advisor) ; Syrochmanová, Hana (referee)
The thesis deals with the analysis of private equity model focusing on the possibility of its utilizing as a source of finance. The first part contains definitions of important aspects related to the area of private equity. The second part consists of a case study which assesses effects of an investment of private equity companies in a specific enterprise. The investment of the private equity group Penta in AERO Vodochody is analyzed based on various aspects.
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