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Merchant banking: negotiated private-equity investment by financial institutions in the unregistered securities of either privately or publicly held companies. [54] Fund of funds: investments made in a fund whose primary activity is investing in other private-equity funds. The fund of funds model is used by investors looking for:
Diagram of the structure of a generic private equity firm. A private equity firm or private equity company (often described as a financial sponsor) is an investment management company that provides financial backing and makes investments in the private equity of a startup or of an existing operating company with the end goal to make a profit on its investments.
This is a list of the world's largest non-governmental privately held companies by revenue. This list does not include state-owned enterprises like Sinopec, State Grid, China National Petroleum, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Pemex, Petrobras, PDVSA and others. These corporations have revenues of at least US$10 billion.
In April 2004, Apollo raised $930 million for a listed business development company, Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV), to invest primarily in middle-market companies in the form of mezzanine debt and senior secured loans, as well as by making direct equity investments in companies. The company also invests in the securities of ...
In April 2004, Apollo raised $930 million for a listed business development company, Apollo Investment Corporation Nasdaq: AINV, to invest primarily in middle-market companies in the form of mezzanine debt and senior secured loans, as well as by making direct equity investments in companies. The company also invests in the securities of public ...
In countries with public trading markets, a privately held business is generally taken to mean one whose ownership shares or interests are not publicly traded. Often, privately held companies are owned by the company founders or their families and heirs or by a small group of investors. Sometimes, employees also hold shares in private companies.
One of the most famous female investors today is the controversial Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Invest, an investment management firm best known for its disruptive ARK Innovation ETF.
Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc. Venture capital firms or funds invest in these early-stage companies in exchange for equity, or ...