If you did not have the chance to go to the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, you may be interested in my experience that I am kindly sharing with you in this post. As a provider of Corporate Advisory Services, the three words that best describe my feelings and thoughts about the event are:...
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Mid-Market companies in the Euro zone are valued at 9.5X EBITDA on average
Our partnering company in France, Epsilon Research has issued its Q3 2017 Argos Mid Market Index. The Index measures the level of private mid-market company valuations in the euro zone. The Index has increased to 9.5x EBITDA to reach another record level. Complete study : Argos-Index-2017-Q3
Private Equity in a Changing World – key takeaways from XVIII ASCRI congress 2017
Private Equity in a changing world For those who did not have a chance to attend the XVIII ASCRI Congress about Private Equity in a changing world, I have summarised in this post my personal intakes. Risk Capital is rebranded Growth Capital The Association rebranded itself “Asociación Española de Capital Crecimiento e Inversiones” to avoid...
Gold refining. How to avoid scammers, fraudsters, smugglers and bandits
On Friday the 21st, I visited the only gold refinery in Europe located in a free trade zone. VC-A has got a buy-side agreement with them to channel sellers of raw gold. If you have some sort of expose to the gold-trading market, you already know that 99% of leads fail to materialise. 98% are...
Tightening up relationships with Italian universities and businesses
VC-A’s managing director, Christophe Schwoertzig and VC-A Member, Kerem Gurses, met in Rome on the 11th day of April 2017 to discuss alternative ways of developping transactions with Italian universities and businesses. Kerem is professor of Organisation Theory at leading Italian Luiss University and former Strategic Lecturer at ESCI Barcelona. Christophe and Kerem discussed digital...