ESCP Europe Private Equity and Venture Capital Club

Here you have an interesting ranking based on the number of fintech investments made by the top ten US banks by assets. Check it out!

Bitcoins are the tulips of the 21st century? Well, nobody ever stated that tulips are "a fraud" (cit.)

Silicon Valley has experienced a quite high number of joint fundings from top Venture Capital Funds in crypto brokers and hedge funds and Bitcoin miners. Moreover, the average amount raised by early-stage Blockchain companies is $3 million. ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) are currently raising on average about $10 million.

Here is how the world's top VCs bet on Blockchain in one chart

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Entrepreneurs vs. Bankers, U.S. vs. Europe!

Davide Garoni, our Head of Madrid campus, and Kaushik Reddy, PE&VC Club Associate, had the honour to interview Paris de l'Etraz, PhD in Madrid and the transcript of that is now online.

You can find it on:
http://escppevc.com/reports.html

The ESCP Europe PE&VC Club would like to thank again Paris de l'Etraz for his exceptional insights and his time.

Reports In 2015, around 77% of the PE managers expected to beat the SP500 by more than 2.1%. Forty percent expected to have an excess return of at least 4.1%. In 2015, the S&P500 index rose by 12.79%. This shows that 40% of the PE managers expected to have returns for their clients of at least 16.89%. In fa...

On 31/03 our Founder and Head of London campus, Simone Fontana, had the honour to be one of the three judges during the ESCP Europe IBC, a competition in which different teams had two hours to create an original and profitable business idea for a specific topic.

The Club would like to thank the organisers and, in particular, Shaan Legros, Associate of the PE&VC Club in London, for the cool idea and excellent ex*****on of the event!

Here you can see our associate Kaushik Reddy from the Madrid Campus after the interview with Paris de L'Etraz!

Paris de l'Etraz has spent over 20 years in investment banking and venture capital, mainly at UBS Bank and ABN AMRO. He is today Managing Director of Venture Lab and Professor of Entrepreneurship at IE Business School.

ESCP Europe Private Equity and Venture Capital Club had the chance to attend the Disrupt Space Summit 2017 in Berlin today and held a workshop for space start-ups on how to make them investable gathering ideas about how to facilitate access to Venture Capital for space entrepreneurs!

What skills do you need to have in order to work in a Venture Capital fund?

Our founder Davide Garoni had the pleasure to chat with Paris de l´Etraz in Madrid today.
Paris de l'Etraz has spent over 20 years in investment banking and venture capital, mainly at UBS Bank and ABN AMRO. He is today Managing Director of Venture Lab and Professor of Entrepreneurship at IE Business School.

Private Equity Seen Returning to Mining After 2016 Deal Slump The value of private-equity transactions in mining is poised to rebound after a 45 percent drop in 2016, as several groups shift from fundraising to dealmaking, said U.K. law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner.

Venture capital in 2017 is when the rubber hits the road for returns In the United States, VC funds raised a whopping $40.6 billion in 2016[1]. It was the largest year for VC fundraising since 2000 when the venture industry..

Good article about potential PE evolution for 2017!

Ten Predictions For Private Equity In 2017 Private equity looks set for further records this year as new investors enter the asset category and as veterans increase relative allocations. Here are ten predictions for what to expect in private equity in 2017.

Don't forget to apply to the ESCP Europe Private Equity and Venture Capital Club by tonight, as today is the Deadline for all applications to our club which offers you the unique chance to become an active member of one of the most ambitious and driven student societies of ESCP Europe and to get in touch with the most prestigious firms and alumni from the Private Equity & Venture Capital industry!

Guys, the application deadline for our club is approaching! Don't miss the chance to become part of the ESCP Private Equity and Venture Capital Club!