Orchid Partners Group Case Write up
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION FORM
Course Name:
Investing in Private Equity (INPE)
Assignment Title:
Orchid Partners
Section B
Submitted by:
Group Member Name
Shikher Gupta
Anand Vishwarupe
Manvender Singh
Shrivats Kanodia
Venkat Tummala
Avinash Balani
PG ID
61510405
61510658
61510610
61510529
61510573
61510818
1
Orchid Partner Case Write-up
Orchid Partners is a venture capital start-up initiated by Susan Pravada with other general partners.
These general partners committed an average of approx. $2 M to get the fund started. In this report, we have discussed in detail about the VC team, their fund raising activities, deal sourcing strategies and deal terms with Limited Partners.
1.1 Strengths:
Rich Operating Experience: All the partners in the team came from operating backgrounds and had rich experience of starting and running successful companies. While Nelson came with the experience of running a $1 billion firm, Todd Krasnov and David Friend and Jeff Flowers were serial entrepreneurs and also had significant experience in executive positions. This made this team a winner as the maturity and experience of the general partners is an important factor in helping portfolio companies scale up.
Complimentary Expertise: Venture Capital business is about finding and investing in companies that aim at using technology to disrupt industries. For this, it is important that general partners have strong expertise in at least one domain so that they can add value to the startups through their experience and contacts. While David Friend brought his experience of starting successful technology companies, Nelson had experience of running publicly listed companies like On-Line
Software and Susan Pravada brought her legal expertise to the team.
Trust and Respect among Partners: All the partners had a deep respect for each other and deeply appreciated the achievements of each other. Apart from this, some had also great experience working with each other closely for a long time.
Course Name:
Investing in Private Equity (INPE)
Assignment Title:
Orchid Partners
Section B
Submitted by:
Group Member Name
Shikher Gupta
Anand Vishwarupe
Manvender Singh
Shrivats Kanodia
Venkat Tummala
Avinash Balani
PG ID
61510405
61510658
61510610
61510529
61510573
61510818
1
Orchid Partner Case Write-up
Orchid Partners is a venture capital start-up initiated by Susan Pravada with other general partners.
These general partners committed an average of approx. $2 M to get the fund started. In this report, we have discussed in detail about the VC team, their fund raising activities, deal sourcing strategies and deal terms with Limited Partners.
1.1 Strengths:
Rich Operating Experience: All the partners in the team came from operating backgrounds and had rich experience of starting and running successful companies. While Nelson came with the experience of running a $1 billion firm, Todd Krasnov and David Friend and Jeff Flowers were serial entrepreneurs and also had significant experience in executive positions. This made this team a winner as the maturity and experience of the general partners is an important factor in helping portfolio companies scale up.
Complimentary Expertise: Venture Capital business is about finding and investing in companies that aim at using technology to disrupt industries. For this, it is important that general partners have strong expertise in at least one domain so that they can add value to the startups through their experience and contacts. While David Friend brought his experience of starting successful technology companies, Nelson had experience of running publicly listed companies like On-Line
Software and Susan Pravada brought her legal expertise to the team.
Trust and Respect among Partners: All the partners had a deep respect for each other and deeply appreciated the achievements of each other. Apart from this, some had also great experience working with each other closely for a long time.