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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

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Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies. From a career perspective , growth equity appealed to many bankers and consultants who didn’t want to be “pigeonholed” in venture capital (limited exit opportunities) or suffer through “banking hours” once again in private equity.

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The Full Guide to Healthcare Private Equity, from Careers to Contradictions

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They do not invest in risky biotech startups attempting to cure cancer (at least not within their traditional PE portfolios). Pharmacies are closer to retail companies; nursing facilities are like REITs or real estate; small physicians’ practices are like consulting firms; and HCIT companies could be more like software or IT services firms.

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Long-Only Hedge Funds: A Cozy Career, or a Complete Contradiction?

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Also, many long-biased funds tend to have more concentrated portfolios since they often aim to become one of the top shareholders in each company. Think: a deep review of companies’ financial statements, 3-statement models , and DCF-based valuations. hiring MDs to analyze biotech companies).

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The Search Fund Internship: Perfect Pathway into Investment Banking and Private Equity Roles?

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Its “portfolio” consists of that single company, assuming it finds and acquires one. Many search fund founders are relatively young (35-40 or less) and come from banking, consulting, or general management backgrounds; many also have MBAs.

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Growth Equity Interview Questions: Full List, Answers, and Differences vs. Venture Capital and Private Equity

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If you haven’t worked with high-growth companies in banking or consulting, think of other cases where you had to do a deep dive into a company’s operations or economics to build a model or make a recommendation and use this to support your interest. Q: Which portfolio company of ours would you have invested in?