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November 29, 2006
Esprit's Simon Cook Shows The a:c euro The Exit(s)
The other day we wrote that we wanted to hear more about "money out" as opposed to "money in" from the tech sector here.
Well, we got a response from Simon Cook (image right), the CEO of Esprit Capital Partners, the London-based company that was formed in July 2006 from the merger of Prelude Ventures and Cazenove Private Equity.
He sent us his presentation from the Super Investor conference, which delivers what we'd been looking for (we have a link for readers to download it below).
New Media / eCommerce Exits
Chip Sector Exits
The company logos in the images above and below are VC-backed exits, not investments, achieved since the bubble burst. The ones circled in red are billion euro companies now. At the risk of stating the obvious, semiconductors and new media/ecommerce companies are finding the exit and that's why VCs continue to invest with confidence in those areas.
There is a series of slides within the presentation that Simon Cook calls the Countdown - basically a detailed comparison between European and US venture performance since the bubble burst. It's a bit more witty than your usual investor confab presentation and it shows that with the exception of Google, European ventures are not doing too badly on the exit front.
The Message Is That European VCs Are Duking It Out With US VC For Limited Partner Commitments
Link - Celebrating European Venture Capital Success Presentation (pdf file at Esprit)
Posted on November 29, 2006 03:32 PM | Posted to Venture Capital | Permalink
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