Mark Ribeiro - Private Equity 101

Angel Scale Biotech: Learn More

Mark Ribeiro is managing partner at Juna Equity Partners in NYC, a growth equity firm that grew out of part of GE Capital. Since one of my portfolio companies was acquired by a growth equity firm, I thought it would be fun to learn more about this type acquirer.

Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.

Highlights:

• Sal Daher Introduces Mark Ribeiro
• Angel Investing Vs. Private Equity
• What Juna Equity Partners is Looking For
• "... They basically provide autistic learning centers for kids that have been identified at an early age with autism. It's a company that when we bought it, it was still considered a somewhat niche space ... There was a change in the macro environment..."
• "... what private equity does is it allows companies to become more efficient, and it makes American companies, absolute world beaters..."
• Private Equity Investments Gone Wrong
• Advice to the Audience
• "... This is what angels do. Angels look at founder flesh. They evaluate founder flesh. The other thing is, is this a technology that has the potential to revolutionize an existing business somewhere? ..."
• Why Staying a Private Company is Better than Going Public

Topics: boards, angel investing strategies, management