Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook 5th Edition

Having been through the CFA program, I have seen a lot of finance textbooks in my lifetime. This book is the best in its field. New to private equity, I purchased this book, Inside PE, King of Capital, Private Equity 4.0, Introduction to PE, Masters of PE and VC, Applied M&A.If you were to only buy and read one, read this textbook, especially if you are an LP. It does go into detail with many GP case studies, but most the issues that will be dealt with by an LP are all covered.Applied M&A, the one I haven't read, but very applicable for a GP analyst.Masters: some fables from historic GP's. Good history if you have the time. Light reading.Intro to PE: lots of facts and figures about the PE market as a whole, some very grainy history on PE.PE 4.0: Read my review - don't waste your time.King of Capital: lots of interesting history of the industry from the perspective of Blackstone. Gain insight into what makes PE tick, its cycles, and the politics inside a large PE firm. Also a light read.Inside PE: By an LP, for an LP. A good starter book for an LP with little time. Discusses all the major points and spends a lot of time on how-to and issues with reporting on your PE portfolio.To sum up: For an LP, read VC & PE (a case book), Inside PE, and some of the other light reads on the train for fun. Lastly, if you want some good red flags of the type of people you don't want to give your Foundation money to, read, "Why Smart Executives Fail".

The binding is messed up.

The timing of my stumbling into this this textbook was rather interesting, which has led to a fascinating read of an otherwise meant to be a textbook. The cases the companies happened to fit well with the knowledge I obtained from the career transition I have been in and provided in-depth stories about all aspects in the private equity and venture capital investment ecosystem. There are more familiar and less familiar information about certain companies and I found myself testing some of the my own hypotheses and pleasantly surprised at some "meets-of-the-minds" . To me personally this is very valuable as it is reassuring to know my own intuitions about how the practitioners think in this industry. The cases are well selected and speak well for the respective companies.

This text book includes a lot of cases. I used this book to learn P/E M&A cases.Especially, a lot of international cases are in this so I can recommend any students who want to learn VC and PE deals.

Good book! And managed to find it form less than $80. Not worth paying more than that, even $80 is a bit much.

It was shipped to me in 2 days, Cases are nice to read. It was brand New in rental case. So it was nice to have a cheaper deal.

Tickling without wash. Quite soft after wash.

Great product and quick delivery.