Brazil Means Business SymposiumThierry Larose – Moderator, Online M&A Brazil
Amsterdam, 29th March 20101
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PE/VC market in Brazil
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• Strengths & Opportunities – Abundance of private companies– Ratio of PE commitments to GDP still low by international standards– Reduced role of leverage in company balance sheets– Country risk aversion falling– Young population, growing middle-class and diversified economy
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PE/VC market in Brazil
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• Weaknesses & Threats– Low labour productivity– Complicated bureaucracy– Infrastructure, logistics still way below developed country standards– Poverty and inequality still high, albeit improving– Hawkish monetary policy – the bad side of the good side
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THE FIRST WORLDWIDE OPEN M&A NETWORK WITH AN EXTENSIVE PIPELINE OF DEALS IN MID-MARKET FINANCE
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Types of mid-market finance
• Private Equity• Venture Capital• Company Sales• Share Placements• Bridge Finance• Project Finance• Fund Investment• Real Estate
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What is Online M&A?
• European company based in Paris formed in July 2009• Goal: Largest catalogue of active deals in the mid-market• Who's who in mid-market finance: PE, VC, advisors, sector
specialists, banks and others• Sales house for professional brokers• Resource for domestic and cross border opportunities
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The need for Online M&A
• Lack of information in worldwide mid-market finance• Increased opportunities in mid-market due to global financial
crisis• The move towards open databases• Information leads to better deals with faster execution!
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Tools of Online M&A?
• Website – Online User Community – Multiple levels of users– Community focus
• Deal books – Blind profiles adequate to determine potential investor
interest– Service provider guide– Print version
• Country/Market Focus– Russia, France, Brazil, India, China, Eastern Europe ...
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Online M&A user community needs
• Brokers – Expand the client base and source new mandates– Market current deals– Improve the speed of execution– Access cross-border investors– Increase visibility in the market
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Online M&A user community needs
• Investors– Give investors access to wide variety of unknown
opportunities– Provide opportunity to target specific markets and
industry sectors – Idea generator
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Online M&A user community needs
• Businesses– Access to local and cross-border investors– Market new opportunities– Enable the direct investment process
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SELECTED INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL
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Company exploiting undersea resources for agriculture
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Speciality IT Start-Up to provide payment processing service
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A provider of Online Accounting Services
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A Silca Mine in Bahia
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A New Brazilian Seed/VC Investment Fund
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THIERRY LAROSEMODERATORONLINE M&A BRAZIL
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