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Valuation Resources | Venture Capital | Private Equity


Valuation Resources

Title: Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
Location: Library Catalog record
Description: Ten ratios for 180+ selected four-digit SIC codes including detailed breakdown by size of assets. Based on IRS annual statistics, which provide a larger database than either D & B or RMA, but slow to be published and no balance sheet data. Very detailed income statement ratios. Trends over 10 year period are shown.
Access: Located in Feldberg Library, reference collection.

Title: BizMiner
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record
Description: BizMiner provides access to industry analysis, benchmark data, and market research. We have access to 3 content segments:

Financial Analysis Profiles
Segment Size And Typical Income Statement
Analyzed Industry Segment Population
Industry Segment Typical Balance Sheet
Median Financial Ratios: Solvency, Profitability, Efficiency
Average Turnover Rates

Marketing Research Profile
Industry Segmentation And Failure Rates
Market Scale, Sales And Sales Class Trends
Sales/Employee, Staffing & Employment Class Trends
Startup Activity
New Branch Development
High Growth Employment Rate
High Growth Sales Rate
Operational (Business Facility) Concentration
Employment Concentration
Reported Sales Concentration

Local Business Summary
Business Population
Failure Rates And Benchmark Index
Entrepreneurial Activity Rates & Benchmark Index
New Branch Development Rates & Benchmark Index
High Sales Growth Firm Concentrations & Benchmark Index
High Employment Growth Establishment Concentrations & Benchmark Index
Access: Restricted to Tuck community. Must be used from Tuck Network.

Title: Capital IQ
Location: Connect now | Password information (Tuck Only)
Description: Capital IQ, from Standard & Poor's, provides a wealth of information on companies, markets and people:

Market Intelligence: Comprehensive information on over 42,000 public companies, 685,000 private companies, 10,600 private capital firms, 230,000 transactions, and 985,000 professionals worldwide.

Financial Analysis: Easy to use tools for financial statement analysis, comparables analysis, financial modeling, sector analysis, and charting.

Idea Generation: Screening and targeting tools for identifying potential investments, investors, buyers, acquisitions, sales prospects, strategic partners, and executive hires as well as financial transactions and corporate actions.

Relationships: Six Degrees of Separation tool that will allow you to make connections between people and organizations.
Access: Restricted to Tuck community. Must be used from Tuck Network.

Title: Dun & Bradstreet Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
Location: Library Catalog record
Description: Provides 14 ratios for more than 800 SIC categories. Data reported for median, upper, and lower quartiles. Includes balance sheet data reported in both dollars and percentages for each industry category. Based on reports for over 1 million private and public companies in the D & B database.
Access: Located in Feldberg Library, reference collection.

Title: Global Business Browser (OneSource)
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record | Password information (Tuck Only) | Tutorial
Description: Global Business Browser (GBB) provides information on almost 670,000+ public, private, and nonprofit companies worldwide as almost 14 million small, US and Canadian businesses via Small Company Spectrum. GBB also provides access to information on industries and executives. Find news stories, corporate overviews, detailed financial data, market research reports, analyst reports, executive biographies, SWOT analysis, significant developments, strategic initiatives, industry norms, market share, and more. Company Finder can be used to screen the database of companies creating lists of companies that match a given set of criteria (a great tool for job hunting).
Access: Restricted to Tuck community. Use your personal login. Other Dartmouth users see a librarian.

Title: RMA Annual Statement Studies
Location: Library Catalog record
Description: Robert Morris Associates Annual Statement Studies provide financial ratio benchmark data for 700+ industries. Included are 19 clearly defined classic financial statement ratios; Common-size balance sheet and income statement line items are arrayed by asset and sales size; Six different asset and sales size categories are presented; Trend data available for five years.
Access: Located in Feldberg Library, reference collection.

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Venture Capital

Title: Directory of Alternative Investment Programs
Location: Library Catalog record
Description: Directory of Alternative Investment Programs provides detailed profiles of the private equity investment programs of pension funds, foundations, endowments, corporations, and more. The CD-ROM version allows one to screen sources by location, industry, amount of capital, type of sources, etc.
Access: Restricted to Dartmouth College community. Located in Feldberg Library, computer carrels #1-2.

Title: Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory
Location: Library Catalog record
Description: Galante's is a guide to every type of risk capital for private, entrepreneurial companies including: over 2,000 venture capital, LBO/MBO, and mezzanine firms. You can search by name, location, investment size, transaction size, type of capital, funding stage preference, and geographic and industry preferences.
Access: Restricted to Dartmouth College community. Located in Feldberg Library, computer carrels #1-2.

Title: Pratt's Guide to Private Equity Sources
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record | Password information (Tuck Only)
Description: Pratt's Guide contains over 1,400 listings of venture capital firms and includes contact information, capital under management, recent investments and more. You can search by company, personnel, investment stage, and industry preferences as well as create mailing lists and call sheets from the information provided.
Access: Restricted to Dartmouth College community. Must be used on Dartmouth Campus or via VPN Client.

Title: Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Research Guide
Location: Connect now
Description: Covers venture capital and private equity resources including: company directories, trade journals, associations, statistics, articles and career resources.

Title: Venturewire Professional
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record | Password information (Tuck Only)
Description: Venturewire Professional delivers news and market information on the venture capital and private equity markets.

News includes deals as they are announced and stories on new financings, M & A, layoffs and shutdowns, fund news, key people moves, and more.

Search the archive to find news on private, venture-backed companies and VC funds, including 24,000 financings, mergers, board changes and other significant developments.

Sectors sorts the news by more than a dozen key industry sectors, from biotech and semiconductors to optical networking and enterprise software.

Regions sorts all daily deal activity in each of seven regions, from New England and the mid-Atlantic, to the West and Southwest. Track U.S. regional activity to better understand overall market trends.

Index provides exclusive indices to track the daily flow of private capital into 14 market sectors. It shows you, at a glance, which are over-funded or in a downdraft, and where the opportunities may exist. Also, an exclusive list of the top venture investors, updated daily.
Access: Restricted to Tuck community. Must be used from Tuck Network. Password required.

Title: VentureXpert Web
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record | Password information (Tuck Only)
Description: The SDC (Securities Data Corporation) VentureXpert database provides investment information for over 25,000 private equity backed companies, over 5500 venture capital and buyouts funds managed by over 4000 private equity firms and over 4000 industry professionals. The database contains over 100,000 private equity transactions from 1970 to the present. In addition, VentureXpert allows the user to query and report on fund commitments, performance, investments, performance, IPOs and mergers & acquisitions. This database is also available via SDC Platinum.
Access: Restricted to Tuck community. Must be used from Tuck Network. Password required.

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Private Equity

Title: Directory of Alternative Investment Programs
Location: Library Catalog record
Description: Directory of Alternative Investment Programs provides detailed profiles of the private equity investment programs of pension funds, foundations, endowments, corporations, and more. The CD-ROM version allows one to screen sources by location, industry, amount of capital, type of sources, etc.
Access: Restricted to Dartmouth College community. Located in Feldberg Library, computer carrels #1-2.

Title: Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory
Location: Library Catalog record
Description: Galante's is a guide to every type of risk capital for private, entrepreneurial companies including: over 2,000 venture capital, LBO/MBO, and mezzanine firms. You can search by name, location, investment size, transaction size, type of capital, funding stage preference, and geographic and industry preferences.
Access: Restricted to Dartmouth College community. Located in Feldberg Library, computer carrels #1-2.

Title: Pratt's Guide to Private Equity Sources
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record | Password information (Tuck Only)
Description: Pratt's Guide contains over 1,400 listings of venture capital firms and includes contact information, capital under management, recent investments and more. You can search by company, personnel, investment stage, and industry preferences as well as create mailing lists and call sheets from the information provided.
Access: Restricted to Dartmouth College community. Must be used on Dartmouth Campus or via VPN Client.

Title: Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Research Guide
Location: Connect now
Description: Covers venture capital and private equity resources including: company directories, trade journals, associations, statistics, articles and career resources.

Title: Venturewire Professional
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record | Password information (Tuck Only)
Description: Venturewire Professional delivers news and market information on the venture capital and private equity markets.

News includes deals as they are announced and stories on new financings, M & A, layoffs and shutdowns, fund news, key people moves, and more.

Search the archive to find news on private, venture-backed companies and VC funds, including 24,000 financings, mergers, board changes and other significant developments.

Sectors sorts the news by more than a dozen key industry sectors, from biotech and semiconductors to optical networking and enterprise software.

Regions sorts all daily deal activity in each of seven regions, from New England and the mid-Atlantic, to the West and Southwest. Track U.S. regional activity to better understand overall market trends.

Index provides exclusive indices to track the daily flow of private capital into 14 market sectors. It shows you, at a glance, which are over-funded or in a downdraft, and where the opportunities may exist. Also, an exclusive list of the top venture investors, updated daily.
Access: Restricted to Tuck community. Must be used from Tuck Network. Password required.

Title: VentureXpert Web
Location: Connect now | Library Catalog record | Password information (Tuck Only)
Description: The SDC (Securities Data Corporation) VentureXpert database provides investment information for over 25,000 private equity backed companies, over 5500 venture capital and buyouts funds managed by over 4000 private equity firms and over 4000 industry professionals. The database contains over 100,000 private equity transactions from 1970 to the present. In addition, VentureXpert allows the user to query and report on fund commitments, performance, investments, performance, IPOs and mergers & acquisitions. This database is also available via SDC Platinum.
Access: Restricted to Tuck community. Must be used from Tuck Network. Password required.

Last Updated: 9/10/08