http://www.kennet.com A different kind of growth equity investor Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:19:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mark created a business with staggering growth and market leadership, delivering 10x revenue expansion in just four years (twice!). Perhaps the most impressive part of the story is that he did this on just $4 million of invested capital. In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/entrepreneur-interviews/mark-leslie-veritas-software-corp/ Kent Plunkett filled a gap in the market with salary.com and created a company that achieved an almost 22x ratio of exit value to capital used. In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized "return leaders", Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat down with Kent to ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/entrepreneur-interviews/kent-plunkett-salarycom/ Gurbash Chahal achieved an impressive 100x return on capital investment with his data-driven performance marketing company, selling to Yahoo in 2007. In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders”, Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat down with “G” and to learn about his focus ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/entrepreneur-interviews/gurbash-chahal-bluelithium/ Ratmir Timashev achieved an enviable 100x return on capital investment, selling his company to Quest Software in 2004. In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders”, Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat down with Ratmir to learn how the attention paid to customers, technology ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/entrepreneur-interviews/ratmir-timashev-aelita/ Heidi Messer achieved a 47x return on capital investment on a company she founded with her brother. This was her first start-up and it began life in a small studio apartment in New York. In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders”, Kennet Partners Managing ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/entrepreneur-interviews/heidi-messer-linkshare-corporation/ Deciding If and When a Founder Should Sell. Entrepreneurs who own a major stake in their business are often faced with the question of whether and when to sell their shares. This can be the hardest decision to make because the stakes are high – both through indecision or a misstep, ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/crossroads/ Founded in 2005, BuyVIP is already the largest pan-European private buyers' club. With Gustavo García Brusilovsky at the helm there is a continual drive for improvement that has helped to contribute to the company's current growth trajectory of 300% per annum. Gustavo talks about some of the lessons learned ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/kennet-growth-leaders/gustavo-garcia-brusilovsky-buyvip/ Jassi Chadha achieved a remarkable 52x return on capital investment and developed his business in such a way that many of the required investments into R&D were funded by profits. In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders”, Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/entrepreneur-interviews/jaswinder-chadha-marketrx/ In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders,” Kennet Partners Managing Director David Carratt explores how John O’Connell, Founder of Staffware, created a £123 million company from a bootstrapped venture. In this frank interview John talks us through some of the ups and downs ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/entrepreneur-interviews/john-oconnell/ Largest pan-European shopping community will use funding for continued European expansion London, Madrid, Frankfurt. April 3, 2009 – BuyVIP has announced the completion of a €14.9 million financing round led by Kennet Partners, a leading technology growth investor. Kennet will invest up to €11.1 million in the financing and joins existing ... http://www.kennet.com/news/press-releases/kennet-leads-e149-million-investment-into-buyvip/ GoViral distributes branded video content across its proprietary publisher network, creating a unique online presence for brands. London, March 24, 2009 – Kennet Partners, the technology growth investor has announced a €6.5 million investment in GoViral, a global online distributor of branded video content. GoViral launches branded video content across its proprietary ... http://www.kennet.com/news/press-releases/kennet-invests-e65-million-in-video-advertising-firm-goviral/ Business knowledge and experience with growth capital is an ideal fit for Kennet. London, March 19, 2009 — Kennet, a leading growth equity investor in Europe and North America with funds under management in excess of $500 million, today announced the addition of Hillel Zidel to its London team. Hillel ... http://www.kennet.com/news/press-releases/kennet-partners-appoints-hillel-zidel-as-director/ Lluís Font has a vision for making IT simpler about using Web technologies to automate the management of IT infrastructure, reducing and carbon footprint of enterprise IT departments. With NTRglobal's enterprise-grade Service (SaaS) for remote systems management he is driving revenue momentum for the industry around the globe. Under his leadership ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/kennet-growth-leaders/lluis-font-ntrglobal/ Kennet - Growth Strategies For Bootstrapped CompaniesView more documents from Kennet Partners. http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/kennet-presentations/growth-strategies-for-bootstrapped-companies/ Edward S. Marflak’s vision is all about transforming communication in K-12 education, for all parties. It has inspired him to lead the charge to develop a suite of online products and services now being used by thousands of schools, and millions of students, parents, teachers and administrators across North America. ... http://www.kennet.com/ideas-resources/entrepreneur-profiles-interviews/kennet-growth-leaders/edward-s-marflak-schoolwires/