Articles

Interviews

Presentations

Articles

The First T&T Venture Capital Firm
Member Profile for T&T Chamber of Industry & Commerce. Published in Contact magazine in December 2006.

To Do or Not To Do: the Joys of Due Diligence
Published in Venture Capital Focus magazine of January 2005.

There Must Be Some Way Outta Here
Published in Venture Capital Focus magazine in May 2003.

How to Manage a VC Fund
Published in Venture Capital Focus magazine in July 2002.

Debt vs. Equity ?
Published in Venture Capital Focus magazine in January 2002.

Money for Nothing, Advice for Free
Published in Venture Capital Focus magazine in June 2001.

How To Impress Your VC
Published in Venture Capital Focus magazine in January 2001.

Comments on the Green Paper on the Financial Sector of Trinidad and Tobago.  This is a letter, dated in July 2003, with our comments on a Government Green Paper. Our comments focus specifically on recommendations for the venture capital sector.  The file is in Adobe Acrobat format.

Interviews

The Business section of the Trinidad Guardian newspaper published an interview with our Managing Director, Jelle Sjoerdsma on 2 November 2006.  You can read it here.

Financing your Internet business.  This is an article as published by Tony Johnson in the Business Express of 11 February 2004.  Despite minor inaccuracies, including the spelling of Jelle Sjoerdsma's name, the article gives an excellent overview of some of the issues involved in getting equity financing.  These actually apply to all kinds of businesses. 

Presentations

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Alternative Assets and Capital Market Development

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CFA Conference
15 June 2007

Exit Strategies - Ernst & Young presentation

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by Angella Persad, Ernst & Young's Country Managing Partner for Trinidad & Tobago and Leader of Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurial Services Industry Group, at
Forum on the Future of Venture Capital in T&T
3 June 2005

Introduction to Venture Capital

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Caribbean Organics Business Strategy Workshop
5 November 2004

Venture Capital in the Caribbean: Current Status, Future Prospects

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Inaugural Conference on Business, Banking and Finance
27 April 2004

Private Equity for Regional Enterprise Development

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VenturePoint 2004 Conference
29 January 2004

Structuring Deals with Equity

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Financing in the Energy Sector Seminar
27 November 2002

Raising VC Funds

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VenturePoint 2002 Conference
23 January 2002

Accessing Private Equity: The Fund Manager's Perspective

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Caribbean Entrepreneur Of the Year Business Conference 2001
5 October 2001

Company Valuations in the Investment and Divestment Process

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VenturePoint 2001 Conference.
23 January 2001.

Fund Structure and Management

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VenturePoint 2001 Conference.
23 January 2001.