Vikas A. Aggarwal

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
In February 2020, TripActions was a burgeoning corporate travel management scale-up, valued at $4 billion, having raised nearly $500 million since its founding in 2015 from venture capitalists including Lightspeed and A16Z.

Published 11 Jan 2023

Reference 6689

Topic Strategy

Industry Venture Capital Fund-Raising

Region Global

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In February 2020, TripActions was a burgeoning corporate travel management scale-up, valued at $4 billion, having raised nearly $500 million since its founding in 2015 from venture capitalists including Lightspeed and A16Z.

Published 11 Jan 2023

Reference 6689

Topic Strategy

Industry Venture Capital Fund-Raising

Region Global

View case
In February 2020, TripActions was a burgeoning corporate travel management scale-up, valued at $4 billion, having raised nearly $500 million since its founding in 2015 from venture capitalists including Lightspeed and A16Z.

Published 11 Jan 2023

Reference 6689

Topic Strategy

Industry Venture Capital Fund-Raising

Region Global

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In January 2022, Sara Chemmaa, founder and CEO of Citron, a Dubai-based start-up that made distinctive lunchboxes and other carry containers, is reviewing her pitch deck for a Series A investment round. Will her growth story appeal to institutional investors? Will the expansion strategy for her consumer goods company convince funds with an investment remit in tech-based ventures?

Published 25 Aug 2022

Reference 6768

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Consumer Goods

Region Middle-East

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In March 2020, Tarek Kabrit, founder and CEO of Seez, the online car marketplace and aggregator, must determine how to proceed given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. His decision could make or break the company.

Published 07 Jul 2021

Reference 6666

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Automotive

Region Middle-East

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SWVL, a well-funded start-up in the Middle East, solved the mass transportation problem in emerging markets with a unique bus-hailing model. In March 2020, with 150,000 bookings in one day across its operating geographies, it reached its highest utilization rate and gross profit margin. Then Covid-19 hit. SWVL’s first reaction was to shut down operations and hunker down.

Published 08 Jun 2021

Reference 6680

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Internet Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Region Middle-East

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This background note introduces the topic of corporate venturing activities (CVA) and describes the four most common types (Corporate Venture Capital Unit, Corporate Venture Builder, Venture Client Model and Corporate Incubator/ Accelerator).

Published 27 May 2021

Reference 6651

Topic Entrepreneurship

Region Global

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In 2017, Chen Amit and Oren Zeev, co-founders of Tipalti, an end-to-end payment processing start-up, are about to close its Series C investment round when they receive a warning about one of the new investors slated to fund over half the round.

Published 06 Apr 2020

Reference 6570

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Financial Services

Region North America

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In 2017, Chen Amit and Oren Zeev, co-founders of Tipalti, an end-to-end payment processing start-up, are about to close its Series C investment round when they receive a warning about one of the new investors slated to fund over half the round.

Published 06 Apr 2020

Reference 6570

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Financial Services

Region North America

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In 2018, the Luxury Closest (TLC), an e-commerce marketplace for pre-owned luxury goods based in Dubai, receives Series C investment from two venture capital firms, Middle East Venture Partners and Wamda Capital. CEO Kunal Kapoor needs to evaluate three distinct paths for the company’s expansion over the coming 18 months.

Published 31 May 2019

Reference 6505

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Venture Capital Luxury Goods and Jewelry E-Commerce

Region Middle-East

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A consortium of private equity firms (KKR and Silver Lake Partners) is in the process of acquiring the semi-conductor division of Agilent. To prepare for the signing of the acquisition agreement and the subsequent transfer of ownership, the deal team is revisiting their investment thesis with respect to upsides and risks.

Published 31 Jan 2012

Reference 5832

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Private Equity

Region North America

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Adaptation and Innovation in Dynamic Settings, Interdependence and Complexity, Inter-Firm Collaborations, Venture Capital and Private Equity