After earning his MBA and JD from the University of Texas, Saul Meyer earned admittance to the Texas Bar and worked with a number of investment and real estate firms. Today, Saul Meyer is the owner of the Balam Group, a Dallas-based firm that focuses primarily on private equity investment in stable operating companies and one-of-a-kind real estate opportunities.
2. Introduction
After earning his MBA and JD from the
University of Texas, Saul Meyer
earned admittance to the Texas Bar
and worked with a number of
investment and real estate firms.
Today, Saul Meyer is the owner of the
Balam Group, a Dallas-based firm that
focuses primarily on private equity
investment in stable operating
companies and one-of-a-kind real
estate opportunities.
3. Types of Funding
While public companies seeking
funding for expansion, research and
development, acquisitions, or some
other purpose sell shares of stock to
raise money, when private companies
need funding, they generally approach
a private equity firm, a venture capital
firm, or an angel investor, and offer
either a debt instrument or ownership
equity in the company, or both, in
exchange for the required funding.
4. Conclusion
Obtaining private equity funding may be as
easy as a face-to-face meeting and the
signing of a few documents, but in many
cases setting up the transaction can be a
rather complex undertaking, much more so
than buying the equivalent value of shares on
the stock exchange.
The financial services industry has
responded to the popularity of private equity
funding by developing a niche in the industry
and populating it with specialized firms.