Library House
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The Library House Ltd was a business information and consulting company based in Cambridge
, England
, founded in 2002 by Doug Richard
and John Snyder.
Library House went into administration in December 2008, has had its database of deals sold to Dow Jones.
Library House discovered, compared and monitored private high-growth companies throughout Europe as they progressed through their lifecycle from initial investment to partnering, trade sale or public offering. Clients of Library House included UK, US and European investors; including venture capital firms, private equity
firms and business angels; professional service providers, such as financial advisers, executive search
, accountancy and law firms, and corporations.
Library House's activities also included an increasingly successful events business (Essential Cleantech, Essential Mediatech, Meet the Companies, etc.) and Futurefest, a major event to be held in Cambridge in June 2009.
The company was associated with one of the world's largest business investment competitions which it ran annually in collaboration with the East of England Development Agency
(EEDA) RunningTheGauntlet (now www.bizgrowtheast.com)
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, founded in 2002 by Doug Richard
Doug Richard
Doug Richard is a United Kingdom based Californian entrepreneur and specialist in technology transfer, commercialisation, and business incubation. He came to prominence as a result of the BBC programme Dragons' Den, where he appeared as a 'dragon', or investor in the first two series...
and John Snyder.
Library House went into administration in December 2008, has had its database of deals sold to Dow Jones.
Library House discovered, compared and monitored private high-growth companies throughout Europe as they progressed through their lifecycle from initial investment to partnering, trade sale or public offering. Clients of Library House included UK, US and European investors; including venture capital firms, private equity
Private equity
Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
firms and business angels; professional service providers, such as financial advisers, executive search
Executive search
Executive search is the consultative process of recruiting individuals to fill senior executive positions in organizations. Executive search may be performed by an organization's board of directors, or by an outside executive search organization....
, accountancy and law firms, and corporations.
Library House's activities also included an increasingly successful events business (Essential Cleantech, Essential Mediatech, Meet the Companies, etc.) and Futurefest, a major event to be held in Cambridge in June 2009.
The company was associated with one of the world's largest business investment competitions which it ran annually in collaboration with the East of England Development Agency
East of England Development Agency
The East of England Development Agency is a non-departmental public body and the regional development agency for the East of England region of England....
(EEDA) RunningTheGauntlet (now www.bizgrowtheast.com)
Free research reports
Library House produced free reports covering different areas of European venture-backed business. Reports included:- Cambridge Cluster Report 2008
- Mediatech 2008
- An Analysis of UK University Technology and Knowledge Transfer Activities
In the press
The company's research has been cited frequently in national and international press:- 18 September 2008 - The Guardian - The Guardian/Library House CleanTech 100
- 22 August 2007 - The Financial Times - UK Trails China for start-up venture capital
- 14 March 2007 - The Financial Times - Universities fare best with spin-out help
- 13 March 2007 - The Daily Telegraph - UK equals US spin-out success
- 8 March 2007 - The Guardian - UK tech investments soar
- 15 February 2007 - The Financial Times - UK tops European venture capital deals
- 29 January 2007 - The New York Times - Europe Encouraging Clean Energy Industry