The Library House Ltd (Library House) was a business information and consulting company based in
London
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,
England
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, 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
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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'' (no
www.bizgrowtheast.com
Free research reports
Library House produced free reports covering different areas of European venture-backed business.
Full list of publications
on the company's website 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'' -
* 13 March 2007 - The ''Daily Telegraph'' -
UK equals US spin-out success
* 8 March 2007 - ''The Guardian''
* 15 February 2007 - ''The Financial Times''
* 29 January 2007 - ''The New York Times''
References
External links
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Macroeconomics consulting firms
Consulting firms established in 2002
Companies disestablished in 2008
Companies based in Cambridge
2002 establishments in England