Buyout vs Growth Equity Case Study at PE Fund

Hi guys

I'm about to go for a case study interview at a large PE fund in Asia. For context, Over in Asia most PE funds do both growth equity and buyouts (a lot of founder led businesses)

I was told that the case comprise two parts (i) whether they should invest and (ii) whether they should do it via a buyout or minority stake investment via growth equity for a public company

The case is three hours, and the expectation naturally includes a three-statement model and a short IC memo. 

I just wondered how would you model to include a comparison of both an LBO and growth equity case, given the limited amount of time available? Unsure about how the three-statement should flow, or if it should be two separate outputs etc.

Would greatly appreciate some insights from the more experienced here

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They're essentially the same model but one without debt (growth equity) and less equity (which has obvious implications for control, exposure, ability to win the deal etc.)

 

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