Maia Gejadze

Fields of interest:

• Venture Capital, Private Equity, Initial Public Offerings, Financial Intermediation, Empirical Corporate Finance

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, Université catholique de Louvain and European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics, June 2014
• Ph.D. thesis title: Essays on Venture Capital: Fundraising, Investments and Exits
• M.A. in Economics, Kyiv School of Economics, 2005-2007 (Kyiv)
• B.A. in Economics, Tbilisi State University, 2001-2005 (Tbilisi)

Positions:

• Assistant Professor at IESEG School of Management (Lille), since September, 2014
• Visiting Scholar at New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Apr.-May, 2017
• Visiting scholar at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Jan.-July 2013 (Barcelona)
• Marie Curie research fellow, CERGE-EI, Charles University, Jan.-Aug. 2010 (Prague)
• Teaching assistant, Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain, 2010 - 2014 (Louvain-la-Neuve)
• Marie Curie research fellow, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Université catholique de Louvain, 2007-2010

Teaching experience:

• 2016-2017: Entrepreneurial Finance (Master level), Firm Valuation (Master level), Corporate Finance(3nd year bachelor), Finance Research Methodology (Master level) Finance Research Methodology (Master level)
• 2015-2016: Finance Fundamentals (2nd year bachelor), Corporate Finance (3nd year bachelor), Finance Research Methodology (Master level); Financial markets and Institutions (Master level)
• 2014-2015: Finance Fundamentals (2nd year bachelor level), Corporate Finance (3nd year bachelor level), Finance Research Methodology (Master level)

Publications:

• Gejadze M., Giot, P. and A. Schwienbacher, (2017) “Private Equity Fundraising and Firm Specialization” Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 64, 259-274.

Working papers:

• “Agency Problems and Internal Syndication of Venture Capital Investments”
• “Stage Financing Strategies and Exit from Venture Capital Investments” (with Armin Schwienbacher and Pierre Giot)

Scholarships, affiliations:

• German Academic Exchange Service scholarship, 2010
• Marie Curie fellowship grant from the European Commission, 2007-2010
• MA Scholarship from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2005-2007
• Distinction for the best MA thesis proposal from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2006

Presentations:

2016: International Finance and Banking Society 2016 Conference (Barcelona), Spanish Finance Association Conference 2016(Madrid)

2015: French Finance Association Conference 2015 (Paris), Economics of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Workshop (Trier)

2014: ADRES meeting (Paris) Université Paris Dauphine (Paris), KU Leuven (Antwerp), Belgian Financial Research Forum (Louvain- la-Neuve) Corporate Finance Day 2014 (Paris)

2013: European Doctoral Programme Jamboree Conference (Brussels), 3L Finance Workshop (Brussels), Internal Finance Seminar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), UCL Doctoral Workshop (Louvain-la-Neuve)

2012: Financial Management Association International 2012 (Atlanta), Corporate Finance Day 2012 (Gent), Frontiers of Finance 2012 (Warwick), French Finance Association International Conference 2012 (Strasbourg), Belgian Financial Research Forum 2012 (Antwerp), Ph.D. Research Workshop 2012 (Gent), UCL Doctoral Workshop (Louvain-la-Neuve)

2011: Corporate Finance Day 2011 (Lille), 3L Research Workshop in Finance (Brussels), UCL Doctoral Workshop (Louvain-la-Neuve)

2010: GIMV Private Equity and SBE Workshop, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Gent), European Doctoral Programme Jamboree Conference (Barcelona), UCL Doctoral Workshop (Louvain-la-Neuve)

Summer schools and other short courses:

• Summer school on Dynamic and Non-linear Panel Data Models by Prof. Sergi Jimenez Martin, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, July 3-10, 2011 (Barcelona)
• CEMS doctoral course on Empirical Corporate Finance by Prof. Jay Ritter (University of Florida), UCL, Nov. 22-25, 2010 (Louvain-la-Neuve)
• Doctoral course on The Interaction of Finance and Industrial Organization by Prof. Gordon Phillips (University of Maryland), HEC Paris, Mar. 8-12, 2010 (Jouy-en-Josas)

Languages:

• Georgian (Native), English (Fluent), French (Advanced), Russian (Advanced), Spanish (Basic)