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Certificate in Venture Financing

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About Course

The Certificate in Venture Financing is designed to equip students and entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the world of startup finance. It covers key concepts such as financial analysis applied to startups, valuation techniques, understanding the role of investors (angels, VCs), and structuring financing deals. The course is suitable for those planning to start or are currently involved in startups and want to understand financial statements and decision-making from a financing viewpoint. The program aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the venture capital ecosystem, enabling students to make informed investment decisions and structure deals effectively

What Will You Learn?

  • Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Identify and explain the key elements of the Value Based Entrepreneurial Management Framework.
  • Perform financial analysis and planning as applied to startups and forecast free cash flow.
  • Discuss valuation analysis and valuation issues as applied to startups.
  • Explain the role of investors in startups.
  • Understand the basic framework of venture capital, funding process, and stages of financing.
  • Prepare and analyze a basic set of financial statements.
  • Create a set of financial projections based on relevant and valid assumptions

Course Content

Entrepreneurial Finance Concepts
An introduction to entrepreneurial finance concepts and problem-solving skills

Financial Analysis and Planning for Startups
Cash flow and working capital management, and financial analysis and planning as applied to startups

Valuation of Startups
Valuation analysis and valuation issues as applied to startups

Sources of Financing
Types and sources of funding for starting up and growth

The Venture Capital Industry
How resources are matched with opportunity; and how, within this framework, founders seek capital and partner with Angels / venture capitalists for value creation

Financial Risk Management
Study the concepts, techniques, instruments and institutions involved in new venture finance and private equity, with a special focus on the technology sector

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