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Private Equity/Advanced/28 hours, self-paced + live cohort
Venture Capital (VC)
Learn how venture investors evaluate early-stage companies, building cap tables, applying startup-specific valuation methods, and modelling how funding rounds and dilution play out over time.
Curriculum
01
VC Foundations
- How VC funds are structured and raise capital
- Deal sourcing and startup screening
- Term sheets and key deal terms
02
Cap Tables & Valuation
- Building a cap table from seed to Series B
- VC method and scorecard valuation
- Modelling dilution and option pools
03
Investment Decision
- Portfolio construction and follow-on decisions
- Liquidation preferences and exit scenarios
- Capstone: evaluate and model a startup funding round
What you'll walk away with
- Build and model a startup cap table across funding rounds
- Apply the VC method and scorecard valuation approaches
- Model dilution, option pools, and liquidation preferences
- Evaluate a startup the way a fund's investment committee would
Who this is for
- Analysts targeting venture capital and startup roles
- Founders who want to understand how investors model their company
- Students building on FMVA and valuation fundamentals