Venture Capital Executive Program
Venture capital is a driving force behind innovation and entrepreneurship and has funded many of the successful companies in technology- and science-based industries. Yet the inner workings of venture capital firms are a well-guarded secret. The unique, opaque culture of venture capital is closed to those without privileged entrée. This course offers a window into the workings most successful venture capitalists in the world’s premiere innovation cluster, Silicon Valley California.
Program Description
You will become an insider to the venture capital process. Through lectures, cases, a simulation and guest speakers from the venture community, you will gain an understanding of how venture capitalists and their firms identify exciting opportunities, structure deals, build management teams, create ventures of scale and impact a venture’s economics are important insights. Learn the methods that VC partnerships utilize to raise the funds they manage, how they make investment decisions, value companies and manage the deal process.
Who Should Attend
- Entrepreneurs considering venture funding
- Corporate M&A, business development, corporate development
- Corporate venture funds
- Corporate Treasury
- Institutional asset managers
- International economic development officials
- Angel investors
- Family offices
- Service providers: attorneys, accountants, consultants
Advantages
You will have an opportunity to interact directly with top venture capitalists, corporate and institutional investors and learn:
- The inside dynamics of venture capital funds
- Venture capital reward systems; how VCs are motivated
- What constitutes a VC quality deal
- To assess opportunities like a VC
- How to identify a great startup with high probability of success
- The insiders’ view of Silicon Valley investing
- Industry perspectives on fast changing emerging opportunities
- Deal vetting and selection
- Valuation techniques
- How to structure a term sheet
- Nature of interactions between investors and entrepreneurs
- How VCs exit from investments
