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About the Course

The course deals with the analysis of the private equity and venture capital business. Over the course, students will be provided with a deep understanding of the mechanism underpinning the creation and/or development of a firm and the financial support it can get from the financial system through venture capital investment. The course tries to discover how special financial intermediaries (called private equity investors) finance through equity companies belonging to different stages of their life-cycle, starting from the very beginning (startup and early stage) to a more mature phase (i.e. expansion, mature age, etc.) or also staying into crises and decline. Private equity (named venture capital when the company is in the first phases of its life cycle) deals with very different activities, such as scouting, advisory, deal-making, valuation, and financing as financial intermediaries see it. COURSE SYLLABUS The course is made up of four different modules: WEEK 1 - Introduction to Private Equity and Venture Capital WEEK 2 - Discovering Private Equity Investors: Legal Issues and Taxation WEEK 3 - Management of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds WEEK 4 - Company Valuation And Deal Making In Private Equity Settings WEEK 5 - Final Test Throughout the course, guest speakers and practitioners will be interviewed to provide some examples of concrete applications of the contents presented. RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND An understanding of the basic concepts of corporate financing accounting principles is required, while prior knowledge of private equity and venture capital is not required however it is recommended, as this is a course designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts in private equity and venture capital....

Top reviews

AM

Dec 3, 2015

Amazing course! Thank you very much, Stefano Caselli, for a such wonderful content and perfect presenting. I took a lot of very useful and practical information from it. I do appreciate it. Thanks!

OB

Jan 8, 2022

​Good introduction for anyone who is new to the topic and good refresher for anyone who is familiar with the area. Excellent use of practical examples. Good coverage of regional/legal system nuances.

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By Philip G H L

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May 21, 2019

Very Enjoyable.

By Juan P C

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Aug 13, 2017

Very Practical!

By utham r

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May 14, 2020

Great learning

By Cathy N

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Dec 15, 2022

learnt a lot!

By Faraz I

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Jun 4, 2020

Really great!

By Aditi D

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Apr 22, 2020

good learning

By Nikhil M

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Nov 27, 2023

Good Content

By Mongezi C

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Oct 8, 2017

good insight

By Yannick S

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Mar 29, 2017

great course

By Kateryna Z

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Feb 19, 2023

Nice course

By Tejas K

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Nov 2, 2022

nice course

By Jordan M

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Aug 10, 2020

Good intro

By victor t

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Mar 19, 2020

Too simple

By nikhil k

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Feb 5, 2016

gr8 course

By Rob C

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Sep 30, 2021

very good

By Aman A

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Jan 11, 2017

Excellent

By Amir H N

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Sep 20, 2022

AWESOME

By Charan D

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Jun 27, 2020

awesoeme

By Siddharth H

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Aug 20, 2017

Awseome!

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Jan 30, 2025

Amazing

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Mar 25, 2026

Nicolò

By IDRIS A E

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Aug 1, 2022

GGood

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Mar 31, 2026

Good

By Ganraj S M

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Feb 22, 2026

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By Po J C

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Apr 19, 2022

The course provides a very high level on PE and VC. I feel the content is mostly academic and I would appreciate a thorough analysis of a real-world case. The modeling part has a lot left to be desired. I believe in a real-world case you won't get the numbers like what you would in a CFA exam. You will have to dig out the numbers, ex: comparable companies, from various sources. Overall, I feel the course is ok to get some background knowledge, but has a strong disconnect from practicality.