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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!

TP

Oct 26, 2019

Excellent content, and superb slides.

Please check the quality of the English in the slides, and also in the quiz questions. Many quiz questions were difficult to understand because of the English.

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By Dario B

Nov 22, 2020

The course give a very good overview of the PE industry

By Eric R

Jun 9, 2016

Could use more examples/pratical quantitative exercises

By Srivibhavan B

Jan 3, 2022

Great introduction and high level view of the subject.

By Federico G

Jan 19, 2021

concise and comprehensive. a good primer or refresher

By Ayushi M

Sep 27, 2023

Very difficult course but intellectually stimulating

By Shiman Z

Apr 6, 2020

Very good learning. The course is quite insightful.

By Salif S

Apr 10, 2020

I learnt a lot trought this course

Thank you a lot

By Lorenzo M

Jan 4, 2016

I would have liked more examples on PE investments

By Andrea V

Aug 28, 2019

Very nice course but maybe a little bit too basic

By Jason F

May 5, 2020

A little outdated but I learned some new things.

By Bothaina A

Oct 3, 2019

the use of non-conventional terms was confusing.

By Philipp G

Feb 14, 2022

Could be more extensive otherwise great course

By Samrath P S

Dec 25, 2017

Would have appreciated more focus on valuation.

By musab s

Jun 4, 2017

great course for introduction to private equity

By senzo m

Jan 17, 2020

Great material to get started in the industry

By Ivan R

Aug 14, 2020

Very good course about an interesting topic.

By Valerie C

May 17, 2020

Useful introduction. Explanations are clear.

By Gyanchand L

Jun 13, 2017

Excellent course materials and good learning

By Tess B

Mar 25, 2020

Great course for a basic in Private Equity!

By Kovács A

Jan 25, 2019

Useful course, just a little bit too basic.

By victor c

Feb 10, 2018

Very professionally deployed and organised.

By Rohan P

Oct 31, 2019

Very much insightful and apt for beginners

By Kush S

Jun 2, 2022

Amazing experience.. and Amazing Learning

By Faizon u B

May 30, 2021

great course but module 4 needs some work

By Samuel C

Apr 22, 2020

Too simple, prefer more real life example