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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

ZY

Jul 17, 2017

Very good course, however the contents are a bit rushed so some points were not explored in detail. Nevertheless it will provides anyone with a great learning experience. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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!

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By Mathias B

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Jan 19, 2022

the presentation should be update , statements back to 2014 is not helpful

By Aman K

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May 30, 2020

It is a well paced course which covers almost everything about the PE world

By Jan-Niklas A

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Apr 20, 2020

it would be great to name sometimes a few companies to understand it easier

By Lance C

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Jul 8, 2021

Power points and solutions can be broken down more but good course overall

By SHAIK N

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Sep 9, 2023

Great course to do know how a VCI works. Why they invest in only numbers.

By Nishant S

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Jul 18, 2020

It is an excellent course for students having basic knowledge of Finance.

By akshita b

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Jan 8, 2022

It is Helpful in learning and knowing about Equities and Venture Capital

By GIAMMARCO R

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Aug 28, 2018

Very interesting and useful to have a short introduction to PE and VC.

By Valeria T

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Oct 23, 2019

Assistant comments are too long during the discussion and out of focus

By Felipe P

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Sep 22, 2016

Muy bueno. Claro y concreto para el entendimiento de Capital de Riesgo

By Deleted A

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Dec 15, 2015

Nice basic course for starting a career in Private Equity. Enjoyed it.

By Massimiliano T

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Jan 26, 2025

Very good course for expanding my knowledge in the field of IB and PE

By Ankur D

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Jul 2, 2020

More demonstrations and examples and numerical would have been nice.

By Alessandro P

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Apr 15, 2020

Very useful. I have a better awareness about this complicated topic.

By Satyanarayana V V B

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Jan 16, 2016

Pretty clear and concise course, yet covering the important aspects

By Carolina S A

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Apr 10, 2021

it should be bigger, i would love to learn more about this subject

By abdikafi o o

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Jun 24, 2025

This course is amazing and thanks to the univerity and presenter.

By Ramiro B

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Mar 27, 2020

Excellent course to learn about private equite and VC, great one!

By Danish J

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Jun 21, 2020

Calculations of week 4 should be distributed slowly in each week

By Saachi S

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Mar 4, 2018

A very good course for beginners. All basics covered. Thank you.

By Harsh T

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Nov 28, 2018

Video Animations can improve. The content however is excellent!

By Praveen K

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Jan 23, 2022

Good course as an intro, but wish it was a bit more detailed.

By T. B

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Mar 1, 2021

This course is very good. If you want to know about VC and PE