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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

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.

WO

Jul 14, 2019

The content of the course is really helpful and touches on the very important subjects in Private Equity and Venture Capital. The delivery by the Professor Stefano Caseli is also fantastic. Thank you!

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By FengJiaxing

Mar 11, 2022

It's very useful for a greener in PE field. And the knowledge I get from it has surely opened me the door of getting a job in the PE field in the near future.

By Andrzej P

Oct 31, 2020

Awesome course! However the translation could be better. But in my opinion that helps you to learn to understand peers that cannot speak English like natives.

By Jake C

Jul 29, 2020

I would have liked to see more case studies with projects involved. Otherwise, this was a very illuminating course with a good teacher and interesting content

By Leson C

Nov 1, 2019

i had no prior knowledge of Private equity and venture capital but now i know a lot. The course has helped in my entrepreneurship journey. Thank You Professor

By Tracy Y

Nov 25, 2019

Really good content and well-structured course. It is quite easy to follow. If would like to finish the course in one or two weeks only, it is also possible.

By Carolina A

Aug 12, 2016

Excellent. We can see that Bocconi University is very committed with their online courses. The materials are better than any other I have seen in Coursera an

By Valeria P

Jun 27, 2022

Just amaising! Great structure and delivery of the Professor! Used this as a way to prepare for PEVC exam in ICBS that was a complete disaster. Thank you!

By Shoh K

Dec 15, 2021

Действительно полезно для хорошего старта, а таккже интервью с гостями даёт представление о текущих делах на рынках мира. Спасибо за старания и Ваше время!

By Yuki N

Oct 30, 2020

By taking this course, at the end the students taking this course will have a basic knowledge of what the PE fund is, what does it do, why do we need them.

By Natalia G V

May 6, 2020

I highly recommend this course! The information is relevant, clear, and well presented. Thank you for teaching me the fundamentals of this exciting world!!

By Arvind K

Jan 1, 2016

Ultimate knowledge delivery, unique style and most comprehensive coverage of topic. I have a long list of courses completed on Coursera but It's different!

By Álvaro G

Nov 9, 2022

El curso es bastante completo y los conceptos que se explican son muy útiles.

Además, se realizan casos prácticos, lo que ayuda a comprender los conceptos.

By Justin M

Aug 15, 2022

Excellent view into Private Equity and Venture Capital. I am an accountant that works primarily in the start-up technology space. This was great to learn

By Satendra C

Apr 28, 2020

I recommend this course to any one who is any way associated with Private Equity and Venture Capital. By this course we will have the basic understanding.

By Hava

Dec 22, 2017

Excellent course with a broad panorama of what PE and VC is. Financial analysis process well explained and very interesting content and format!! Thank you

By Ridam D

Aug 25, 2017

Great course, provides a strong theoretical foundation of PE & VC. It also has valuation concepts in the last week which are very useful and fun to learn.

By Reamkhae W

Mar 22, 2022

This course help me a lot to undserstand how PE works. The course contructures are easy to understand and the suport pdf file documents are very helpful.

By Gabriel S

Jun 20, 2020

This course is great! But in my opinion to improve the course is talk more about the Venture Capital in the same proportion of PE vehicles and mechanism.

By Andrew C

Apr 25, 2017

Great course for anyone interested in private equity investing and the venture capital world. Simple, straightforward and a great teacher for the basics.

By Danai

Nov 26, 2015

Exceptional course and amazing professor with deep knowledge of the field and which key concepts he should present in the limited time he has. Thank you!

By Rajiv N

Apr 13, 2020

An excellent taster of the PE/VC process in Europe and the US...need to congratulate Prof. Caselli in conducting the course with a true educator's zeal.

By Juan D l c

Jun 8, 2021

Great discovery this professor. The level of knowledge and the scope it gives you to continue in this sphere is uncomparable to other courses. Thanks!

By Willy B

Jul 25, 2020

Great introduction into the world of private equity and venture capital. The course gives a good overview of the sector and some of the technicalities.

By Vinicius M

Aug 29, 2019

Very helpful and well prepared course. I missed more articles and reading materials about the topic. But for an introductory course this was fantastic.