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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 Umar Q

Mar 7, 2019

Very interesting and deep. Provides all around view of VCPE. Better than few other VCPE courses. Course is structured really well. Highly recommend it.

By Mayur B

Feb 7, 2023

Great insightful course, developed deep understanding of PE and VC through this, would highly recommend the course if you looking into the this field.

By Aditya S

Apr 2, 2022

Simply amazing! Complex concepts are easily simplified, along with coverage of quantitative analysis used for valuation. Very happy with the course :)

By Tajjammul H

Dec 22, 2021

Very engaging and high quality of reading materials and exercises !. Highly recommend the course for anyone keen on understanding concept of PE and VC

By Ibilola

Nov 8, 2018

It was expository and explanatory. The slides and material made it easy to follow the course and I have been able to increase my wealth of knowledge.

By Kavya P

Jul 12, 2021

Highly recommend this course for people who want to gain a better understanding of Private Equity. The Course is well structured and well explained.

By Sofia G

May 30, 2020

Very useful and insightful! Professional information delivered in a learning-friendly way. Gave me a good overall understanding of the subject area.

By TANA

Apr 8, 2020

I am very grateful for the Professor to have given out this course available for everyone for free with such a high quality of teaching. Many thanks

By Diego C

Jan 2, 2020

I like the way the material is presented and the interviews with people working on the field right now, make it even more interesting and rewarding.

By Robert

Apr 6, 2019

Great course to understand the basics of VC. Stefano Caselli explains in very professional and Bundesstandard way accompanied with very good slides.

By Miroslav K

May 31, 2023

Hello! Thank you Coursera for this great course! Whole course, lecturer and materials are very professional and comprehensive! I highly recommend!

By Dario C

Apr 20, 2022

Course very interesting, it permits to acquire the main knowledge for professional who wants to work in the innovation and private equity industry.

By Leonardo C d J

May 8, 2020

Excellent quality course, with a unique didactic approach and clarity in all explanations. I recommend everyone to have an interest in the subject.

By Gonzalo R C

Oct 19, 2022

Muy buen curso para iniciarse en el mundo de PE y VC. Sesiones muy entretenidas, con casos prcáticos, y con un buen material didcático. Un 10/10.

By Nta O H

Jan 9, 2017

Excellent Teaching and well explain in details. One of the best i have found on Coursera. I look forward for more of this from Bocconi University.

By sarifin h

Oct 23, 2023

Although some points I am not really clear yet for new learner in this topic, but overall the explanation is very clear, structured. Really helps

By Погребинский М К

Dec 6, 2021

Quite usefull for those, who are liteerlly just starting their path in PE. Otherwise rather basic. Also the regulatory side feels less relevant/

By Elio I

Feb 2, 2021

The course is well rounded! This course gave me a lot of useful information that will be definitely used in the future! The professor is awesome

By Olutola T

Jul 6, 2022

Studying and understanding Private Equity has been a wonderful experience and ive been enlighten in alot of ways on how venture capitalism works

By Aditya S

May 28, 2020

I loved the course! It is easy to understand, and has immense practical application. I am sure that this course will help me in my legal career.

By Stéphane C

Apr 26, 2020

A pleasant and vivid roadmap of Private Equity & VC investing, that could be supplemented with advanced valuation, LBO and real option modeling.

By Carole R

Jan 21, 2018

I genuinely enjoy doing that course. Learning exact terms or reviewing definitions, with a bit of spreadsheet modelling (just enough to be fun).

By Mary R C O

Jul 5, 2019

A good course for people interested in understanding broadly the topic of PE and Venture Capital with a basic background in legal and finance

By Nakyta L

Mar 28, 2022

It's really good, you can learn from basics and it's well done explored. Some questions are difficult. The videos and clips are very good too.

By Luis M C

Jul 27, 2021

Great course to get started in the venture capital and private equity world. Clear and concise information delivered to the students to learn.