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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
A startup fails because of some major reasons which include lack of funds, not knowing how to spend funds in the correct manner and not properly balancing the risk of enterprise financing. The Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme online course develops an understanding of enterprise finance for securing business funding and helps to realise its potential whether its own entrepreneurial venture or investment.
The Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme syllabus covers the dynamics and nature of venture finance. The course teaches about the ‘two-hat’ approach of strategy to investigate venture finance from an investor and entrepreneur perspective. The course covers the entire funding process, from the initial stage of raising funds to the final exit strategy.
The Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme training course covers various avenues of investment, including crowdfunding and venture capital. The course develops an ambient understanding of venture finance. The course teaches to effectively prepare and present ventures for going to the fundraising process.
The Highlights
- Online Learning
- 8 weeks duration
- 8 modules
- University of Oxford offering
- Shareable certificate
- Course provider Getsmarter
- 7-10 hours learning/week
- Downloadable resources
- Split fee option available
- Case-study based learning
- Course assessments and projects
Programme Offerings
- insights
- assessments
- Offline resources
- quizzes
- Projects
- online learning
- Case Studies
- Certification.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Said Business School, Oxford |
Fee type | Fee amount in INR |
Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme fees | Rs. 131,134 (Incl of all taxes) |
The Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme fees are Rs. 131,134 (Incl of all taxes). Learners can pay the fee in 2 instalments with a 3% of extra admin charge.
Installment Plan
| 1st installment | Required before: 2025-01-21 | Amount Due: ₹65,567.00 INR |
| 2nd installment | Required before: 2025-02-20 | Amount Due: ₹65,567.00 INR |
Eligibility Criteria
Certification Qualifying Details
For qualifying for the Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme certification, the learner must have to complete all the modules included in the course along with the online practice assessments. Candidates will have to meet the criteria mentioned in the course handbook.
What you will learn
After completion of the Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme certification course, candidates will learn about venture finance, risk of venture finance, fundraising, negotiating deals and investment cycle. Candidates will also develop an understanding of how venture financing works from an investor and entrepreneur perspective.
Who it is for
- Entrepreneurs who are currently involved or planning to work on new start-ups who want to gain the knowledge of venture finance can join the course.
- Investors who want to learn how to analyse various funding opportunities can enrol in the Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme course.
- Entrepreneurs who want to learn how to prepare and present business for fundraising purposes.
Admission Details
For admission in the Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme training online, candidates will have to follow the steps below:
Step 1. Open the course webpage by going to the official link.
Step 2. Start the registration by clicking the ‘Register Now’ button
Step 3. Create your profile by providing personal details
Step 4. Fill in the billing address and proceed to the payment page
Step 5. Pay the fee and start your class according to the course schedule
The Syllabus
- Introduce the venture finance industry
- Outline the key definitions and concepts involved in venture finance
- Identify the economic importance of venture finance
- Apply a framework for evaluating start-up ventures
- Investigate how entrepreneurs and investors experience the funding cycle
- Assess what a specific project venture will deliver in terms of commercial and societal value
- Recognise the alternative identities and perspectives held by different types of early stage investors
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of accepting funding from family, friends, founders, and angels
- Articulate the advantages and disadvantages of crowdfunding
- Distinguish between the four models of crowdfunding
- Analyse later-stage professional investors
- Classify the types of investors into a comprehensive investor map
- Assess specific case studies from the perspective of different types of investors
- Identify the key components of fundraising
- Determine how to construct financial statements
- Calculate the financial projections for a project venture
- Analyse the financial projections of a specific project venture
- Decide on a 'financial ask' based on financial projections
- Create the financial projection slides for an investor pitch deck
- Introduce the concept of valuations
- Identify the characteristics of ownership and its challenges
- Interpret valuation methods
- Analyse the drivers of valuation in practice
- Assess appropriate comparables of companies through a comparables analysis
- Critique VCM and DCF calculations
- Introduce the structure and objectives of venture capital firms
- Explain the limited partner perspective
- Articulate key concepts related to returns in the venture capital industry
- Investigate the internal structure of venture capital firms and the skills required to make professional investment decisions
- Analyse the daily life of a venture capitalist
- Assess a project venture through due diligence
- Identify common vs preferred shares
- Outline the various stock options available for project ventures
- Articulate the function of the convertible note
- Investigate the role of control within project ventures
- Analyse the terms in a term sheet and their purpose
- Assess the process of closing a deal
- Recommend a term sheet for a specific project venture
- Outline the advantages and disadvantages of staged financing
- Identify the challenges for financing growth
- Analyse the role of debt and debt management in a project venture
- Evaluate the options companies are faced with when in financial difficulty
- Create a response plan to solve the financial crisis of a specific project venture
- Recognise the initial public offering process
- Review practical examples of the initial public offering process
- Interpret the difference between acquisitions, buyouts, and secondaries
- Assess how investors and entrepreneurs decide on an exit
- Create a comprehensive investment recommendation
- Review what has been learnt about venture finance and life after exit