Masterclass : Fundraising & startup valuation for investors

by a real investor & independent board director, MBA, INSEAD with private equity experience

Created by: Candi Carrera
Value Investor | VingeGPT.com | Board Director | MBA & IDP-C

What Will I Learn?

• Understand the valuation methods used by business appraisers, venture capitalists & business angels
• Understand the investors perspective when investing into early-stage companies/startups
• Be able to determine company valuation through various methods (Comparable, Precedent, Berkus, Scorecard, Replacement & Income using business plan projections)
• Understand the main principles of fundraising
• Understand and differentiate between 3 types of investments (equity, debt, hybrid) and their attributes
• Capture the principles of equity dilution through the various rounds of fundraising
• Understand the role of term sheet & shareholder agreement

Requirements

• General interest in entrepreneurship & business management
• Being fluent in general financial principles of investing
• General interest in investing & venture capital/private equity methods

Target audience

• Founders & entrepreneurs who want to learn how to sell part of your equity to external investors
• Investors in venture capital & private equity
• Business angels that want to avoid paying too much for early stage companies