Spring 2024 Finance B8465 section 001

Building a VC Investment Thesis

Building a VC Investmnt T

Call Number 14584
Day & Time
Location
T 9:00am-12:15pm
870 Kravis Hall
Points 1.5
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Angela W Lee
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Learning Objectives & Course Overview: To understand the spectrum of investment theses, from very specific to more opportunistic. To understand the process of developing an investment thesis (different roles, who is involved, what resources are needed). To start to build a perspective on a specific sector as an early stage (Seed / Series A) investor. This course will cover different sectors each time it is taught, and it is not meant to be a deep dive on any one particular sector There will be 2-3 guest lectures where students will hear investors share their firms investment thesis, so students get a varied perspective. Real company info will be shared in this class. As a result, class slides will be handed out in class but not shared electronically and class sessions will not be recorded. Intended Audience: Aspiring investors who want to understand how investors develop an investment thesis Founders who want to understand how seed investors evaluate startups. This course is not intended for students who want to deep dive on a particular sector or who want to specifically focus on growth and later stages of VC investing. This course will not go deep into these topics: Strategic VCs (corporate/government/university), organizational structure (the merits of having a deep platform team) and governance of a fund (compensation, investment decision voting).

Web Site Vergil
Department Finance
Enrollment 53 students (60 max) as of 11:52PM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Subject Finance
Number B8465
Section 001
Division School of Business
Open To Business, Journalism
Section key 20241FINC8465B001