VC Career Accelerator,

What Do VCs Do?

This module will help you understand how to generate deal flow, analyze startups, add value to portfolio companies post-investment, and make money with a successful exit.

Let us know if you have any questions. Send us a message here.

View Course details

Course Content

Expand All

INTRODUCTION

How This Course Works

How Much Do You Know About The VC Job? Sample Unit

The Six Tasks of VCs

Expand

Unit Content

What Do VCs Do - Quiz 1 (Intro)

GENERATING DEAL FLOW

What Is The Best Way To Generate Deal Flow?

Generating VC Deal Flow

Building A VC Referral Network

The Importance of Branding

The Startup Ecosystem

Service Professionals

Warm Introductions

Cold-Calling Startup Founders

Making Angel Investments

The Deal Flow Funnel

Analyzing Pitch Decks

Time Management Tips For VCs

The Anti-Portfolio

Expand

Unit Content

What Do VCs Do - Quiz 2 (Deal Flow)

EVALUATING COMPANIES

What Are The Critical Characteristics VCs Look For In Startups?

Analyzing Startups For Venture Capital

VC Firms' Investment Strategies

What Is (Really) Scalability? Sample Unit

The Product/Market Fit

The Hard Truth About Network Effects

More On Due Diligence Sample Unit

Breaking The Mental Model

Making The Investment Decision

Expand

Unit Content

What Do VCs Do - Quiz 3 (Evaluation)

Case Study: Write The Investment Memo

NEGOTIATING TERM SHEETS

How Much Do You Know About Term Sheets? Sample Unit

Negotiating Term Sheets

Our Term Sheet Courses

Expand

Unit Content

What Do VCs Do - Quiz 4 (Term Sheets)

PORTFOLIO MONITORING

Portfolio Monitoring Survey

What Kind of Value Do VCs Add? Sample Unit

What Is The Background Of Top VCs WorldWide?

Jack Welch's HR Practices Sample Unit

The Reporting Pack

How Much Time Should You Spend With Portfolio Companies?

Expand

Unit Content

What Do VCs Do - Quiz 5 (Monitoring)

LIQUIDATING INVESTMENTS

How Much Do You Know About Exits?

Selling Startups

Testing Founders' Exit Strategy

Why Startups Fail

About Startup IPOs

How Long Does It Take to Exit?

When Raising Too Much Money Makes Exits Difficult

Expand

Unit Content

What Do VCs Do - Quiz 6 (Exits)

RAISING VC FUNDS

How Much Do You Know About VC Funds?

Raising VC Funds

Investment Strategy: Which Round To Target?

When VCs Pitch Investors

How Do VCs Make Money?

Our Courses On Raising VC Funds

Our Investing Track

WHAT'S NEXT?

Let Us Know What You Think

A Unique E-Mentoring Experience On Venture Capital!

+64 enrolled

Not Enrolled

Take this Course

Part of VC Career Accelerator

Course Includes

62 Units
6 Quizzes