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Venture Capital & Startup Investing
Understand how venture capital works from fund formation to exit. Learn the economics of VC funds, how startups are valued before they have earnings, what term sheets actually mean, and how to evaluate companies transitioning from private VC backing to public markets.
Before this course
These cover the assumed background. You can start here anyway — nothing is locked.
Lessons in this course
Work through them in order, or jump to whichever fits where you are. Every lesson is free and saves your progress locally.
- 01How Venture Capital Funds Work
- 02Pre-Money, Post-Money, and the Math of Ownership
- 03Term Sheets: What Founders Give Up and Investors Demand
- 04Preferred Stock, Dilution, and Cap Table Dynamics
- 05The VC Valuation Method: Pricing Companies Without Earnings
- 06The IPO Process: From Private to Public
- 07Evaluating Recently-IPO'd VC-Backed Companies