Intro to Venture Capital
Become an insider to the venture capital process! This course will help entrepreneurs and business professionals strive to gain insight into the venture capital process. We will be exploring a broad perspective of different venture capital partners and firms and investigating the many stages of investing in a startup or idea. We hope you'll learn how the most successful investors and entrepreneurs succeed in the industry with profitable ventures, raise investment capital, and manage the deal process.
Table of Contents 
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Venture Capital (~23 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. General Capital Funding (~5 Minutes)
- 2. A Look Into Intersouth Partners' Investments (~3 Minutes)
- 3. Money (~3 Minutes)
- 4. More Money (~3 Minutes)
- 5. Investing Limited Partner's Money (~4 Minutes)
- 6. History of Venture Capital (~2 Minutes)
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Chapter 2. How Venture Capital Works (~25 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Types of Venture Capital Funds (~2 Minutes)
- 2. Working Together (~4 Minutes)
- 3. Funding (~6 Minutes)
- 4. Investor Requirements (~4 Minutes)
- 5. Investor Preparation (~4 Minutes)
- 6. The Sign-on Process (~2 Minutes)
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Chapter 3. Behind Venture Capital from The Eyes of an Investor (~20 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Early Stage Investment (~2 Minutes)
- 2. The Big Picture (~5 Minutes)
- 3. Pitching your Idea to a VC (~5 Minutes)
- 4. Marketing and Sales (~2 Minutes)
- 5. Early Stage Team Development (~1 Minutes)
- 6. All Money is Green (~2 Minutes)
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Chapter 4. Angel Investors (~29 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. The Initial Step in Angel Investing (~5 Minutes)
- 2. Hand's On Investing (~3 Minutes)
- 3. Show Me the Money! (~5 Minutes)
- 4. Valuation (~3 Minutes)
- 5. Take the First Step! (~5 Minutes)
- 6. Due Diligence (~5 Minutes)
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Chapter 5. Perspectives of Venture Capital (~55 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Venture Capital Returns (~11 Minutes)
- 2. IPO Market (~13 Minutes)
- 3. Post-data Analysis of the Industry (~8 Minutes)
- 4. ICT and BioTech (~6 Minutes)
- 5. Industry Returns (~9 Minutes)
- 6. Energy Sector (~6 Minutes)
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Chapter 6. Raising Venture Capital (~38 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Economic Optimism (~5 Minutes)
- 2. Necessity Breeds Invention (~3 Minutes)
- 3. Venture Capital Opportunities (~10 Minutes)
- 4. Entrepreneurial Success (~4 Minutes)
- 5. Entrepreneur Qualifications (~5 Minutes)
- 6. Entrepreneur's Mindset (~7 Minutes)
About the Curator
Terry Park
I am Course Hero's Client and Customer Service Representative. I enjoy learning about the behind-the-scenes aspects of capital investment and startup funding.