5585 Venture Capital Finance And Investment (3)
This course is designed for students who wish to learn about or become involved
in the venture capital market as investors or intermediaries in emerging growth
companies seeking capital. With this goal, the course will define the venture
capital market and where it fits relative to other sources of capital, examine
how private equity funds are raised and structured, how investments are
sourced, selected, and negotiated, and the role of the value-added investor
through investment to liquidity. The course presents and provides applications
for various frameworks of valuing and structuring investment opportunities.
Suggested Prerequisites: BA 531, BA 532, BMA 506, and one of the following ENT
525, ENT 535, or ENT 541.