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Raising Funds for Your Startup 

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Overview

Get to grips with the basics of funding a start up and understand the process of successful financing rounds

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

4,450

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

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Raising Funds for Your Startup
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Raising Funds for Your Startup
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  • Earn a certificate from Grenoble Ecole de Management
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Raising Funds for Your Startup
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Course details

Who should do this course?

This course is aimed at entrepreneurs who are considering or preparing a financing round. It can also be useful for students of entrepreneurship or management, and to anyone wishing to get a better understanding of the actors, processes and consequences of a financing round.

What are the course deliverables?
Identify the potential investors in startups and understand their decision process and their selection criteria
 
Design a sound financing plan in order to estimate the financing needs and the value of the startup, which determines the founders ‘dilution when raising equity
 
Reflect on the process and the main issues of the negotiation of agreements between founders and external investors along successive financing rounds
 
Identify the key points to watch in order to succeed the post-investment phase and prepare the exit.
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More about this course

On this course, you’ll learn the basics of financing a start-up. You’ll explore how important financial backing is for success and how to attract and negotiate with investors

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Raising Funds for Your Startup
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Curriculum

How to identify and convince potential investors?

 

How to estimate the financing need and the value of the venture?

 

How to negotiate with equity investors?

 

How to prepare and succeed in the post-investment phase?

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Faculty details

CHRISTOPHE BONNET
Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management and angel investor. Teaching and research in entrepreneurial finance. Advisor for incubators. Previously worked in corporate finance and in private equity.

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