Masterclass : Fundraising & startup valuation for investors

by a real investor & independent board director, MBA, INSEAD with private equity experience

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Masterclass : Fundraising & startup valuation for investors

What You Will Learn!

Understand the valuation methods used by business appraisers, venture capitalists & business angels
Understand the investors perspective when investing into early-stage companies/startups
Be able to determine company valuation through various methods (Comparable, Precedent, Berkus, Scorecard, Replacement & Income using business plan projections)
Understand the main principles of fundraising
Understand and differentiate between 3 types of investments (equity, debt, hybrid) and their attributes
Capture the principles of equity dilution through the various rounds of fundraising
Understand the role of term sheet & shareholder agreement

Description

If you are an entrepreneur, founder or owner of an early-stage company OR if you are a business angel, venture capitalist or startup investor, this course is for you. Learn from an experienced independent board director what the core elements are to valuing early-stage / startup companies, avoiding underselling the company, not knowing exactly how to establish the value of the equity stake being sold.

I have been mentoring many young & novice entrepreneurs over the last decade. This course not only includes my experience as independent board director where I regularly have to deal with private equity related investment decisions but also consolidates my mentoring observations of early-stage companies since 2010. I was privileged to act since 2010 as a mentor at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce Businessmentoring programme imported from Canada/Quebec. In 2018 I was also a founding member of the University of Luxembourg Venture Mentoring Service.

Amongst the core learnings we will explore the following topics :

Company valuation from the founder / owner perspective
Estimate equity valuation specifically for startups & early stage companies
Help entrepreneurs avoid undervaluating / underselling company
Understand various valuation methods for early-stage companies including Market Approach, Income based approach using Discounted Cash Flows and the replacement cost approach
more specifically in the Market Approach methods we will discuss the Berkus Method, Precedent Transaction Method (PTM), Comparable Transaction Method (CTM) & the scorecard valuation method
Understand the role of term sheet & shareholder agreement
Understand and differentiate between 3 types of investments

The course includes as well a downloadable PDF of the course content and also an Excel file to facilitate the valuation based on Income Approach. The Excel file includes as well the Equity Dilution tables used in the training.

In case of questions as always do not hesitate to send me a message. Thank you for your interest in this training and I hope you will enjoy it

With thanks

Candi

Who Should Attend!

Founders & entrepreneurs who want to learn how to sell part of your equity to external investors
Investors in venture capital & private equity
Business angels that want to avoid paying too much for early stage companies

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