Inhalt
| Kommentar |
The course provides an in-depth introduction to venture capital, including valuation techniques, institutional aspects, key terms of funding arrangements, and leading academic research in the field. The course will study several recent academic papers and will thereby also introduce students to empirical methods used in current research.
Prerequisite: Finance Theory or equivalent knowledge |
| Literatur |
Lecture notes, scientific papers |
| Bemerkung |
StO/PO MA 2016: 6 LP, Modul: "Venture Capital"
StO/PO MEMS 2016: 6 LP, Modul: "Venture Capital", Major: Accounting and Finance |
| Prüfung |
Portfolio exam: The portfolio exam consists of four assignments. Two assignments will be based on case studies in the field of venture capital, one assignment will require the students to perform a quantitative valuation exercise, and one assignment will require students to write a referee report of a recent academic venture capital study and/or perform a simple empirical analysis. |
