Columbia Business School

Venture Capital: Due Diligence (Online)

Columbia Business School

Finance & Investing

About Programme

Due diligence can create transparency and insights when evaluating potential investments. The process helps investors drive profitability and minimize risk, and startups can use it to improve their potential for securing funding. Despite these benefits, many do not build due diligence into their dealmaking strategy. According to PwC, 8 out of 10 companies fail the M&A process due to a lack of pre-transition due diligence.

Designed and led by expert faculty Angela Lee, Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School and founder of 37 Angels, a startup investment network that has evaluated over 25,000 deals, the VC Due Diligence (Online) program provides a framework for learning the due diligence process, focusing on the core elements that help indicate whether a deal has the potential to succeed in today’s volatile market.

Please contact our partners at Emeritus at [email protected] , +1 315-982-5094, or +1 315-277-2746 for a personal conversation about this program and how it may benefit you.

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Percentage of executives who predict an increase in M&A activity in their industry in the next 12 months. Source: KPMG
61%
PE & VC professionals who spend more than three-fourths of their time on due diligence, portfolio monitoring, deal sourcing, and valuation Source: ACUITY’S 2022 PE&VC SURVEY
77%
There is a 2% YoY growth of professionals with “Due Diligence” listed as a skill. Source: LinkedIn Insights
2%

Programme Content

Module 1

People — How to Assess

Module 1

Understand the makeup of a due diligence team, the people, their roles, how they work together, and if they possess that “it factor” you are seeking.

Module 2

Problems — What to Look For

Module 2

Learn to assess the market based on factors investors use when performing diligence of a problem.

Module 3

Progress — Metrics That Matter

Module 3

Discover how startups measure their progress and the success of their customer acquisition plans.

Module 4

Price — Terms That Matter

Module 4

Dive deeper into term sheets. Which instrument should you raise on? How much has the founder raised and at what valuation?

Module 5

Conducting Diligence for a Fund

Module 5

Learn the qualitative and quantitative measurements for evaluating a venture fund or general partner, whether you are an employee, a limited partner, or a startup.

Module 6

Lessons in Diligence

Module 6

Explore the last decade of innovations in sourcing, selecting, and supporting startups, and learn how to review your anti-portfolio.

Programme Audience

Venture capital and private equity investors, including angel investors and HNIs, who are interested in investing in startups and wish to build the skills and confidence to conduct thorough evaluations, minimize risk, and maximize fund performance in a volatile market
Entrepreneurs who want to develop an understanding of the investor’s perspective and learn strategies to increase their potential to secure funding for early-stage startups during uncertain times
Mid-to senior finance professionals who wish to learn an exact due diligence framework that will help them succeed in an M&A role, particularly one that evaluates startup acquisitions
Consultants and financial advisors who want to excel at comprehensive due diligence in order to build investment solutions for their clients

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