Programme Content
IIM Lucknow Venture Capital and Private Equity Programme Modules
Module 1: Disruptive Business Models, Platform Businesses and changing Rules of Valuation and Investment Metrics
New Business Models and Tech driving businesses: Fintech, Enterprise Tech, Edu Teach, HealthTech etc
ARR, ARPU, CLV, CAC, Retention and Churn Rate, Cash Burn, IRR, and Return Metrics
Enterprise and Startup Valuation Techniques
Practical Financial Modeling Skills (Excel/Python)
Workshop: valuation model for a startup
Workshop: Capitalization Tables: Building and Manipulation
Workshop: valuation model for a mature business
Module 2: Analyze the Venture Capital Ecosystem & Fundamentals of a Private Equity Investment
Understand VC fund setups
Map VC ecosystems by charting sector stakeholders and incentive structures
Investigate and compare funding journeys in Emerging Sectors: AI, ClimateTech, HealthTech, and FinTech
Identifying the right Metrics for VC Deals and understanding Deal Structuring in VC
Returns in Private Equity Investments: Benchmarking / Metrics used for measuring return
Module 3: Deal Sourcing, Process of rasing a PE Fund, and Build Investment Theses for VC Deals
Frameworks to conduct sourcing—screen and rank deals, Marketing of the PE fund
How to Draft and critique a sector-specific VC investment thesis
Due diligence process and techniques in VC context
Module 4: Structure, Negotiate, and Execute VC Deals, Process of deploying a PE Fund
Deepdive VC term sheets (SAFE, preferred, convertibles)
Role-play negotiations as founders and VCs
Changing Deal flows from time to time
Workshops: model and test cap table dilution and scenario impacts
Module 5: Operate VC Funds, Drive Value and Plan Exits
VC fundraising process and LP-GP meeting pitches
Understand how to Design, implement, and troubleshoot 100-day post-investment plans
Exit Strategies for Complex Investments in VC
Value Creation and Portfolio Optimization in VC
Role of Price and Value in a Portfolio Management
Module 6: Map and Deconstruct the Private Equity Landscape & Deal Cycle
The Private Equity Landscape and Perspectives on global buyout trends
Learn to create industry maps through research on PE market players and sectors
PE fund setup and deal preperation
How to design PE fund structure for targeted buyout scenarios
Module 7: Execute PE Deal Sourcing, Due Diligence, and Build M&A, LBO Models
PE Deal Sourcing techniques
Due diligence process and red-flag identification frameworks
Metrics Used in PE Valuations
LBO analysis and financial modelling
Module 8: Structure PE Deals, Manage Performance & Simulate Exits
Term Sheets and Cash Flow in PE - adjusting leverage, earnout, and ratchet clauses
PE financing opportunities and value creation mechanisms
Applying value creation levers to improve underperformance
PE performance measurement and due diligence
PE post-deal scenarios, identify market maturation markers and assess exit strategies (Exit Innovation: SPACs, Direct Listings, and Dual-Track Processes
Module 9: AI and Emerging Technologies
Emerging Technologies and AI Disruptions in VC
AI and future trends in PE
Generative AI and Specialized Sector Applications
Module 10: Impact Investing, Ethics, & Navigate Global Investing
Impact investing and investment for ESG, and Evaluating trade-offs between impact and financial returns
Alternative Investment Strategies
Ethics, Credit Volatility, and Compliance in VC and PE Investments and current global standards
Global VCPE Markets and Cross-Border Investing: analyzing risk, compliance, and opportunity, and De-Globalization’s Impact on VC/PE
Negotiation Techniques for VCPE Leadership
Risk Management and Liquidity in VC and PE Investments
