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Introduction
The start-up scene in a global context is exploding, with increasingly more new start-ups raising large amounts of venture capital and disrupting existing business models on a grand scale. What does it take to finance new ventures? Typical start-ups and young companies have impressing financial needs but face limited access to traditional financing enjoyed by well-established firms. Investing in such new ventures is characterized by very high degrees of uncertainty and complex asymmetries of information between investors and the entrepreneur which can lead to misalignment of incentives and conflicts of interest. Understanding the appropriate modes of financing new ventures at different stages is highly important for entrepreneurs. They need to learn how to value new venture as well as to structure financing as the new venture progresses.
The course is part of:
- Graduate Certificate in Technopreneurship and Innovation
- FlexiMasters in Technopreneurship and Innovation
This course enables learners to do advanced analysis of the major issues associated with venture capital and private equity, and pick the financing pathway that's best for their enterprise.
- To enable learners to evaluate the differences in investing and the potential risks and returns.
- To enable learnesr to analyse the rationale for investing: diversification, control and return enhancement.
- To evaluate the different stages of venture capital investing, the investment process for typical venture investment, and the qualities that a venture capital firm looks for in a potential investment.
Topics covered
- Introduction to New Venture Financing
- Types and Costs of Financing
- Angel Investment
- When, What, Which, Where, and How, on New Venture Financing
- Deal screening
- Valuation
- Term Sheet
- Deal Structuring and Negotiation
- Value-added Services
- Exit Strategy
- Fundraising Exercise
- Discussion of Investment Cases
Suitable for current and aspiring tech innovators and startup founders, as well as corporate executives and civil servants who wish to broaden their competencies and make a difference in the future economy.
Standard Course Fee: S$5,886
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SSG Funding Support |
Course fee |
Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes |
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BEFORE funding & GST |
AFTER funding & 9% GST |
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Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding) |
S$5,400.00 |
S$1,765.80 |
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Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) |
S$685.80 |
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SCs aged ≥ 40 years old |
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- Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
- NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
| COURSE TITLE | ACADEMIC UNIT |
| CET6001 Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| CET6002 Entrepreneurial Marketing and Business Development | 3 |
| CET6006 Managing Growing Ventures | 3 |
| CET6007 Technopreneurial Mindset | 3 |
Listed courses are:
- Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Technopreneurship and Innovation (9AU) and FlexiMasters in Technopreneurship and Innovation (15AU).
