MFIN6602

Venture Capital

This course looks at the nature of the VC firm, its fundraising, and compensation. It explores the portfolio strategies, valuation, and corporate management issues. Of importance are the VC's exit strategies, term sheet negotiations, and syndicating.Course includes analyzing long term financial projections as part of a simulation, in which you work with the Entrepreneurial Finance course to analyze early-stage deal terms and negotiate an investment round. This course is for people who are not taking nor plan to take MFIN2210 Entrepreneurial Finance.

Course overview

Department
Finance
School
CSOM
Credits
3

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

3.93 / 5

Based on 355 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-07-23. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Andrew Hession-Kunz
    Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.15/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Instructor not listed · Fulton Hall 145 Th 07:00PM-09:30PM · Offered