Venture Capital & Startup Financing

What Is This Program?

Students move from "having an idea" to engineering a fundable venture. Master the economic, legal, and narrative foundation of a startup and exit with a fully developed pitch.

Who Is It For?

Aspiring founders, future VCs, and entrepreneurs aged 16+.

What Will I Learn?

Cap Table Management (Carta), CRM & Pipeline (Foundersuite), Data Room tracking (DocSend), and Financial Modeling (Pry/Vareto).

Pre-Requisites

None explicitly technical, but assumes strong analytical mindset.

Dates

Session 1: July 6 - July 17, 2026
Session 2: August 3 - August 14, 2026 (EN)

Language

This course is offered in both English or Chinese. Check the dates for your language preference.


Tuition & Fees

Tuition: NT$XX,000
Deposit: NT$2,000
Early Bird Deal: Save 15% (Book by March 1st)

Core Tech Stack

PitchBook / Crunchbase

Market intelligence platforms for sourcing deals, analyzing comps, and tracking funding rounds.

Carta

The standard for cap table management, equity issuance, and portfolio modeling.

AngelList / Sydecar

Tools for setting up SPVs (Special Purpose Vehicles) and managing syndicate back-office ops.

Excel / Google Sheets

Advanced financial modeling (DCF, waterfalls) and sensitivity analysis.

Curriculum

Week 1: Fundamentals & Sourcing

Day Topic Hands-On Activity
01 Venture Math Power Laws: Modeling portfolio returns and failure rates.
02 The Thesis Sector Deep Dive: Writing a 1-page investment thesis.
03 Sourcing & Signal The Hunt: Identifying 10 promising startups via signals.
04 Due Diligence The Dig: Evaluating teams, markets, and moats.
05 Term Sheets The Deal: Structuring a Seed round investment.

Week 2: Operations & Portfolio

Day Topic Hands-On Activity
06 Cap Tables & Dilution The Model: Simulating a startup's equity across 3 rounds.
07 Fund Structure GP/LP Dynamics: Understand how VC firms are built.
08 Post-Investment Support Platform Value: Designing a portfolio support strategy.
09 Exit Scenarios M&A vs IPO: Modeling liquidation preferences.
10 Investment Committee The Pitch: Presenting a deal memo to the IC.
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