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University of Maryland, College Park

New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs

This course is for aspiring or active entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure funding for their company. This course will demystify key financing concepts to give entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs a guide to secure funding. Examine the many financing options available to get your new venture funded. Learn the basics of finance, valuations, dilution and non-dilutive funding sources. Understand capital structure for new ventures, term sheets and how to negotiate them, and the differences between early-stage versus later-stage financing. Develop an understanding of how to develop winning investor pitches, who and when to pitch, how to avoid common mistakes that limit the effectiveness of the pitch, and how to ‘get to the close’. Key questions answered within the course include: * When to raise outside capital? * What kind of investors invest by stage and where to find them? * What are your fundraising options? * What are the key components of the term sheet? * How to perform company valuations? * How to pitch to investors? * What techniques help the entrepreneur ‘get to the close’? With this course, students experience a sampling of the ideas and techniques explored in the University of Maryland's master's degree in technology entrepreneurship, an innovative 100% online program. Learn more at http://mte.umd.edu/landing.

Status: Fundraising
Status: General Finance
Course20 hours

Featured reviews

SG

5.0Reviewed Aug 4, 2022

Awesome content, video quality,content quality, reading material and coursera support everything is good. I loved it

PS

5.0Reviewed Feb 23, 2024

Working in the startup scene, I found the course to be a valuable addition, providing theoretical insights to complement my practical experience.

NS

5.0Reviewed Jul 28, 2019

This course gives you valuable information on how to raise funds for your startup!

JJ

5.0Reviewed Mar 6, 2016

The lectures were very useful and very clear. I learned a lot from this course. Thank you Prof. Pratt and Coursera.

BS

5.0Reviewed Jun 27, 2017

Very detailed explanation of financial jargon. Also discussion of tricky situations. Good suggestions and references.

KK

5.0Reviewed Apr 14, 2016

I am having a good time learning about new concepts & reading from the resources provided in the courses.

LS

4.0Reviewed Apr 10, 2016

I respect the fact the lectures contain a lot of references to the outside world, e.g. goes beyond the academia.

YT

5.0Reviewed Oct 11, 2016

Exactly what I needed to help me start.. knowing what I know now.. I feel unstoppable!

MP

4.0Reviewed Dec 28, 2017

Helpful and interesting. Easily the best part of the course are the interviews with people.

MC

5.0Reviewed Aug 11, 2017

There's so much I learnt that I total had no idea...I highly recommend this course for everyone who loves entrepreneurship

OO

5.0Reviewed May 14, 2019

wonderful course.. it truly helped to redirect my thoughts with changing realities and business dynamics

LL

5.0Reviewed Mar 29, 2017

very useful and inspiring! best of the whole specialization! the point is that the sound effect is sooooo poor.

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