Who are business angels? How to Become a Successful Business Angel. Startup life cycle.

Module 1.
An introduction to angel investing

How to build a dealflow. Startup Valuation methods.

Module 2. Where to find startups to invest in

How syndicates work. How to choose the right syndicate.

Module 3.
Investing in syndicates. Deal structuring

Exit. What you need to know and how to get prepared. Development of a company's sales funnel. Due Diligence exit strategy.

Module 4
Exit.
Capitalization

We suggest you start with the course "Introduction to Business Angel Investing" (in Russian). It consists of 4 modules, with the help of which you will understand who business angels are, in whom and how they invest. Online training involves self study of the material, familiarization with the basic concepts of the proposed modules and verification of the knowledge gained. Among the speakers there are Kirill Golub, partner of the Belarus Business Angels Network Angels Band, John Bradford, Dynamo Ventures partner, Business Angel Firat Isbecer, Maurice Beckand Verwee, Crosspring B.V. partner and others.

Introduction to Business Angel Investing

What distinguishes a startup company from other companies, according to what cycle they grow. We will ask you to describe the types of companies you are interested in.

Day 1 - Think like a Startup

Valuation of startups and carrying out competent due diligence through our own checklists. As a result of completing the course, you will create your own checklist for evaluating a startup.

Day 2 - Do Right Due Diligence

The practices and techniques of successful angels, we will define your superpower.

Day 3 - Follow Best Successful Practices

Where to find startups, what tools to use to build and manage your dealflow.

Day 4 - Build Successful Dealflow

Successful Business Angel

If you prefer to study in groups rather than on your own, we suggest you join the Successful Business Angel 7-day Interactive Distance Learning Course.

Training does not imply binding to a specific time of classes, so by combining the learning process with your work and daily activities, despite your working schedule, you can master new skills and build a successful business angel profile during the week.

Every day during this week you will unlock video lectures, interesting articles, case studies, complete tasks and receive feedback from the mentors of the program. On the day 7 of the program, you will build your successful business angel profile, which will become your navigator in successful investments.

What is an early investment ecosystem?

What is crowdfunding and what types are there?

Crowdfunding rules

The main challenges when attracting investments through crowdfunding

Why is crowdfunding interesting for an investor?

This course will be valuable for startups and investors, for those who would like to learn all about crowdfunding and how it helps investments at early stages. This course is designed for 8 hours of study. As a result of taking the course, you will be able to test your knowledge.

The basics of angel investment. What an investor needs to pay attention to. Understanding of a cap table on an early stage.

Module 1. Angel Investing in details

What is the difference between VC investor and a business angel. What is the VC market? How does the economics of a VC fund work?

Module 2. From Business Angel to VC Investor

Fundraising in times of crisis. Formation of a successful venture fund strategy.

Module 3. Venture Fund Management

Investor's Guide

For experienced business angels, we offer courses for group training and networking as well as a self-study.

Investor's Guide is not just a course, but this is a navigator for the venture capital world. Having mastered this guide, you will be able to systematise the existing knowledge about the VC world, to determine what is the difference between angel investments and venture funds - not a stereotyped difference, but a fundamental and profitable one.

You will be able to master the best practices and look deeper into the main processes of venture financing with the help of our speakers Juha Ruohonen, Superhero, Igor Shoifot, TMT Investment, Vitaly Polekhin, Russian Business Angel Network, Violetta Chekan, 200M manager and Social Innovation Fund and others.

Модуль 1.
Введение в ангельские инвестиции

Day 2 - How Investors Make Investment Decisions

Day 1 - Introduction to Investability and Shareholders
Agreement Review

Day 3 - Startup Valuation and its readiness for investment

Investability Or When A Startup Is Ready for Investments

An educational basic course for those who want to systematically invest in startups and understand the metrics for making investment decisions.

Day 4 - Assessing Startup Business Model and Unit Economics

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Module 1.

Uniting business-angels into a community

Course for Investors' Networks Managers

The course for those who plan managing a network or a group of business angels and for those who have conceived to improve their skills of successful investing in startups.

The course is built on the practice and cases of successful BANs and their leaders. Among the speakers of the course are Kirill Golub and Valery Ostrinsky, Angels Band (Belarus), Olga Afanasyeva, UVCA (Ukraine), Vitaly Polekhin (Russia), Marcel Dridge, Entrepreneur Avenue SAS (France) and others.

We recommend to complete the Introduction to Business Angel Investing Course before you start this course.

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Модуль 1.
Введение в ангельские инвестиции

A unique mini-course for experts who want to independently teach courses for business angels and venture capitalists online. This course will guide you through teaching a business angel course using platform materials in your teaching practice and building a community of business angels and venture capitalists around you.

The training is designed for those who plan to create and manage their own accelerator. The training content is based on the experience of leading accelerators, including TechMinsk. We will consider all aspects of the accelerator's work, interaction with partners and with startups. We will also study the cases of startups that have been trained in well-known accelerators. The training is designed for 6 day educational process.

Limited Partnership Concept. VC Fund Structure. European VC Market. Fund of Funds.

Module 1. VC funds structure and logic

Express Course for VC investors

For VC investors we have prepared an express course which helps to enhance the existing knowledge with the best practices of experts and practitioners from other countries in portfolio management, reporting to partners, evaluating startups, finding and building a network and other important practical topics.

The Express Course for VC Investors is a 6-day self-paced course prepared by experienced investors such as Will Cardwell, Partner at Courage Ventures, Open Circle, TechMinsk, Fabian Sepulveda, Partner at Courage Ventures, and Max Gurvits, Partner at Vitosha Venture Partners.

Startup dealflow. Valuation. Due diligence.

Module 2. Startup dealflow and Valuation

Relations between the Fund and partners. General practice. Investment ethics. Reporting systems. Business models.

Module 4. Between the Fund and partners

Module 3. Investment conditions and transaction structuring

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What topics are interesting for you for future programs?

The training is designed for those who plan to create and manage their own accelerator. The training content is based on the experience of leading accelerators, including TechMinsk. We will consider all aspects of the accelerator's work, interaction with partners and with startups. We will also study the cases of startups that have been trained in well-known accelerators. The training is designed for 6 day educational process.

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