University Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurial Financing: Venture Capital and Private Equity - Official
Extraordinary adaptation of the teaching guide due to COVID-19
First semester
- Venture Capital - Entrepeneurial Financing
6 ECTS (compulsory)
This course trains entrepreneurs for the early stage investment landscape by teaching them to prepare financial statements for investors, choose the venture corporate structure, understand the main sources of capital for early stage companies, identify the steps of the funding process, implement the process of raising capital, manage turnaround opportunities and understand the process of harvesting the business venture. - Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Business Modelling
6 ECTS (compulsory)
This course presents the concept of entrepreneurship and the related theories as well as defining business models and strategy. The course also covers business model patterns and operations and the role of information management and business model design. The ultimate goal is to help students generate their own Business Plan. - Technology, Innovation & Leadership
6 ECTS (compulsory)
This course aims to teach students how to manage the innovation process in a technology-driven company in order to improve the way new products are introduced into the markets. To succeed in the entrepreneurial process, as part of this course, students will learn how to organise project development teams in order to achieve a general understanding of how information systems are managed. - Private Equity - Advanced Corporate Finance
6 ECTS (compulsory)
This course covers the private equity industry and its transactions. It presents the main models, techniques and activities undertaken by private equity investors; the difference between private equity and venture capital; who the investors in private equity are; the main income drivers of private equity; the institutional vehicles used for private equity investments; the management of private equity funds; valuation techniques and their application to deal making in private equity settings - Portfolio Management
3 ECTS (optional)
This course teaches students the conceptual framework for diversification and portfolio risk management, by applying derivatives to manage the risks of financial decisions. Students will see the benefits of using options, futures, forwards and swaps in portfolio risk management and gain hands-on experience managing a hypothetical asset portfolio that includes venture capital/private equity investments. - Impact Investment
3 ECTS (optional)
This course presents the concepts of social economy, social entrepreneurship and social business, and the differences between social business, regular business, NGOs and CSR. Of special relevance are the concepts of non-profit business, social innovation and the actors involved in social entrepreneurship ecosystem. The ultimate goal is to help students generate a social business idea and turn it into a social business model. - Marketing
3 ECTS (optional)
Students will be able to learn the main concepts related to the marketing of new ventures, such as the frame of reference that applies to the company. Students will be taught to handle marketing issues in a systematic, methodical manner and gather relevant information for their company from both internal and external sources (market research). The ultimate goal is to teach students how to prepare and implement a marketing plan. - Venture Capital, Private Equity Law and Taxation
3 ECTS (optional)
This course will cover all the main legal and taxation issues related to VC/PE transactions, including: regulatory frameworks for private equity and venture capital; investment vehicles in private equity and venture capital transactions; due diligence; the equity investment structure; acquisitions; leverage buyouts and taxation in exit strategies.
Second semester
- Work placement in a company
15 ECTS (compulsory) - Final Master’s Degree Project
15 ECTS (compulsory)
Teaching body
The teaching body consists of teachers andacademics complemented by professionals from the field ofcomplemented by professionalsfrom the field of entrepreneurship and venture capital. They are professionals whohave important positions in companies from this sector, many of which are located in Barcelona. These companies are among others:
Dirección
Rafael Tena
Coordinator
Dr. Marta Mas
Teaching staff
- Fernando García
- Dr. Ramon Bastida
- Dr. Josep M Rius
- Jeff Turner
- Xavier Xivillé
- Fernando García
- Juan Antonio Astorga
- Jorge Lluch
- Alex Oset


