Early Stage Financing

Brief description

Seed-up; pre-start-up phase incl. research, prototype, market analysis; business angels; start-up; from prototype to market maturity; venture capital; first stage incl. market launch; private equity financing stages; pitch for cash; venture capital funds, venture capital companies; accelerators, incubators; fundraising; crowdfunding; crowd investing; project financing; start-up funding from the public sector

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Cremades, A. (2016): Startup Fundraising, Wiley. Blank, S. (2020); The Startup Owner’s Manual, Wiley

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, discussions, group work, case studies

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment (development and presentation of startup financing plan)

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy & Business Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

2.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2024

Semester

4 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of this course, students can contrast the characteristics as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the basic financing alternatives available to a start-up (2). They also can develop (3) and examine (4) plans for financing start-up projects.

Course code

0389-20-01-BB-DE-46d