Advanced Certificate in Venture Capital Module 1: Market Overview and Global Perspectives
- Finance & Investment
2 days
Who Should Attend
Entrepreneurs and business professionals interested to understand how Venture Capitalists (VCs) operate to better prepare or differentiate their companies for investments by VCs.
Finance professionals interested to equip themselves with a comprehensive appreciation of the Venture Capital industry and its practices.
Pre-requisites:
Participants should have at least 2 years of working experience with interest in Venture Capital management/ practices; Tertiary qualifications.
Overview
Global venture deals and dollars reached record highs in 2021, hitting USD621 billion. By 2025, total private equity under management is projected to be USD5.8 trillion. Family offices in Singapore had also grown from less than 200 in 2020 to more than 400 in 2021, attesting to the growing popularity of Venture Capital (VC) as an investible asset class in Singapore.
This module offers a market overview and global perspective in a venture capital ecosystem. Through having guest speakers from seasoned industry executives, in-class facilitated learning activities and global case studies focus on an emphasis on learning objectives and outcomes, we aim to provide knowledge and simulated classroom discussion practical issues in a VC environment.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 2-day module, participants will be able to:
- Understand and learn about the global trends in VC and historical development of this industry
- Apply and evaluate the current development of VC industry in view of disruptive technology and a new era of NFTs, DAO, sustainability and quantum computing
- Develop and implement a personal road map with learning goals to continually learn and keep up with this industry over time
- Understand the deal flow processes, recognise the key stakeholders and apply the associated risks and rewards
Topic/Structure
Guest Speakers for January 2025's intake:
Patrick Lim, Chief Executive Officer, Action Community of Enterpriseship (A.C.E.)
Woei Seng Yuan, Director, Technology Cluster, MP Group.
Day 1:
Introduction to Venture Capital:
- Learn global history of venture capital
- Understand different types of companies and business structures in venture capital industry.
- Introduce various stages of venture capital
- Understand the concept of levers in value in venture capital industry.
Understand the basics of Venture Capital Deal Flow:
- Introduce key functions and stakeholders
- Recognize Risk vs Rewards for Venture Investors
- Introduce key functions and stakeholders
Day 2:
- Introduce the megatrends in the global venture capital industry
- Guest speakers to share about the ecosystem and trends caused by disruptive technologies
- A VC Checklist on personal learning: Providing participants with a venture capital knowledge toolkit on enabling personal change in the path to building a road map of continual learning; Identifying personally valuable goals and apply a checklist of seven practical steps as the first step to join the venture capital industry and family offices including personal networking and branding in social media
- Assessment; Closing Debrief and Feedback.
Assessment
There will be presentation or written assessments for each module.
Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.
Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.
Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.
Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).
In order to be awarded with Advanced Certificate in Venture Capital, participants are required to complete all 6 modules (ideally in sequence) within 2 years. Please note that as much as possible, Module 6 should only be attempted after the rest of the modules have been completed.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
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$654 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$654 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
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Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
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International Participant |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
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Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
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Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees will be able to enjoy ETSS funding only if the company's SME's status has been approved. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
Intake Information
| INTAKE 6 | 9 - 10 Jan 2025 (Day 1: 9:00am - 5:00pm; Day 2: 9:00am - 6:00pm) | Open for Registration |
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