FIN-4234: Venture Capital and Investment Banking
Description: Explores the venture capital cycles of fund-raising, investing in portfolio firms, and exiting the investment. Focuses on the role of investment banking in the exiting of investments by taking the portfolio firms public through initial public offerings. Includes a conceptual component and an applied component in which the case method is used. Must have a grade of C or better in prerequisites of FIN 3144 and 3154.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 67
Average GPA: 3.04 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 19.74%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.97%
| Michael T Kender | 2024 | 23.9% | 54.1% | 20.3% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 3.03 | 39 |
| Ozgur S Ince | 2014 | 32.8% | 46.1% | 16.8% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 3.06 | 25 |
| Tunde R Kovacs | 2009 | 39.0% | 42.9% | 16.3% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.12 | 2 |
| Dilip K Shome | 2006 | 33.3% | 41.0% | 17.9% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.96 | 1 |