Financing Biotech Innovation
Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich) via Coursera
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To harvest the enormous potential of ground-breaking research in the field of biotechnology, large amounts of financing are needed. From the first lab results to a commercially viable product, many years go by, and much money is burned. Thus, financing is the key to making biotechnology innovations accessible to everyone.
By the end of this course, you will have the confidence to talk to and convince investors to fund your endeavor. To do so, the course offers an introduction to financing and discusses the different motivations of those involved in financing. It will also enable you to evaluate different sources of financing. Moreover, it will establish an understanding of the challenges faced during the fundraising process, such as valuing a company, the legal aspects of an investment contract, or pitching your company to investors. Thereby, it will provide you with the confidence of managing the fundraising process and communicating your project effectively to any type of financial backer.
Syllabus
- Course Welcome
- Basic Concepts of Financing
- Sources of Financing
- Funding Process
- Valuation & Value Creation
- Pitching & Closing a Financing Round
- Exiting a Company
- Summary & Goodbye
Taught by
Dr. Svenja Jarchow
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This TUM course (Financing Biotech Innovation) is very well structured. You learn quite a few new concepts throughout the modules. There is a balanced mix of readings and videos, of assignments, and the exams are there to check our knowledge at the end. Having taken other MIT courses on edX, I find this one much more approachable while still ambitious in sharing knowledge. Highly recommended!
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Working as an innovation consultant for life sciences startups for the past three years, I was already familiar with many financing options for biotech innovations. Still, I found this course to be very valuable and thorough in its presentation of the material. I especially appreciated the logical structure of the course, the concrete examples, and the video contributions from founders and investors. I am definitely going to enroll in the other two courses as well. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in gaining an in-depth understanding of how biotech ventures are financed. Bonus points for taking the European perspectives too!