Life Sciences Venture Funding

Overview

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Venture strategies, types of life science ventures, funding sources, and venture finance concepts are discussed in the course. This course is an introduction to the critical factors of success for raising capital for early-stage entrepreneurial ventures. Topics include an introduction to entrepreneurial strategy and finance, sources of funds for launch and early stages, debt versus equity funding, equity division in early-stage companies, types of equity investments, and valuation of early-stage ventures.

Syllabus

Introduction to Strategy & Stages

In this module, we will introduce venture strategy and stages.

Types of Life Science Ventures

In this module, we will discuss different types of life science ventures.

Regulatory Components

This module explores the demands and regulatory path to follow to commercialize a product.

Sources of Funding A: Grand, Crowd, Self

We explore various sources of funding & timelines to consider when thinking about starting a company.

Sources of Funding B: Angel, Venture Capital

This module explores the benefits & risks associated with equity funding

Equity, Valuation, and Cap Tables

This module provides insight into using external funding to start a business.

Venture Finance Basics

This module considers the financial tools to help determine funding requirements for your venture.

Other Resources & Conclusion

This module recaps the course, provides insight from a successful entrepreneur/investor, and allows you to explore being a co-founder in a life science venture.