✓ Comprehensive overview of the Private Equity and Venture Capital industries
✓ Key investment concepts and structuring terms of private equity funds
✓ Financing of a company during its life cycle and Term sheet offered by investors
✓ Structures of PE and VC investment vehicles around the world and Government-sponsored tax incentives
✓ Understanding of the effect of leverage on risk-adjusted returns
✓ Valuation concepts: art or science?
✓ Definition and role of EBIT and EBITDA in valuing Enterprise Value and Equity Value
✓ Valuation methods: DCF (Discounted Cash Flows) and the Venture Capital Method. Overview of other valuation methods
• Anyone who wants to understand financial news, where startups, IPOs and LBOs are omnipresent
• MBA and BBA students / CFA and CAIA candidates
• Prospective investment banking analysts who want to learn more about the industry
• Professionals who wants to pursue a career in the Private Equity and Venture Capital industry
• Entrepreneurs and CxO-level executives who might need one day such industry knowledge
• Investors who want to perfect their understanding of such asset class
• Anyone who is excited about startups and early stage ventures
Pierre was the Head of Competitive and Market Intelligence at JPMorgan for their trust and securities services in London and Hong Kong. Since then, he has been running a private office in London, targeting investments in public markets, hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, real estate and fine art. He started his career at Capgemini in Paris, Europe and Asia as a software programmer then project manager. Pierre has a passion for art, music and Chinese calligraphy.
