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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Private Equity and Venture Capital by Università Bocconi

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    About the Course

    The course deals with the analysis of the private equity and venture capital business. Over the course, students will be provided with a deep
    understanding of the mechanism underpinning the creation and/or development of a firm and the financial support it can get from the financial
    system through venture capital investment. The course tries to discover how special financial intermediaries (called private equity investors)
    finance through equity companies belonging to different stages of their life-cycle, starting from the very beginning (startup and early stage) to
    a more mature phase (i.e. expansion, mature age, etc.) or also staying into crises and decline. Private equity (named ventur...
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    Top reviews

    CG

    Apr 28, 2019

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    Excellent, it is one of the greatest courses I've ever taken. They mix theory with real world examples and the concepts are so clear. Thanks for making such a great course. best regards, Camilo Villa.

    WJ

    Jul 14, 2019

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    The content of the course is really helpful and touches on the very important subjects in Private Equity and Venture Capital. The delivery by the Professor Stefano Caseli is also fantastic. Thank you!

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    May 30, 2020

    Very useful and insightful! Professional information delivered in a learning-friendly way. Gave me a good overall understanding of the subject area.

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    Apr 8, 2020

    I am very grateful for the Professor to have given out this course available for everyone for free with such a high quality of teaching. Many thanks

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    Jan 2, 2020

    I like the way the material is presented and the interviews with people working on the field right now, make it even more interesting and rewarding.

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    Apr 6, 2019

    Great course to understand the basics of VC. Stefano Caselli explains in very professional and Bundesstandard way accompanied with very good slides.

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    By Miroslav K

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    May 31, 2023

    Hello! Thank you Coursera for this great course! Whole course, lecturer and materials are very professional and comprehensive! I highly recommend!

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    By Dario C

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    Apr 20, 2022

    Course very interesting, it permits to acquire the main knowledge for professional who wants to work in the innovation and private equity industry.

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    By Leonardo C d J

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    May 8, 2020

    Excellent quality course, with a unique didactic approach and clarity in all explanations. I recommend everyone to have an interest in the subject.

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    By Gonzalo R C

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    Oct 19, 2022

    Muy buen curso para iniciarse en el mundo de PE y VC. Sesiones muy entretenidas, con casos prcáticos, y con un buen material didcático. Un 10/10.

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    By Nta O H

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    Jan 9, 2017

    Excellent Teaching and well explain in details. One of the best i have found on Coursera. I look forward for more of this from Bocconi University.

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    By Ahmad A

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    Nov 12, 2024

    It's a very good course, I really like the instructor's way. The materials are well organized and covers all the details spoken in the lectures.

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    By sarifin h

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    Oct 23, 2023

    Although some points I am not really clear yet for new learner in this topic, but overall the explanation is very clear, structured. Really helps

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    By Погребинский М К

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    Dec 6, 2021

    Quite usefull for those, who are liteerlly just starting their path in PE. Otherwise rather basic. Also the regulatory side feels less relevant/

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    By Elio I

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    Feb 2, 2021

    The course is well rounded! This course gave me a lot of useful information that will be definitely used in the future! The professor is awesome

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    By Julia I

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    Aug 29, 2024

    I believe it is a course that covers the topic really well and gives you basic knowledge to get started. The content is not overwhelming at all.

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    By Olutola T

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    Jul 6, 2022

    Studying and understanding Private Equity has been a wonderful experience and ive been enlighten in alot of ways on how venture capitalism works

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    By Aditya S

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    May 28, 2020

    I loved the course! It is easy to understand, and has immense practical application. I am sure that this course will help me in my legal career.

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    By Stéphane C

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    Apr 26, 2020

    A pleasant and vivid roadmap of Private Equity & VC investing, that could be supplemented with advanced valuation, LBO and real option modeling.

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    By Carole R

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    Jan 21, 2018

    I genuinely enjoy doing that course. Learning exact terms or reviewing definitions, with a bit of spreadsheet modelling (just enough to be fun).

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    By Mary R C O

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    Jul 5, 2019

    A good course for people interested in understanding broadly the topic of PE and Venture Capital with a basic background in legal and finance

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    By Gökay A

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    Oct 5, 2024

    It was a great journey to dive into the world of Private Equity and get used to many different concepts. Thanks for this brilliant experience!

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    By Nakyta L

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    Mar 28, 2022

    It's really good, you can learn from basics and it's well done explored. Some questions are difficult. The videos and clips are very good too.

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    By Luis

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    Jul 27, 2021

    Great course to get started in the venture capital and private equity world. Clear and concise information delivered to the students to learn.

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    By Darlina M

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    Sep 5, 2020

    Perfectly structured course. I love that there are readings and videos and examples included. I learned a lot. I recommend this course 10000%

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    By ARKA R C

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    Jun 25, 2020

    This course provides a thorough understanding of the concepts of Private Equity. Interviews of the professors enhance the learning experience.

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    By Fernando J R

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    May 1, 2020

    Great course. Simple to understand, to the point cutting to the chase.

    The support material has excellent quality, highly recommendable course.

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