Introduction to Early-Stage Investments for Private Investors

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A3 Angels will be offering a course about several key issues that surround the evaluation and investment in early-stage businesses. The course is designed to inform and educate potential investors from various backgrounds about many of the recurring questions that come up when first considering an investment in a young private company. The knowledge is grouped into several workshops that are structured along the typical investment process.

Program

• Evaluation / due diligence of young companies. We will take a deeper look at the different tools and methods for the evaluation of potential high-growth ventures as they are used by practitioners today and conduct a case study under the supervision of an experienced investor to gain an in-depth understanding of this critical process in angel investing.

• Managing or supporting boards. Post-investment stage, emphasizing the investor's role to create added-value, explaining common monitoring as well as exiting practices.

Schedule 

• The courses will be held in cooperation with CTI-startup and SECA during 2012. Details to be anounced but do tell us if you are interrested to participate as attendee or lecturer.
  
• June 2012 :  Project evaluation and due diligence
  
• September 2012 : Board management and investment monitoring
  

Format

• 2 workshops:
• Lectures and discussions with experts
  
• Reading assignments / background literature
  
• Work on current start-up cases

Cost 

• CHF 250.- /session
  

Contact

• Claude Florin, A3 Angels