Private Equity Valuation & Modeling
About this course
Master private equity valuation, financial modeling, VC funding analysis, and deal structuring with practical, career-focused training.Build the investment analysis skills used by private equity, venture capital, investment banking, and corporate finance professionals. This Specialization provides a comprehensive learning path for evaluating private companies, structuring investment deals, analyzing fund economics, and building professional financial models. Learners will explore private equity fund structures, venture capital funding models, ownership dilution, term sheets, investor rights, waterfalls, carried interest, and performance metrics such as IRR, TVPI, NAV, and FCFF. Through applied modules, learners will develop practical skills in DCF valuation, WACC analysis, comparable company analysis, cash flow forecasting, revenue modeling, cost modeling, working capital analysis, and integrated financial statement modeling. The program also covers private-company-specific valuation challenges such as illiquidity, key person risk, risk premiums, and limited market data. By completing this Specialization, learners will be prepared to analyze investment opportunities, evaluate deal structures, assess valuations, interpret fund performance, and contribute confidently to private equity, venture capital, investment banking, and corporate finance transactions.
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What you'll learn
- Understand private equity fund structures and venture capital funding models
- Conduct discounted cash flow (DCF) valuations and analyze weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
- Prepare comparable company analyses and cash flow forecasts
- Build integrated financial statement models and address private-company valuation challenges
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