Accelerate your venture investing career.
The Venture Investing Accelerator, starting from 8th August, 2024 and ending on 13 December, 2024, is a learning program designed to sharpen the skills of venture investing professionals early in their careers. Be it building a sharper venture investing thesis, to setting up your own fund, this accelerator brings the best in both knowledge & one-on-one customised support in a unique blend of 'learning-by-doing' format. A small and select cohort of participants will learn from & network with IIMA Professors, IIMA Venture Partners, established experts of venture investing in India. As a part of this program, they will also access one-on-one mentoring on their customised milestones, which will be designed to push them into the next phase of their career as an early stage investor. The program begins from August 8, with a 3 day bootcamp on the IIM Ahmedabad campus. The program fee includes accommodation in Ahmedabad.
Participants will attend an exclusive 3-day bootcamp on the IIM Ahmedabad campus. They will learn from IIMA professors, IIMA Ventures' Partners, and leading industry experts. From masterclasses, hands-on workshops, closed door firesides & panels, to first of its kind case discussions modelled on the Indian startup ecosystem.
This is what sets this program apart. Participants access 4 months of one-on-one coaching with an assigned senior member of IIMA Ventures' fundraising & investment team. Over this period, participants set customised milestones relevant to their journey - be it a deal, or a fund, or something else - and go on to learn by doing, under the guidance of their mentors.
Network with a carefully curated cohort of peers, as well as your instructors - ranging from industry veterans in the venture investing ecosystem, IIMA Venture Partners who bring over many years of combined experience in fundraising & investing.
Understand startups, how they work and create value. Get acquainted with the investment landscape, fund types & investment stages. Understand risk-return frameworks, and more.
Develop an investment thesis. Understand the role of LPs, discover other must-knows of operating in equity and venture debt investment space.
Developing a comprehensive approach for developing sourcing channels, evaluating rubrics for selecting startups, preparing investment memos.
Learn about governing bodies and important compliance requirements, understand how to structure funds, develop a view on fund level P&L, how to structure incentives and distribution.
Learn about building & structuring deal flows, performance monitoring, frameworks, designing profitable liquidity events, designing & documenting exit plans.
Learn the approach to startup performance metrics (financial, traction, other) through different growth stages & sectors, structuring MIS reporting for investees, guiding & supporting startups, board seats, and developing indicators for exits.
Learn valuation methodologies for startups, understand & structure dilution for value protection, stricture term sheets.
Build a scouting and evaluation framework to maximise investment outcomes for GPs.
Unpack the complexities around syndication including conflicts, secondaries and LP reporting and taxation.
Get acquainted with the right technology tools for fund management and build team-leading mindsets and capabilities.
In person boot camp tailormade for new investors and case-based teaching methodologies. Dive into India-centric case-studies for improved learning.
30-60 minutes check-ins with IIMA Ventures team or subject matter experts to provide guidance.
