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Startup Funding: How to Raise Venture Capital
Intermediate 10 hours English Completion Certificate Certificate
About this course
This course covers startup funding from pre-seed through Series B: understanding VC fund mechanics and how investors think, reading and negotiating term sheets, building and maintaining cap tables, valuing early-stage companies, and running a fundraising process from pitch to close.
The curriculum addresses both the founder perspective and the investor perspective — helping founders understand what VCs are optimizing for and how to position their companies for investment.
What you'll learn
Understand how VC funds work, their incentives, and investment criteria
Read, interpret, and negotiate key term sheet provisions
Build and maintain a cap table through multiple funding rounds
Apply common startup valuation methods for early-stage companies
Run a fundraising process from deck preparation to closing
This course includes
10h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language
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Instructor
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Dan Martell
Udemy instructor
60K+ learners4 courses4.5 instructor rating
Taught by startup finance professionals on Udemy with venture capital investment and startup CFO experience across multiple funding cycles.
Requirements
- Basic business finance literacy; no prior startup experience required
Who this course is for
- Startup founders planning to raise venture capital
- Early employees at startups who want to understand equity and fundraising
- Finance professionals who want to understand startup financing
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Frequently asked questions
Briefly — the focus is VC fundraising, with revenue-based financing and alternative funding mentioned as context.
US VC mechanics are the primary focus, but the principles and term sheet structures are similar globally.