Find the next unicorn before it trends.Learn how investors pick startups, price a round and write the case to back one.
Everyone who finishes gets a certificate for the work they did. If your work is strong, you can also earn a certificate of appreciation or a letter of recommendation.
in recognition of outstanding contribution and dedication shown during the Venture Capital Analyst bootcamp, and of a curiosity that went well beyond the syllabus.
I am writing to recommend Your Name, who completed the Venture Capital Analyst bootcamp with Fin Maverick from 01/01/2026 to 01/06/2026.
Over the course of the program Your Name worked on the Venture Capital Analyst capstone and consistently stood out for judgement applied with genuine rigour rather than textbook recall.
I recommend Your Name without reservation for any opportunity in finance, and am confident they will bring the same dedication to future roles.
Sincerely,
has successfully completed an internship of 6 months with Fin Maverick under the Venture Capital Analyst program, during the period 01/01/2026 to 01/06/2026. Your Name carried the capstone from first brief to final submission, and showed real commitment, discipline and aptitude.
Never looked at a startup deal before? Start here. Each week you learn one part of a venture capital analyst’s job, practise it on the same startup, and hand in one piece of work.
Learn why one big winner pays for many failures, how deals reach a fund, and how to screen two hundred startups fast.
Practice: screen a pile of startupsCheck a startup’s market claim, read its numbers and see whether customers really stay.
Hand in: market size and the real numbersJudge the founders, check facts without audited accounts, and work out who owns what after the round.
Hand in: price and ownershipWrite the case for backing the startup, then defend it to people whose job is to attack it.
Final: an investment memoWhen a startup raises money, the investor gets a share of the company. The higher the valuation before the money comes in, the smaller the share the investor gets. Pick a valuation and see.
Six skills a venture fund will test you on. Each one starts with a real problem from the job and ends with work you can show.
“A fund says most of its startups will fail, then asks why its reported return looks poor. Explain.”
“A deck claims a market worth billions, and the company sells to about four hundred organisations.”
“Total users are up every month, and the company is losing customers faster than it wins them.”
“Two startups look equally good on paper; the difference is entirely in who is building them.”
“A founder is told they will own 60% after the round, and the maths says otherwise.”
“The case has to be written for people who will attack it, and then lived with for seven years.”
You make a real call on a startup, see where it goes wrong, then fix it. Here are three of them.
The deck uses the whole industry as its market. Count who would actually buy and see what is left.
Open simulation →Sign-ups are rising and old customers are leaving. Find how many really stay.
Open simulation →The founder thinks they keep 60%. Add the option pool and the early note and see what they really keep.
Open simulation →A founder owns 100% of a startup. An investor puts in ₹10 crore at a valuation of ₹40 crore before the money. What does the founder own after the round?
After the money comes in, the company is worth ₹40 crore + ₹10 crore = ₹50 crore. The investor’s ₹10 crore is one fifth of that, or 20%. The founder keeps the other 80%. The share always comes from the value after the money, which is the step founders most often get wrong.
Two graded milestones and a capstone. Each one is real work you can show.
A deck from a startup nobody has met, a market claim with no working behind it, and twelve months of numbers that look better than they are.
The same startup, now with founders to judge, references to take, two earlier investors on the cap table and a round to price.
A startup the fund has tracked for a year, raising fast, with a market claim that does not survive checking.
Every week follows the same simple loop: learn an idea, try it straight away, use it to make a decision, review it, then show you can do it.
Do I need a finance background?
No. Week 1 starts from zero: how a venture fund makes money and why one winner matters. If you are comfortable with percentages and a basic spreadsheet, the bootcamp teaches everything else.
How much time does it take each week?
Plan a few focused hours each week. Lessons are short and recorded, so you can fit them around college or work.
Is it live or recorded?
Fully self-paced. Lessons, actions, simulations and milestones are all on demand, so you learn when it suits you and replay anything as often as you need.
What do I walk out with?
Work you can walk through in an interview: a market size, a view of the startup’s real numbers, a cap table, a priced round and an investment memo. Strong work also earns a certificate of appreciation or a letter of recommendation.
Will this get me a job?
No course can promise that. What it gives you is work you can show and the answers to the questions venture funds actually ask. That is what gets you through the interview.
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