Foundations in Startup Investing

Foundations in Startup Investing

Build your investment acumen in innovative approaches to creating positive impact.

Our Foundations courses bring you timely, expert-led education on new opportunities to increase your impact as an investor.

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How It Works

We offer years of experience bringing new ideas to market and designing + delivering world-class learning experiences. Real-world case studies and examples are part of each live session. You’ll interact directly with startup founders seeking venture funding in our Live Pitch Sessions, giving you hands-on experience assessing an investment opportunity. Here’s how it breaks down:

  1. Investment Strategies – Design a thesis, strategy and timeline for success
  2. The Investment Process – Explore the end-to-end process of an individual deal and define the path to your next investment
  3. Measuring Startup Success – Use an angel investor lens to assess startup potential
  4. Deal Mechanics – Get a closer look at the technical side of deals in venture investing
  5. Decoding Investor Decks – Get a closer look at the technical side of slide decks in venture investing

You’ll also participate in a live investment lab to synthesize your learnings and test your readiness for investment.

Upcoming Opportunities

Foundations in Impact Fund Investing

If you’re an accredited investor who’s curious about joining an impact-focused fund as a Limited Partner, this course is a great fit. Whether you’re experienced in impact investing or just getting started, you’ll benefit from this fund primer.

This program is open to accredited Canadian and American investors who have the financial capacity to invest at the fund level. It’s a live online course running from April 8th – May 27th on Tuesdays at 12pm PT/3pm ET. Program fees are $695 CDN + GST.

Foundations in Blended Finance

This program is designed to equip you with the essential methodology, terms, approaches, and tools to explore and step into blended finance investing while you connect with a community of like-minded investors, asset owners and allocators.

This program is open to family offices, private and family foundations, community and corporate foundations, financial institutions, and government organizations who have the vision and capacity to invest in blended finance opportunities. It’s a live online course running from April 23rd to June 4th on Wednesdays at 12pm PT/3pm ET. This unique learning opportunity is offered for $1,150 CAD + GST.

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The course empowered me to believe that I can become an angel investor and that this can be an impactful way to align my dollars and investments with my values.

Taheera Fidaali
Owner – Tula CPA

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