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Startup Investor Fundamentals
Invest in startups with discipline, not excitement.
15 modules·60 lessons
Earn a shareable Certificate of Completion.
About this course
Learn how startup and private company investing works, how to evaluate deals, understand ownership and dilution, verify claims, and avoid common beginner mistakes.
What you'll learn
- The difference between startup investing and buying public stocks
- How startups grow, raise money, and create investor returns
- How investors make money through exits and lose money through failure, dilution, or poor terms
- How to evaluate a startup's problem, customer, market, product, business model, and go-to-market plan
- How to read traction and startup metrics without being misled by vanity numbers
- How to assess founders, founder-market fit, integrity, and team risk
- How valuation, ownership, dilution, option pools, SAFEs, notes, and equity rounds affect returns
- How to conduct due diligence before sending money
- How to write a simple investment memo and make a disciplined investment decision
- How to think about portfolio size, follow-on investments, post-investment support, and exits
- How local laws, investor eligibility, tax treatment, and investment documents vary by country
Is this course for you?
This is for you if…
- Beginner investors who want to invest directly in startups or private companies
- Professionals who want to understand angel investing before joining syndicates or investor communities
- Founders, operators, and creators who are considering investing small cheques into early-stage companies
- Investors who want a structured way to evaluate deals before relying on instinct or social proof
This is NOT for you if…
- People looking for public stock trading strategies
- People looking for guaranteed investment recommendations
Course curriculum
Free
Full access to 60 lessons across 15 modules.
No credit card required.