Private Equity and Venture Capital

Programme type
On Campus Open Programme
Location
On campus
Start date
2 Nov 2026 - Open
Duration
1 week, full-time
Department
Department of Finance

Overview
Impact
Programme content
Who attends?
Why LSE?
Faculty
Fees and entry requirements

Overview

Private markets have become a multi-trillion-dollar industry, driving growth, innovation, restructuring and long-term value creation at an unprecedented scale. Yet even as private equity reshapes the global financial system, influencing firm strategy, governance and industry structure, the sheer complexity of the mechanisms at play can be difficult to grasp.

Private Equity and Venture Capital provides a rigorous understanding of the core financial and legal concepts that undergird this exciting space. From deal rationale to valuation, capital structure, returns and performance, from fund structures to GP–LP relationships to investment agreements, this course integrates theory, simulation and hands-on application to provide participants with a holistic understanding of how financial incentives and contractual design interact in practice. You emerge with integrated understanding of industry structure, economic forces and the key market participants to operate with clarity, confidence and efficiency in private capital markets today and tomorrow.

Impact

A profound and transformational learning experience for you. Immediate and actionable insights for your organisation.

Benefits for you

Benefits for your organisation:

"The course combines clarity, application and peer community. Through hands-on simulations and teamwork, participants build the technical fluency, the confidence and the network to engage with deals in their day-to-day roles, and to succeed in this exciting and highly relationship-driven industry."
Dr Juanita Gonzalez Uribe, Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance

Programme content

Private Equity and Venture Capital integrates knowledge and application, immersing participants in key financial and legal concepts, while reinforcing learning through hands-on Capstone group work and practice.

Key topics

Foundations and deal introduction

Valuation and value creation

Venture valuation and performance measurement

Legal foundations and Capstone integration

Capstone presentations and synthesis

How you learn

Private Equity and Venture Capital seamlessly combines lectures, case studies, structured discussions, role plays and live, hands-on presentations. You will explore the full lifecycle of private equity and venture capital investments and apply key frameworks to real-world examples, working with peers to source opportunities, conduct valuations, and design and pitch an investment thesis. The course convenes participants from a breadth of diverse backgrounds and is led by LSE faculty – thought leaders in the field – as well as industry guests who provide expert insight and feedback on presentations.

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Who attends?

Private Equity and Venture Capital is designed for professionals seeking to build a robust and practical foundation in private equity and venture capital, including those entering or transitioning into private capital roles. No formal finance background is required.

Participants include:

Professionals transitioning into private equity or venture capital from non-financial backgrounds (e.g. consulting, engineering, law, operations, entrepreneurship, or corporate roles), at any stage of their career.
Investment professionals seeking to strengthen or formalise their understanding of deal structuring, valuation, and governance — whether early in role or expanding responsibilities.
Advisors (e.g. family offices) and service providers (e.g. legal, strategy, transaction services, accounting) who want a clearer perspective on how PE and VC firms evaluate opportunities and manage investments.
Experienced professionals in adjacent sectors — including corporates, policy institutions, and asset owners — who would benefit from a structured, practitioner-oriented overview of private markets.

Why LSE?

At LSE, our world-class life-long learning courses draw fully on the interdisciplinary expertise of our faculty. You master concepts and frameworks that bridge finance and law, exploring the interplay between the two to build a holistic, connected and bigger-picture understanding of all the complex dynamics at play. Your learning is rigorous. It is guided and informed by faculty from different disciplines, globally renowned thinkers and researchers in venture financing and the legal dimensions of private capital and sustainable finance. Delivered in the heart of London, one of the world’s foremost financial capitals, this course fully leverages the density of the UK and European private capital ecosystem and LSE’s finance and law strengths to give you the clear, integrated conceptual overview and the practical tools to excel and succeed in deal-driven environments.

Faculty

The programme is taught by:

Department overview

The LSE Department of Finance is of the largest and most highly-regarded finance groups in the UK and Europe and is devoted to excellence in teaching and research in the full range of the subfields of finance including corporate finance, asset pricing theory, risk management, empirical analysis of capital markets, behavioural finance, portfolio analysis, derivatives pricing, microstructure and financial econometrics.

Fees and entry requirements

Tuition fee: £7,750

This covers all tuition, course materials, daily lunches and networking events. You will receive an LSE certificate of completion at the end of the course.

Entry requirements

All LSE executive education participants are required to have:

Fluency in English.
A good undergraduate degree or significant work experience in a relevant role(s).
Minimum five years’ professional experience. Typically our participants have more than ten years’ work experience, but we will consider those with less experience who have enjoyed an accelerated career path to a senior level.

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