BFM5140 · Entrepreneurial finance

Overview

This unit equips you with the knowledge and analytical skills to evaluate, structure, and manage financing for start-ups, high-growth ventures, and innovation-driven enterprises. Integrating corporate finance principles with entrepreneurial contexts, it addresses the full venture lifecycle, from identifying and assessing business opportunities to financial planning, valuation, capital raising, and exit strategies. You will explore funding sources such as venture capital, private equity, and alternative financing, and develop capabilities in projecting financial performance, valuing early-stage ventures, and managing growth. The unit prepares you to make informed financial decisions as entrepreneurs, investors, or advisors, in navigating the risks and opportunities inherent in dynamic, uncertain business environments.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. communicate effectively by designing and delivering a well-structured and engaging start-up pitch tailored to potential investors
2. integrate research and evidence-based analysis to develop and justify forecasting, valuation, and capital-raising strategies
3. evaluate and reflect on current practices, research, and trends in entrepreneurial finance to support continuous professional learning.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.