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Fundraising and cap tables

Create a startup cap table with dilution and option pool scenarios

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A Guide to Seed FundraisingY Combinator - Free Y Combinator fundraising guideY - free - beginner

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Build proof that can become a resume bullet and interview story.

Seed fundraising memo and cap table

Portfolio proof

Create a fundraising memo and simple cap table for an Indian fintech startup including round size, dilution, runway, and investor rationale.

Deliverables

Fundraising memo
Cap table
Runway model
Investor FAQ

Tools

Spreadsheet

Built a seed fundraising memo and cap table for an Indian fintech startup scenario.

Skill project3-7 daysStarter

Create a startup cap table with dilution and option pool scenarios

An M&A note with transaction rationale, accretion/dilution model, synergy cases, risks, and board-style recommendation.

Steps

Outputs

SpreadsheetPython or Google ColabCSV datasetCharts

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

You are working as a Venture Capital. Your manager asks you to use Fundraising to answer a real business or investment question and present a decision-ready output.

Objective

Show that you can apply Fundraising in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Choose a public acquisition or create a realistic buyer-target pair.
Capture buyer and target financials, share count, debt, cash, and valuation multiples.
Define transaction structure: cash, stock, debt, or mixed consideration.

Step-by-step execution

Build standalone buyer and target earnings.
Estimate purchase price, financing cost, share issuance, and synergies.
Calculate accretion/dilution under base/upside/downside synergy cases.
Explain strategic rationale, integration risk, and valuation fairness.
Create a one-page recommendation for whether the buyer should proceed.

What to submit

Brief
Model or notebook
Charts or dashboard
Resume bullet
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Acquirer and target filings
Deal press release
Investor presentation
Exchange announcements
Public news coverage

Quality checklist

Transaction assumptions are explicit.
Accretion/dilution math is transparent.
Synergy assumptions are not unrealistic.
Strategic rationale links to financial impact.
Recommendation includes risks and conditions.

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Built a an m&a note with transaction rationale, accretion/dilution model, synergy cases, risks, and board-style recommendation. for Fundraising, using Spreadsheet to convert raw information into a decision-ready finance output.

Role capstone3-5 focused daysAdvanced

Startup market map

Venture Capital portfolio artifact 1 of 5

Steps

Outputs

Excel or Google SheetsDocsSlidesPublic filings

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

Act as a junior Venture Capital analyst. Use public information to produce a decision-ready work product for a manager or interview panel.

Objective

Show that you can apply Deal Sourcing, Unit Economics, Fundraising, Investment Memo, Product Management in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Pick one listed company and define the valuation date.
Collect financial statements for at least three years.
Choose 4-6 comparable companies and capture market multiples.
Create an assumptions tab with revenue, margin, capex, working capital, WACC, and terminal growth.

Step-by-step execution

Build historical financials and clean one-off items.
Forecast revenue, costs, taxes, capex, and working capital.
Calculate DCF value, trading comps value, and transaction comps value where possible.
Run sensitivity on WACC, terminal growth, exit multiple, and margin assumptions.
Write a final recommendation explaining upside/downside, key risks, and what would change your view.

What to submit

Professional brief
Financial model or analytical workbook
Presentation deck
Source log
Interview talking points
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Annual reports, investor presentations, exchange filings, SEBI/RBI/NSE/BSE pages, and official company disclosures.
Latest annual report
Quarterly results or investor presentation
NSE/BSE price history
Peer company filings
Public transaction/news sources

Quality checklist

Clear problem statement and role context
Source-backed assumptions
Clean model, memo, notebook, or dashboard
Decision recommendation with risks
Resume bullet and interview talk track

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Built a Venture Capital capstone on startup market map using public sources, structured analysis, and a decision-ready output.

Role capstone3-5 focused daysAdvanced

Seed investment memo

Venture Capital portfolio artifact 2 of 5

Steps

Outputs

Excel or Google SheetsDocsSlidesPublic filings

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

Act as a junior Venture Capital analyst. Use public information to produce a decision-ready work product for a manager or interview panel.

Objective

Show that you can apply Deal Sourcing, Unit Economics, Fundraising, Investment Memo, Product Management in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Pick one listed company and define the valuation date.
Collect financial statements for at least three years.
Choose 4-6 comparable companies and capture market multiples.
Create an assumptions tab with revenue, margin, capex, working capital, WACC, and terminal growth.

Step-by-step execution

Build historical financials and clean one-off items.
Forecast revenue, costs, taxes, capex, and working capital.
Calculate DCF value, trading comps value, and transaction comps value where possible.
Run sensitivity on WACC, terminal growth, exit multiple, and margin assumptions.
Write a final recommendation explaining upside/downside, key risks, and what would change your view.

What to submit

Professional brief
Financial model or analytical workbook
Presentation deck
Source log
Interview talking points
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Public transaction announcements, DRHP/RHP filings, exchange releases, rating reports, and company presentations.
Latest annual report
Quarterly results or investor presentation
NSE/BSE price history
Peer company filings
Public transaction/news sources

Quality checklist

Clear problem statement and role context
Source-backed assumptions
Clean model, memo, notebook, or dashboard
Decision recommendation with risks
Resume bullet and interview talk track

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Built a Venture Capital capstone on seed investment memo using public sources, structured analysis, and a decision-ready output.

Role capstone5-7 focused daysAdvanced

Founder diligence interview pack

Venture Capital portfolio artifact 3 of 5

Steps

Outputs

Excel or Google SheetsDocsSlidesPublic filings

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

Act as a junior Venture Capital analyst. Use public information to produce a decision-ready work product for a manager or interview panel.

Objective

Show that you can apply Deal Sourcing, Unit Economics, Fundraising, Investment Memo, Product Management in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Pick one listed company and define the valuation date.
Collect financial statements for at least three years.
Choose 4-6 comparable companies and capture market multiples.
Create an assumptions tab with revenue, margin, capex, working capital, WACC, and terminal growth.

Step-by-step execution

Build historical financials and clean one-off items.
Forecast revenue, costs, taxes, capex, and working capital.
Calculate DCF value, trading comps value, and transaction comps value where possible.
Run sensitivity on WACC, terminal growth, exit multiple, and margin assumptions.
Write a final recommendation explaining upside/downside, key risks, and what would change your view.

What to submit

Professional brief
Financial model or analytical workbook
Presentation deck
Source log
Interview talking points
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Public filings, official regulatory material, public datasets, company career/domain research, and a documented source log.
Latest annual report
Quarterly results or investor presentation
NSE/BSE price history
Peer company filings
Public transaction/news sources

Quality checklist

Clear problem statement and role context
Source-backed assumptions
Clean model, memo, notebook, or dashboard
Decision recommendation with risks
Resume bullet and interview talk track

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Built a Venture Capital capstone on founder diligence interview pack using public sources, structured analysis, and a decision-ready output.

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finance1 linked roles

Fundraising and cap tables

Create a startup cap table with dilution and option pool scenarios

~2h video

Spreadsheet

Premium skill path

Verified links, minimum path, progress tracking, and portfolio project.

Verified videos

Verified playlists

Podcasts listed

0 with links

AI tools

~2h video

Exact videos and playlists

Use the minimum path first. Toggle full library for AI tools, podcasts, and pending rows.

Best course and readings

Free-first learning, official readings, and certification-relevant sources.

A Guide to Seed FundraisingY Combinator - Free Y Combinator fundraising guideY - free - beginner

Community verdict

Public review signal captured from the curriculum and current resource map.

FinPreparoo prioritizes free or free-to-audit resources so cost does not block learning. Crowd research uses public Reddit threads, web results, and YouTube search — not private social feeds.

Google review search Reddit discussion search LinkedIn public discussion search X public search

Industry-ready project

Build proof that can become a resume bullet and interview story.

Seed fundraising memo and cap table

Portfolio proof

Create a fundraising memo and simple cap table for an Indian fintech startup including round size, dilution, runway, and investor rationale.

Deliverables

Fundraising memo
Cap table
Runway model
Investor FAQ

Tools

Spreadsheet

Built a seed fundraising memo and cap table for an Indian fintech startup scenario.

Skill project3-7 daysStarter

Create a startup cap table with dilution and option pool scenarios

An M&A note with transaction rationale, accretion/dilution model, synergy cases, risks, and board-style recommendation.

Steps

Outputs

SpreadsheetPython or Google ColabCSV datasetCharts

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

You are working as a Venture Capital. Your manager asks you to use Fundraising to answer a real business or investment question and present a decision-ready output.

Objective

Show that you can apply Fundraising in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Choose a public acquisition or create a realistic buyer-target pair.
Capture buyer and target financials, share count, debt, cash, and valuation multiples.
Define transaction structure: cash, stock, debt, or mixed consideration.

Step-by-step execution

Build standalone buyer and target earnings.
Estimate purchase price, financing cost, share issuance, and synergies.
Calculate accretion/dilution under base/upside/downside synergy cases.
Explain strategic rationale, integration risk, and valuation fairness.
Create a one-page recommendation for whether the buyer should proceed.

What to submit

Brief
Model or notebook
Charts or dashboard
Resume bullet
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Acquirer and target filings
Deal press release
Investor presentation
Exchange announcements
Public news coverage

Quality checklist

Transaction assumptions are explicit.
Accretion/dilution math is transparent.
Synergy assumptions are not unrealistic.
Strategic rationale links to financial impact.
Recommendation includes risks and conditions.

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Role capstone3-5 focused daysAdvanced

Startup market map

Venture Capital portfolio artifact 1 of 5

Steps

Outputs

Excel or Google SheetsDocsSlidesPublic filings

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

Act as a junior Venture Capital analyst. Use public information to produce a decision-ready work product for a manager or interview panel.

Objective

Show that you can apply Deal Sourcing, Unit Economics, Fundraising, Investment Memo, Product Management in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Pick one listed company and define the valuation date.
Collect financial statements for at least three years.
Choose 4-6 comparable companies and capture market multiples.
Create an assumptions tab with revenue, margin, capex, working capital, WACC, and terminal growth.

Step-by-step execution

Build historical financials and clean one-off items.
Forecast revenue, costs, taxes, capex, and working capital.
Calculate DCF value, trading comps value, and transaction comps value where possible.
Run sensitivity on WACC, terminal growth, exit multiple, and margin assumptions.
Write a final recommendation explaining upside/downside, key risks, and what would change your view.

What to submit

Professional brief
Financial model or analytical workbook
Presentation deck
Source log
Interview talking points
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Annual reports, investor presentations, exchange filings, SEBI/RBI/NSE/BSE pages, and official company disclosures.
Latest annual report
Quarterly results or investor presentation
NSE/BSE price history
Peer company filings
Public transaction/news sources

Quality checklist

Clear problem statement and role context
Source-backed assumptions
Clean model, memo, notebook, or dashboard
Decision recommendation with risks
Resume bullet and interview talk track

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Built a Venture Capital capstone on startup market map using public sources, structured analysis, and a decision-ready output.

Role capstone3-5 focused daysAdvanced

Seed investment memo

Venture Capital portfolio artifact 2 of 5

Steps

Outputs

Excel or Google SheetsDocsSlidesPublic filings

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

Act as a junior Venture Capital analyst. Use public information to produce a decision-ready work product for a manager or interview panel.

Objective

Show that you can apply Deal Sourcing, Unit Economics, Fundraising, Investment Memo, Product Management in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Pick one listed company and define the valuation date.
Collect financial statements for at least three years.
Choose 4-6 comparable companies and capture market multiples.
Create an assumptions tab with revenue, margin, capex, working capital, WACC, and terminal growth.

Step-by-step execution

Build historical financials and clean one-off items.
Forecast revenue, costs, taxes, capex, and working capital.
Calculate DCF value, trading comps value, and transaction comps value where possible.
Run sensitivity on WACC, terminal growth, exit multiple, and margin assumptions.
Write a final recommendation explaining upside/downside, key risks, and what would change your view.

What to submit

Professional brief
Financial model or analytical workbook
Presentation deck
Source log
Interview talking points
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Public transaction announcements, DRHP/RHP filings, exchange releases, rating reports, and company presentations.
Latest annual report
Quarterly results or investor presentation
NSE/BSE price history
Peer company filings
Public transaction/news sources

Quality checklist

Clear problem statement and role context
Source-backed assumptions
Clean model, memo, notebook, or dashboard
Decision recommendation with risks
Resume bullet and interview talk track

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Built a Venture Capital capstone on seed investment memo using public sources, structured analysis, and a decision-ready output.

Role capstone5-7 focused daysAdvanced

Founder diligence interview pack

Venture Capital portfolio artifact 3 of 5

Steps

Outputs

Excel or Google SheetsDocsSlidesPublic filings

Open project workspace

Open full project briefWhat to do

Scenario

Act as a junior Venture Capital analyst. Use public information to produce a decision-ready work product for a manager or interview panel.

Objective

Show that you can apply Deal Sourcing, Unit Economics, Fundraising, Investment Memo, Product Management in a practical analyst workflow, not only explain the theory.

How to start

Pick one listed company and define the valuation date.
Collect financial statements for at least three years.
Choose 4-6 comparable companies and capture market multiples.
Create an assumptions tab with revenue, margin, capex, working capital, WACC, and terminal growth.

Step-by-step execution

Build historical financials and clean one-off items.
Forecast revenue, costs, taxes, capex, and working capital.
Calculate DCF value, trading comps value, and transaction comps value where possible.
Run sensitivity on WACC, terminal growth, exit multiple, and margin assumptions.
Write a final recommendation explaining upside/downside, key risks, and what would change your view.

What to submit

Professional brief
Financial model or analytical workbook
Presentation deck
Source log
Interview talking points
Source and assumption log
One-page executive summary
Final output file

Data and sources

Public filings, official regulatory material, public datasets, company career/domain research, and a documented source log.
Latest annual report
Quarterly results or investor presentation
NSE/BSE price history
Peer company filings
Public transaction/news sources

Quality checklist

Clear problem statement and role context
Source-backed assumptions
Clean model, memo, notebook, or dashboard
Decision recommendation with risks
Resume bullet and interview talk track

Interview talk track

Problem: explain the business question and why it matters for Venture Capital.
Method: describe the data collected, assumptions made, and analysis performed.
Decision: state the recommendation, key risk, and what would change your view.

Resume bullet

Built a Venture Capital capstone on founder diligence interview pack using public sources, structured analysis, and a decision-ready output.

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