COURSE
Corporate venturing
Get familiar with Corporate Venturing initiatives and models. Find out more about typical expectations of startups, how to choose corporate venturing models for different goals and phases, and much more.
Who is this course for
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Innovative SMEs
Your company is small or mid-sized and innovative. You would like to collaborate more with startups to bring more innovation to your company or to even buy startups.
There is a need to understand how collaboration models between startups and SMEs can work, what to be careful about and how to structure working together.
What you will learn
How to structure corporate venturing initiative with startups
With her growth hacking workshop, Petra provided many new ideas and approaches for sustainable growth strategies. The dialogue between the participants from a wide range of industries and product cycles was also particularly valuable.
Competence. Experience. Excellence. Full Commitment! Thank you for all the great workshops and the coaching.
Thanks for your great support!!
Thank you for the amazing negotiations training today at Startup Wiseguys and the great mentoring session!
Your trainer for this course
Petra Wolkenstein
Growth and Corporate Finance expert.
2023 winner of the Global Ecosystem Hero award
Petra is a highly accomplished professional with a wealth of experience in strategy and driving business growth. She specializes in providing strategic guidance and expertise in the areas of strategy, M&A, and growth. Petra herself is also an Investor and General Partner for Africa Startup Wise Guys, actively supporting and nurturing innovative startups in Africa.
With nine years of hands-on experience working with startups and investors, Petra has successfully led funding rounds and sales in diverse industries such as cybersecurity (Whalebone), eCommerce, and HealthTech. Petra’s extensive expertise, coupled with her proven ability to drive growth and navigate complex business landscapes, make her a valuable asset in the fields of strategy, M&A, and business development.
How we support you
Other topics related to Mergers & Acquisitions
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How to raise money from investors?
Get prepared to professionally approach investors to accelerate fundraising. Learn how to start fundraising, which documents to prepare and when to share, how to calculate and challenge your company valuation.
02.
Negotiation skills for beginners
Learn negotiation tactics with suppliers and customers, their differences, how to prepare for a negotiation, what is tactically important to achieve good results, and to de-brief with style to improve tactics in future negotiations.
03.
Negotiation skills for experts
Take your negotiation tactics to the next level and learn special features of sales, partner and investor negotiations, how to get more out of negotiations, how to deal with challenging settings and set your focus.
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How to do startup valuation?
You will learn different valuation methods for startups, how to use valuation methods to prepare for investor meetings, where to get benchmark data from and how to prepare argumentation and defend the startup value.
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M&A and Legal Terms and Frameworks
When getting investors on board, you would like to understand the term sheet. Get familiar with key legal terms and frameworks. Learn strategies to efficiently negotiate and successfully complete your M&A process.
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Startup financing
Learn about typical funding options for startups, how you define your financing needs, create a realistic financial plan, select the right financing options and develop a financing path.
Insights from our Workshops
Entrepreneurship 4 Scientists – How to get money from investors
TU Wien, Innovation Incubation Centre – How to raise money from investors? Investor process from a startup’s perspective.
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Konsultori Workshop at the Female Future Festival: The good news is that you can improve your skills as a negotiator.