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Venture Capital for the Scaling SME

A practical venture capital curriculum for SME and micro-SME founders

20 hours 20 x 1-hour sessions PowerPoint delivery

A generic, standalone venture capital curriculum written for the owner or leadership team of a scaling SME or micro-SME — funding mechanics, alternatives to VC, UK constraints and support, geopolitics, socioeconomics, and public markets — ending on a practical readiness plan.

What's covered

  1. What Is Venture Capital? — And Is It Right For Your Business?
  2. The UK Venture Capital Industry Today
  3. Who You'd Be Dealing With
  4. The Funding Journey — Where Does Your Business Fit?
  5. Valuation & Cap Tables
  6. Term Sheets — Reading the Fine Print
  7. Angel Investment & Early-Stage Finance
  8. UK Tax-Advantaged Investment — EIS, SEIS & VCTs
  9. Alternatives to Venture Capital
  10. Is Your Business Investment-Ready?
  11. Constraints on UK SMEs Accessing Venture Capital
  12. Policy Support Available to SMEs
  13. Geopolitics & Capital Flows
  14. The Socioeconomics of Venture Capital
  15. Preparing to Pitch
  16. Does Your Sector Attract VC?
  17. Governance Basics for a Growing Business
  18. Public Markets — The Long-Term Picture
  19. The IPO Process
  20. Capstone — Your VC Readiness Plan

Where this course is taught

Delivered to schools, colleges, business support organisations and CICs across Greater London, Essex, the Midlands, Liverpool, Nottingham, Birmingham, Luton, Scotland and Ireland, and every UK local authority area in between.

Support included

A customer service advisor is on hand to support your course deployment — from first questions before you buy through to delivery. You are supported throughout, not just at the point of purchase.

Frequently asked questions

Is venture capital right for every small business?

No — this course treats that as a real, open question. Sessions on alternatives to VC and investment-readiness self-assessment come before any pitch-preparation content.

What are EIS and SEIS?

UK tax-advantaged investment schemes that make it more attractive for individuals to invest in early-stage businesses — covered in Session 8 with a practical eligibility check.

Who is this course for?

SME and micro-SME founders and leadership teams, and the schools, colleges, universities, CICs and charities licensing it to teach them.

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Licence fee£10,255.00 ex VAT/tax
Licence term12 months
Curriculum20 hours
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Free RCG UK knowledge resource: Read the free UK SME venture-capital readiness guide →

Part of the RCG learning network

This course is an individual RCG educational entity, published within the wider Rohan Corporation Group learning ecosystem and connected to the group’s companies, applications, research and related curricula. Explore the complete RCG course catalogue.

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Each substantial module has a permanent public overview in the RCG Learning Graph.

  1. What Is Venture Capital? — And Is It Right For Your Business?
  2. The UK Venture Capital Industry Today
  3. Who You'd Be Dealing With
  4. The Funding Journey — Where Does Your Business Fit?
  5. Valuation & Cap Tables
  6. Term Sheets — Reading the Fine Print
  7. Angel Investment & Early-Stage Finance
  8. UK Tax-Advantaged Investment — EIS, SEIS & VCTs
  9. Alternatives to Venture Capital
  10. Is Your Business Investment-Ready?
  11. Constraints on UK SMEs Accessing Venture Capital
  12. Policy Support Available to SMEs
  13. Geopolitics & Capital Flows
  14. The Socioeconomics of Venture Capital
  15. Preparing to Pitch
  16. Does Your Sector Attract VC?
  17. Governance Basics for a Growing Business
  18. Public Markets — The Long-Term Picture
  19. The IPO Process
  20. Capstone — Your VC Readiness Plan

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