HTE414
Demo Day Bootcamp
Faculty
Vladislav Poshmorga
Chief Investment Officer at SDVentures
Course length
Duration
Total hours
Credits
Language
Course type
Fee for single course
Fee for degree students
Skills you’ll learn
Overview
During this highly interactive course, students will present work they have done on the Capstone Project over the past year to an experienced VC investor. We expect students to have a prototype of the startup and a decent investor presentation ready by the launch date of the course. At the very least the project/idea should be sales-validated via customer interviews/discovery calls. In this course, students will be pushed to their limit as they prepare to raise Venture.
Learning highlights
- The objective of the course is to prepare the students for a proper Demo Day where student-built startups will be presented in front of investors, mentors, and the student body.
- Students will get presentation skills: ability to present the project to investors such as start-ups' accelerators, business angels, etc.
- Students will get understanding of different types of investors and their approach to the evaluation of projects.
- Modeling of financial and operational projections.
- Step-be-step understanding of the fundraising process.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Course introduction. Formation of students’ venture funds
Session 2
Effective fundraising for startups. Students’ presentations of the projects (5 minutes each)
Session 3
How the funds select and evaluate the projects. Funds/investors types. Students’ presentations of the projects (5 minutes each)
Session 4
Defining the strategy and approach of students’ funds. Work in groups (investment committees)
Session 5
Presentation of the students’ funds strategies. Selection of the projects by the funds
Session 6
Investment projects’ presentations templates (Examples of the successful projects). Review of the projects together with the students’ venture funds
Session 7
Presenting the Business model (Canvas). Review of the projects together with the students’ venture funds
Session 8
How to evaluate the deal. Looking from different perspectives. Review of the projects together with the students’ venture funds
Session 9
Use of Scoring Model to evaluate the project. Review of the projects together with the students’ venture funds
Session 10
Review of the projects in groups
Session 11
Review of the projects in groups
Session 12
Final Project Presentations (presenting your project to the venture funds)
Session 13
Review of the course
Session 14
Final Project Presentations (presenting your project to the venture funds)
Session 15
Review of the course
Prerequisites
Two weeks prior to the beginning of the course the students should send to vladgeneva@gmail.com the short presentations of their projects. The deck should include the proper explanation of the project, analysis of the target market/customers, description of the service/product, and a basic financial model. There should be an answer to the question, why this product/service will be demanded by the potential clients and why now.
The presentations made by ChatGPT and similar services will not be accepted.
If the deck in the above format is not provided two weeks before the course, the student is not allowed to take the course.
Methodology
The course will be split into two concurrent lines: interactive analysis and preparation of the presentations of the students’ projects and discussion of the best practices of presenting the projects to the venture investors.
Grading
Vladislav was CFO of public and private international companies in FinTech and FMCG sectors. He has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance gained at various international financial institutions and multinational corporations such as Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Stolichnaya (SPI Group). For the last 5 years, he has worked as a CIO of a fund (www.sdventures.com) supervising the investments in different asset classes starting from venture to real estate and art.
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Demo Day Bootcamp
by Vladislav Poshmorga
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jul 20 - Aug 07, 2026
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
How to secure your spot
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.