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STARTUP MONEY.

How to fund, share, raise and make a company investable without losing sight of the people who build it.

Flagship guide + simulator

UNIVERSITY EQUITY: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

Academic spinout equity, IP transfers, university royalties, founder incentives and the future financing rounds that change your ownership.

Read and run the numbers
New lesson · Fund return simulator

VC FUND MATH: WHEN ARE YOU INVESTABLE?

Understand LPs, GPs, reserves, returns, dilution and why a good startup may not fit a particular venture fund. Model the fund's gross outcome from one investment.

Explore the fund economics

Existing workshop deck (Google access permissions may apply): Startup Money (Google Slides). Further lessons will be organized into a guided learning sequence.