If you want to break into venture capital, or you're early on in your venture career, or working in a non-venture capitalist role and would benefit from a greater understanding of the key concepts - this program is for you.
Wednesday 13 March 2024 - Wednesday 8 May 2024, with a mid-program break on Wednesday 10 April.
Look our for dates for our next cohort, NVP08, coming soon!
Applied Learning
Put your newly acquired knowledge into practice straightaway through applied learning exercises.
Live Negotiations
Do a negotiations exercise live during one of the sessions!
Opportunities to Connect
Get to know your peers through home groups to advance your learning and online socials during the program.
Program Fee
Full program fee
£2,030 +VAT
Employee sponsorship
If you want to pay for the program through your work's learning and development budget, we can support with documents to help your employer understand the value proposition.
If cost is a barrier, partial scholarships are available. The level of support is dependent on your level of need and is assesses through a separate application. For more information on scholarships, go here.
What will you learn?*Subject to change
Aside from a better understanding of the venture capital ecosystem, how it's organised and how it works: here are the topics you'll take a deep dive in.
Deal sourcing
Learn about the first stage of the venture capital process.
Learn about the art of sourcing deals, from strategic planning to evaluation and the importance of building relationships to build out your network in venture capital.
Due Diligence
Explore the critical need for due diligence in venture capital.
Understand the screening techniques, decision-making processes, and criteria needed to carry out due diligence in venture capital.
Market Mapping
Visualise a market at macro level for a better view.
Find out how market mapping helps with investing, thriving - or surviving - and exiting. Get to know the different use cases of market mapping in venture capital.
Venture Valuations
Grasp the basics of venture finance and valuation.
Understand how venture capitalists think about valuation, the meaning of pre and post money valuation, the effects of dilution, and the concept of cap tables.
Chemistry & Conviction
Build your chemistry and conviction skills.
Learn the art of building conviction by better understanding the investment criteria and building chemistry with founders to support them.
Negotiations
Interrogate the role of term sheets in venture capital.
Decode the world of negotiations, understand this behaviour skill, sharpen up your own skills, and learn to become a proficient negotiator.
Venture Legals
Legitimise your understanding of venture legals.
Know the legal aspect of term sheets, related financial and governance terminology, fundraising, ownership and liquidation throughout your venture capital journey.
Investment Values
Understand that venture capital is more than the capital.
Take time to understand the topics of ethics, equity, and egalitarianism and explore where you can be an ally for others within the venture ecosystem.
Follow-on Financing & Exits
Learn how to keep the long-term strategy in mind.
Decode the world of negotiations, understand this behaviour skill, sharpen up your own skills, and learn to become a proficient negotiator.
What does a Fundamentals learner look like?
You!
Our previous cohorts have included analysts, lawyers, doctors, software engineers, AI leads, accelerator managers, spoken word artists and of course, those from financial backgrounds! There really is no one way into venture and we particularly want to open that door for those from typically and structurally overlooked and underestimated backgrounds.
Our selection process focuses on competencies and skills such as motivation, grit, critical thinking, collaboration and being mission-focused.
But!We understand that not everyone may have experience in all of these areas, and we encourage you to apply regardless. We believe that diversity of thought and perspective is essential for driving innovation and making informed investment decisions.
In particular, we encourage you to apply if you are from a background that is typically or structurally overlooked and underestimated in venture capital.
If you want to break into venture capital, or you're early on in your venture career, or working in a non-venture capitalist role and would benefit from a greater understanding of the key concepts - this program is for you.
Wednesday 13 March 2024 - Wednesday 8 May 2024, with a mid-program break on Wednesday 10 April.
Dates for our next cohort, NVP08, coming soon!
Applied Learning
Put your newly acquired knowledge into practice straightaway through applied learning exercises.
Live Negotiations
Do a negotiations exercise live during one of the sessions!
Opportunities to Connect
Get to know your peers through home groups to advance your learning and online socials during the program.
Program Fee
Full program fee
£2,030 +VAT
Employee sponsorship
If you want to pay for the program through your work's learning and development budget, we can support with documents to help your employer understand the value proposition.
If cost is a barrier, partial scholarships are available. The level of support is dependent on your level of need and is assesses through a separate application. For more information on scholarships, go here.
What will you learn?*Subject to change
Aside from a better understanding of the venture capital ecosystem, how it's organised and how it works: here are the topics you'll take a deep dive in.
Deal sourcing
Learn about the first stage of the venture capital process.
Learn about the art of sourcing deals, from strategic planning to evaluation and the importance of building relationships to build out your network in venture capital.
Due Diligence
Explore the critical need for due diligence in venture capital.
Understand the screening techniques, decision-making processes, and criteria needed to carry out due diligence in venture capital.
Market Mapping
Visualise a market at macro level for a better view.
Find out how market mapping helps with investing, thriving - or surviving - and exiting. Get to know the different use cases of market mapping in venture capital.
Venture Valuations
Grasp the basics of venture finance and valuation.
Understand how venture capitalists think about valuation, the meaning of pre and post money valuation, the effects of dilution, and the concept of cap tables.
Chemistry & Conviction
Build your chemistry and conviction skills.
Learn the art of building conviction by better understanding the investment criteria and building chemistry with founders to support them.
Negotiations
Interrogate the role of term sheets in venture capital.
Decode the world of negotiations, understand this behaviour skill, sharpen up your own skills, and learn to become a proficient negotiator.
Venture Legals
Legitimise your understanding of venture legals.
Know the legal aspect of term sheets, related financial and governance terminology, fundraising, ownership and liquidation throughout your venture capital journey.
Investment Values
Understand that venture capital is more than the capital.
Take time to understand the topics of ethics, equity, and egalitarianism and explore where you can be an ally for others within the venture ecosystem.
Follow-on Financing & Exits
Learn how to keep the long-term strategy in mind.
Decode the world of negotiations, understand this behaviour skill, sharpen up your own skills, and learn to become a proficient negotiator.
What does a Fundamentals learner look like?
You!
Our previous cohorts have included analysts, lawyers, doctors, software engineers, AI leads, accelerator managers, spoken word artists and of course, those from financial backgrounds! There really is no one way into venture and we particularly want to open that door for those from typically and structurally overlooked and underestimated backgrounds.
Our selection process focuses on competencies and skills such as motivation, grit, critical thinking, collaboration and being mission-focused.
But!We understand that not everyone may have experience in all of these areas, and we encourage you to apply regardless. We believe that diversity of thought and perspective is essential for driving innovation and making informed investment decisions.
In particular, we encourage you to apply if you are from a background that is typically or structurally overlooked and underestimated in venture capital.
Currently, we open applications twice a year for Fundamentals. Application cycles are approximately five weeks long but are subject to change.
To ensure a fair process for all, we don’t accept applications once the deadline has passed.
If you missed the deadline, sign up to our newsletter and follow us on social media to be first in the know when applications open again.
Can I send you my CV or resume?
No. We use Applied to run a blind hiring process, only when application rounds are open. This helps reduce unconscious bias and you are assessed on ability and motivation alongside key values rather than your previous experience and education.
How much does the program cost?
Newton Fundamentals Program is £2,030 + VAT. This is to be paid in advance of the program beginning to secure your place.
Newton works with funding partners across the venture ecosystem to ensure that being unable to pay is not a barrier to entry. We offer a limited number of scholarships starting at 25% of the program fee. See more about Scholarships here.To apply for a scholarship, go here.
What happened next?
“I’d just had a baby and decided to make the UK my base. I hadn’t had the opportunity to network so coming across Newton was a blessing, a massive blessing."
“I’d just had a baby and decided to make the UK my base. I hadn’t had the opportunity to network so coming across Newton was a blessing, a massive blessing."
