Our Programs
Funding Startups
In collaboration with SMU Academy Learn the essentials of startup funding, types of investment, and how to secure capital to launch and grow your business successfully.
Who Should Attend
Professionals interested in achieving funding for their startups
Entrepreneurs aspiring to have their own startups
Raising startup funding is one of the most exciting yet challenging tasks for a company. CEOs search for investors, loans, grants, and other funding options to help their business grow. Success provides the capital needed to build products and add new features for customers; failure could mean closing the doors for good.
Startup funding is currently at an all-time high. Global venture funding reached $437 billion in Q3 2021, up from $284 billion in 2020. Startups worldwide are benefiting from this surge, with the average global deal size hitting $25 million. In total, startups raised $641 billion from investors in 2021.
How do you claim your share of this funding pie? This course covers the essentials of startup funding—explaining the types available, how funding rounds work, and strategies to secure the capital needed to start and grow your business.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 1-day course, participants will be able to:
Gain an overview of the role and types of funding for a startup
Understand the stakeholders and steps to take and the factors to consider to achieve funding for startups in Singapore
Understand the common reasons for failing to achieve funding for startups and how to mitigate/prevent these pitfalls
Discover funding-related insights from both successful and failed FinTech and Tech startup case studies
Know what metrics are used to measure the success rate for funding
Learn how to manage the funding obtained
Understand the risks of funding and what you can do to overcome them
Assessment
As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.
Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.
Dates
23 April 2026
