Blue Finance

Basically a VC/PE course where the investment idea needs to be about water (fisheries, ships, renewable energy in the sea, etc).

We start by learning a bit about the opportunities that exist within this economy, then learn about how VC/PE funds mixed with impact investors work. Also how to structure a deal, how to finance it, how to build a check and present and idea, etc.

The downside is that you have to propose a whole deal in 3 weeks and do all of the modeling and presentation, so it is a very demanding course. You really learn a lot thought.

Just learning by heart for the exam and using your intuition, grading is not heavy.

Altough, for the group assignment I would recommend choosing a venture capital firm since they consider the valuation as "art" and give good grades for everything, while if you take a PE firm they will F!@# you up.

Overall, easy 18.

Weekly quizzes (10% in total) and 3 major assignments (15%, 15% and 30%).

The quizzes are pretty easy and getting 18-20 is realistic. The assignments are graded more strictly, with most grades ranging from 15-19. They also require quite a bit of work, and you only get one week to complete each one.

The final exam (worth only 30%) had 10 MCQs, 2 open questions, and a long case study with 7 additional open questions. It was quite challenging and very time-consuming. Nobody left before the exam time was up. The mock exam from the previous year was a good indication of what to expect. Exam...