Private Equity and Venture Capital

Executives in study session

Overcoming investment challenges means finding new paths of growth, increasing returns on capital, and being more effective at every stage of a deal.

  • Dates

    Mar 5 – 8, 2025

  • Status

    Accepting Applications

  • Format

    In-Person

  • Location

    HBS Campus

  • Fee

    $12,500

  • Application Due

    Feb 23, 2025

The program fee covers tuition, program materials, accommodations, and most meals.

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Despite an increasingly complex investment environment, the outlook for private equity remains strong.

Private Equity and Venture Capital is designed for experienced executives to dive deeper into the multifaceted issues that investors face throughout numerous market cycles. You will leave with the ability to build more effective investment strategies for your firm and adapt your approach to rapidly changing conditions.

Key Program Features

Key Topics

  • Adjust investment strategies for the demand-and-supply dynamics of different countries and regions

  • Evaluate the impact of market cycles to act on opportunities with the most potential

  • Apply best practices for making investments, both in domestic and international markets

  • Monitor the progress of portfolio companies and choose appropriate exit strategies

  • Scale your firm by managing deals and integrating operations across multiple locations

  • Identify emerging markets and new funding opportunities

  • Align your investment strategies with your firm and fund

  • Prepare for the distinct challenges that characterize different stages of growth

Program Format

  • 4
    days on the HBS campus
  • 12–15
    hours of pre-program work

Case materials and a detailed schedule will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.

Who Should Attend

  • General partners and junior partners of private equity and venture capital firms

  • Principals from the limited partner community who invest in private equity and venture capital firms

  • Chief investment officers, investment principals, and investment managers or directors

  • Asset managers responsible for a firm's investment portfolio

  • Entrepreneurs in the process of receiving and/or structuring capital funds

  • May also be appropriate for professionals who provide banking, accounting, legal, or other advisory services to the investment industry

  • For executives newer to the private equity or venture capital fields, our foundational investment program, Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital, may be more appropriate. Applicants are advised to choose the program that best fits their goals and experience. These two programs are not intended to be taken consecutively

Individuals and teams are welcome to attend. Sending two or more representatives from your organization fosters teamwork and amplifies program impact.

Global Perspective

Two female and two male executives sit and smile around a table filled with notes.
3%
Africa
12%
Asia Pacific
29%
Europe
10%
Latin America
11%
Middle East
35%
North America

Experience

Years Worked

  • 14%

    Less than 10 years

  • 22%

    10-14 years

  • 19%

    15-19 years

  • 28%

    20-24 years

  • 7%

    25-29 years

  • 8%

    30-34 years

  • 2%

    35-39 years

Education

Highest Level Attained

  • 3%

    JD/Law

  • 1%

    MD

  • 6%

    PhD

  • 33%

    MBA

  • 25%

    MS/MA

  • 28%

    BS/BA

  • 2%

    Foreign Diploma

Companies That Have Participated

  • Airbus
  • Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited
  • Bose Corporation
  • Credit Suisse
  • JP Morgan
  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers
  • Qatar Foundation Endowment
  • Rand Merchant Bank
  • The Sherwin-Williams Company
  • State Bank of India
  • UBS Private Wealth Management

Teaching Team

All our executive education programs are developed and taught by a team of widely recognized HBS faculty. Many are skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

Faculty Cochairs

Faculty

The HBS Experience

This in-person program takes place on our storied campus where you'll live and learn at the heart of Boston's vibrant business, academic, and technology hubs.

At HBS, every detail is carefully calibrated to drive your success. Living arrangements and classrooms that spark connection. Unrivaled academic resources. And rejuvenating fitness, dining, and cultural amenities.

View of Executive Education area of HBS campus

The dedicated Executive Education area of campus features multiple classroom buildings and three residence halls around a quad

Residence hall bedroom and bathroom, with woman looking out a window

Our well-appointed residence halls feature private bedrooms, living group lounges, and courtyards to fuel vibrant discussions

Admissions

We admit applicants on a rolling, space-available basis, so you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

The selective admissions process is based on professional achievement, organizational responsibility, and the admissions criteria for each program as described in Who Should Attend. There are no formal educational requirements for HBS Executive Education programs.

Learn more about the admissions process and requirements.

Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.