Course Curriculum
More objective investment decisions
- How assumptions shape decisions
- Bias in founder evaluation patterns
- Early signals that influence judgment
- When instinct overrides evidence
- Affinity bias in founder selection
- Pattern matching and familiarity bias
- Groupthink in investment discussions
- Overweighting first impressions
- Standardising evaluation criteria
- Comparing deals on clear metrics
- Reducing variability in decisions
- Applying tools across stages
- Separating signal from noise
- Evaluating evidence across sources
- Avoiding overreliance on instinct
- Checking assumptions against data
- Inviting differing perspectives
- Structuring balanced discussions
- Challenging dominant viewpoints
- Avoiding consensus bias
Outcomes
More consistent investment decisions that improve objectivity, reduce bias, and strengthen evaluation quality across deals.
Investment decisions are often shaped by instinct, past experience, and incomplete signals that are not always examined closely. This course helps VCs apply more structured and evidence-based approaches to evaluation, so decisions are clearer and more consistent. Over time, this reduces reliance on unchecked judgment and improves the overall quality of investment calls across the portfolio.
Pattern matching can lead to favouring familiar founder profiles while overlooking strong but less conventional opportunities. This course helps VCs recognise when similarity is influencing decisions more than substance. As a result, evaluations become more grounded in actual potential, reducing missed opportunities and improving how deals are assessed across different contexts.
Bias in evaluation often results in portfolios that reflect narrow patterns of selection rather than a wide range of opportunities. This course helps VCs identify where bias is shaping decisions and take steps to address it directly. Over time, this leads to more balanced investment choices and a broader, more diverse portfolio that reflects stronger decision quality.
Inconsistent decision making can reduce trust within investment teams and with stakeholders. This course helps VCs apply clear criteria, document reasoning, and rely on evidence rather than instinct alone. As a result, investment decisions become more transparent, easier to explain, and more credible across partners, teams, and external stakeholders.