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For PE operating partners and value creation leaders
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- 50 LBO and Valuation Models, 10 Business and Deal Cycle Simulations
- 13 Value Creation Training Modules and 20 Major Learning Resources
- 300 Learning Modules, 110 Exams, 6 Personality Assessments and 3 Career Planners
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Private Equity and Value Creation Certifications
Practitioner training for operating partners, portfolio company executives, analysts and advisers. Every programme is built on a worked case company, with certification by examination and reviewed submission rather than attendance.
PRIVATE EQUITY
Certification and advanced masterclasses for operating partners, deal professionals and portfolio company executives. Two certification levels, plus deep dives on private equity practice and leveraged buyout modelling.
EXIT AND VALUE REALISATION
For advisers preparing owner managed businesses for sale, and for owners preparing their own. Diagnose what a buyer will underwrite, price the gap, and sequence the work against the owner's date.
VALUE CREATION
Analyst and executive training in value creation: build a value bridge that reconciles, defend every number in it, and turn a return target into work that can start on Monday.
LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE
Executive leadership and growth toolkits for founders, chief executives and senior operators responsible for scaling a business.
AI and DIGITAL INNOVATION
Applied artificial intelligence for finance and value creation professionals. What to build, what it is worth, and what a buyer or board will accept as evidence.
PRACTICE TRAINING
Examination preparation for CFA Levels I and II, built around practice questions, worked solutions and readiness assessment rather than passive review.
CAREERS IN PRIVATE EQUITY
Two courses about the private equity career itself. One covers the route into an investment seat for candidates who did not come through banking. The other covers preparation for an operating partner seat. Each is $199, with twelve months of access and a Certificate of Completion.
PATHWAYS AND BUNDLES
Buy the pathway, not the pieces
Four curated tracks group the programmes that are designed to be taken together, at a lower combined price than buying each on its own.
The Value Creation Playbook for Private Equity Operators: Private Equity Alpha โ Set 1
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Private Equity and Value Creation Training, Built for Practitioners
Certifications, masterclasses, exam preparation and free tools for people who are judged on outcomes rather than attendance.
Every VCI Institute programme is built on a worked case company and taught the way the job is actually done: diagnose the business, size the opportunity, defend the number, then decide what to do about it.
Certification tracks cover the operating partner role in private equity, value creation analytics, and exit and value realisation. Masterclasses go deep on leveraged buyout modelling, growth leadership and applied AI. Practice packs prepare candidates for CFA Levels I and II.
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