Finance Course Library
Twelve practitioner-grade courses covering Investment Banking, Private Equity, M&A, Valuation, Capital Raising and Business Strategy.
Taught by a former Managing Director-level investment banker with 30+ years of City experience. Trusted by 150,000+ students worldwide.
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Valuation & Analysis
Master the toolkit every analyst needs to value a business with confidence.
Master DCF Valuation: Build Professional Financial Models
Build a defensible DCF valuation from a blank spreadsheet — the way it actually gets done on a live deal, not the way the textbook says.
Company Valuation Masterclass: Complete Guide
Master every valuation method a senior banker actually uses — DCF, trading comps, precedent transactions, sum of the parts — and learn to triangulate a defensible range.
Stock Market Investing Demystified
The complete value investing toolkit — how to screen, evaluate, and select stocks the way the smart money does.
Financial Analysis Mastery for Banking and Finance
The financial statement analysis course every aspiring analyst should take before their first day on the desk.
Private Equity & LBOs
Break into PE — from interview-ready bootcamp to deep practitioner training.
Unlock Private Equity Careers: The Complete LBO Bootcamp
The interview-ready LBO bootcamp — every technical question, every case study, every modelling step PE firms test you on.
Private Equity Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Complete Training
The deepest practitioner-grade LBO training online — 25 hours covering everything from RJR Nabisco to modern dividend recaps and exits.
Investment Banking and Finance: Private Equity Finance
The complete walk through private equity — how funds work, how deals get done, how returns get measured, and how exits get executed.
M&A & Deal Leadership
How deals actually get done — and why so many of them quietly destroy value.
Mergers & Acquisitions: M&A, Valuation & Selling a Company
The complete M&A masterclass — from initiation to integration, with the practitioner judgment that maximises value when you sell.
Mergers & Acquisitions: CEO Leadership and Board Dynamics
Most acquisitions destroy value. This course explains why — and shows you how to lead one that doesn’t.
Capital Raising
Raise from venture capital and angel investors with the techniques that actually work.
Investment Banking and Finance: Venture Capital Fundraising
The most focused fundraising masterclass on Udemy — raise capital from VCs and angel investors with the techniques that actually work.
Strategy & Business Plan
From McKinsey-style frameworks to an investor-ready business plan.
Business Strategy Consulting Mastery: Mini MBA Course
The strategy frameworks every consultant uses, every CEO references, and every MBA programme covers — in seven focused hours.
Mini MBA: Business Strategy 2 Business Plan
From strategy framework to investor-ready business plan — the complete walk-through, with templates and a working case study.
John Colley
Investment banker turned educator. 30+ years across Hoare Govett, M&A, private equity and corporate finance. Cambridge graduate, Bayes Business School MBA with Distinction.
Author of the Investment Banking Practitioner’s Handbook Series — the largest practitioner-authored IB content library available online. Trusted by 150,000+ students across 30+ Udemy courses.