Decision-making for Business Angels and Venture Capital: from intuition to AI-enhanced strategy
Empowering venture capitalists with data, theory, and AI for informed decisions
In today’s fast-moving investment landscape, the vast availability of data and the potential of using AI-driven tools can reshape how venture capitalists evaluate opportunities and mitigate risk.
This course is designed to teach venture capitalists to harness the power of rigorous thinking and AI tools for smarter, faster, and more informed decision-making. It offers a structured approach to:
- Frame investment decisions using theories and data.
- Employ AI tools to support the formulation and test of theories.
By integrating decision-making theories and AI into the investment process, this course provides venture capitalists with a practical, efficient pathway to mastering theoretical reasoning, statistical analysis, and AI-enhanced decision-making.
Who should apply
The program is aimed at venture capitalists, private equity professionals, investment decision-makers, and business angels who seek to enhance their ability to evaluate start-ups, identify high-potential ventures, and optimize investment strategies using rigorous methodologies and AI tools.
Whether you are a partner at a VC firm, a corporate venture executive, or a portfolio manager, this program equips you with the skills to make informed investment decisions.
SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate
To navigate today’s evolving macroeconomic landscape and organizational change, it is essential to broaden managerial capabilities. Learning plays a central role in this journey.
An initial conversation with our Program Advisors is a required step to design a coherent learning path, clarify objectives and participation options, and to be eligible to earn the Certificate. From there, participants can choose the learning format that best supports their professional development.
Program Advisory
Learning is never a linear journey—it is a path built together, combining specific training needs with practical tools tailored to individual challenges. Contact our team of Program Advisors, and together we will design the ideal learning path for you or your team, ensuring alignment with your goals.
Your benefits:
A dedicated orientation meeting, either in-person or remotely, to identify learning needs and create a customized plan. Throughout the course, you will experience a tailored welcome to introduce you to the program and foster networking between participants and instructors. Upon completion, your evaluation will become a valuable contribution for continuous improvement of the offering.
How your organization benefits:
Training consultation with HR managers to analyze organizational needs and develop personalized projects. Ongoing progress monitoring and a final follow-up to share results and gather feedback, ensuring constant alignment with pre-set goals.
Get in touch with Erica Pizzelli
Structure and contents
The program consists of 3 days, totaling 24 equivalent hours, and is built on 6 pillars.
How can Venture Capitalists make smarter investment decisions?
A scientific method for investment decision-making
Basic data analysis tools for analyzing and interpreting data
A scientific approach to framing and validating investment decisions
Running Data-Driven experiments to select projects
Artificial Intelligence for smarter investment decisions
Calendar and information
Via Sarfatti 10, 20136 Milano
Calendar
- 28 - 30 ottobre 2026On Campus08:00 - 17:00
Fees
€ 4.200 + VAT
The fee is exclusive of VAT and includes course materials and working breakfasts.
Early Bird
A 10% reduction on the program fees offered to applications sent in by 27 August 2026.
Special payment terms
Bocconi Alumni
Bocconi Alumni are entitled to a 20% reduction on participation fees. To take advantage of the discount, please enter your Alumnus status when registering by indicating “ALUMNI 20” in the notes section. Remember that without this indication, the discount will not be applicable.
Women are good for business
To foster and contribute to women’s professional development, SDA Bocconi School of Management offers them until 8 March 2027 a 20% discount on the participation fee for all Executive Open Programs and Executive Online Programs.
Multiple enrollments
Companies, institutions and public bodies that enroll at least 3 participants in a single program are granted a 20% discount for each registration fee. The concession is not applicable for personal enrollment and must be formalized by the start date of the course.
Corporate education programs
In the case of learning needs involving several resources of the same company enrolled in more than one program, it is possible to define a customized plan from the specific needs of the organization. In this case, our Program Advisors are available to build with the client organizations ad hoc training plans with special pricing.
Partnerships and channel agreements
SDA Bocconi offers the possibility to initiate collaborations that allow them to expand the portfolio of educational trainings to be offered to their members. In this case, the School is available to evaluate partnerships and channel agreements so as to respond in a timely manner to the specific needs of the organization.
By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a certificate of participation in the program and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Program Direction
Data and AI will not replace entirely the intuition of managers, but rigorous frameworks for making investment decisions support and complement good insights. This course improves the ability of investors to make informed decisions using data and AI tools.
