Training | 3 days
Finance & Fund Management
Training
Fund Manager! Masterclass
A Pan-African Platform for Unlocking Venture Capital Readines
Across Africa, general partners (GPs) face barriers to launching and scaling funds; limited partners
(LPs) are underexposed to the VC asset class and lack tested allocation frameworks; and asset
managers, regulators, and fund administrators often operate without a shared playbook or
coordinated approach to venture investing. The VC Masterclass provides a collaborative platform to
bridge these knowledge and execution gaps, fostering alignment and enabling strategic capital
deployment.
Mauritius is an ideal host: offering a sophisticated, internationally recognised legal and financial
infrastructure to support cross-border collaboration. It serves not as the focus, but as the launchpad
for unlocking venture capital readiness across the continent.
The VC Masterclass is a 3-day, hands-on, immersive experience designed to equip
participants with the skills and tools to build, lead, and invest in venture capital funds. It walks
participants through the full 10-15 year fund journey, from fund design and strategy, to
portfolio construction, value creation, and exits.
Previously delivered in Singapore, Dubai, North America, and Europe, and taught at IMD
(Switzerland) and LBS/NVP (United Kingdom), this masterclass now brings global standards
to the African context
Why This Matters Across Africa
• New GPs face barriers to fund formation; experienced GPs struggle to scale.
• Institutional allocators remain underexposed to VC due to limited tools and frameworks.
• Regulators lack tested governance models to support innovation capital.
• Asset and wealth managers have little experience integrating VC into client portfolios.
• Private investors operate with limited access and conviction.
• Fund administrators lack fluency in supporting cross-border VC operations.
Collaboration Through Common Understanding
This Masterclass is intentionally structured to bring all stakeholders into one room: GPs, LPs,
regulators, fund administrators, asset managers, and advisors. The goal: to foster alignment,
accelerate learning, and catalyse collaborative momentum across the African VC landscape
The Masterclass Solution
A high-impact, simulation-based programme that:
• Trains General Partners (GPs) to lead high-performing, globally credible funds
• Equips LPs and allocators with clear VC evaluation and portfolio strategies
• Enables asset managers to guide client exposure to global and African VC
• Prepares regulators to build innovation-aligned regulatory environments
• Empowers administrators to support fund operations at international standards
• Strengthens ecosystem collaboration and deepens exit literacy
How does it work ? Fund Manager in 30 seconds
You are the founding team of a new investment company. Your goal is to raise a fund and invest in
successful companies. First fund to deliver the targeted fund performance wins.
Along the way you will meet Ups (Boom), downs (Bust), LPs, GPs, Strategic Dilemmas, Advisors,
Market News, Exits, Value Creation Strategies, Super LPs GP tasks and much more.
You will be competing with (up to) five other funds, all set on finishing ahead of you.
How to win?
Develop a clear investment thesis and investment strategy. Raise LP financing, grow your deal flow
pipeline, protect your fund economics, beware of bad deals, scale your portfolio, get the best exits,
deliver a stunning IRR and fund multiple. Good luck!
Outcomes That Matter
• Strategic VC allocation at regional and global scale
• Stronger capital flow to innovation-driven enterprises
• Durable professional networks for collaboration and execution
• Positioning Mauritius as a launchpad for pan-African VC capacity
What people said in the premier Fund Manager! Masterclass in 2025
25 people joined the 2025 Fund Manager! Masterclass.
Here’s what they said.
Ciku Mugambi
Fabrice Boulle
Caroline d'Unienville
Jason Rogers
Anthony Mahira
Scott Newton
Marc Delondes
Christin Rangen
From Early Strategy to Billions in DPI: Expanding the VC Ecosystem in Mauritius
“It’s really impressive how the Fund Manager! simulation closely mimics the real life experiences of fund managers in Africa so this session makes up for a great learning experience. The facilitator’s experience, particularly their global insights, are a very rich addition to the whole experience. I would highly recommend this training to anyone working in Africa’s venture capital ecosystem.”
Read the full case study and
feedback from the 2025 Masterclass here.
What You Can Expect:
• A deeply immersive experience in building and scaling a VC Fund
• Highly interactive, hands-on format
• Personal Fund Manager Toolkit
• A globally recognised Masterclass in venture capital, led by expert faculty
• A complete simulation of the 10–15 year VC fund lifecycle
• Advanced insights into firm-building, fundraising, and DPI
• A competitive, hands-on learning environment with real-world challenges
• Exposure to cross-border investment dynamics and ecosystem interaction
• A practical toolkit used by hundreds of top-tier VC funds
Who Should Attend?
• Emerging and experienced GPs
• VC firm staff at all levels
• Pension funds, DFIs, and sovereign wealth allocators
• Asset and wealth managers
• LPs investing into private investment platforms
• Family offices and family businesses engaging with VC
• Policymakers and regulatory agencies
• Fund administrators and legal professionals
VC Masterclass: Africa Edition
Hosted in Mauritius. Built for the Continent. Ready for Global
Allocation.
Day 1 (Introduction)
Team, fund setup, thesis, strategy, LPA, early deal flow, early LPs, team dynamics & early portfolio.
• Define an investment thesis
• Develop a VC/PE investment strategy
• Develop a high-level financial model for a fund
• Understand the key roles in a VC fund
• Understand the five levels and the 18 categories of Limited Partners
• Segment deal flow based on Thesis Fit’ and ‘Financial
potential’ (Deal flow Pipeline)
• Raise 10M – 50M, reach first close. Do first capital calls.
• Complete 1-2 successful investments. Update cap table.
• Understand pre- and post-money valuation, including coinvestors and follow-on investors
• Update fund’s financial spreadsheets, with capital calls and investment capital
• Canvases: Being able to use the Deal flow Pipeline to segment deal flow prospects, being able to use the
LP Stack and LP Fundraising Canvas
• Post-work: Develop a short pitch deck for first time fund team
Day 2 (Intermediate)
Pitch deck, portfolio construction, investments, follow ons
• Quickly analyze complex Limited Partners (LP cards)
• Quickly analyze and segment 50-100 different deal flow cards
• Develop a robust portfolio construction
• Complete a deal assessment canvas on a specific investment, including mapping out follow-on rounds
and exit options.
• Write a ‘why we invested memo’
• Describe different methods for due diligence
• Collaborate on deal sharing, co-investments and structuring investor syndicates on investment deals
• Reach final close on the fund. Possibly open a second fund.
• Complete 10-15 successful investments, in line with the fund’s mandate and thesis
• Complete 3-5 follow-on investments
• Get first 2-3 exits in the portfolio
• Write an LP update
• Canvases:
• Portfolio construction, using the Portfolio Construction Canvas
• Deal assessment and early value creation, with Deal Assessment Canvas
• Post-work: Write a winning LP update
Day 3 (Advanced)
Value Creation, Venture Partners, Portfolio Growth, Exits, LP Distribution, Fund Performance
• Understand ‘value creation’
• Win competitive deals and investment opportunities
• Quickly analyze advanced Super Limited Partners’ terms (Super LP cards)
• Understand Venture Partners and how they work
• Understand portfolio growth and value creation plays
• Complete complex, multi-step investor syndicates (complex funding rounds)
• Develop a long-term value creation map for each investment in the portfolio
• Understand how a VC firm works and how it creates value
• Understand and being able to calculate fund performance and LP distribution
• Being able to apply the key formulas for VC fund value creation and performance
• Understand the Fund Journey Map
• Canvases:
• Value Creation Canvas
• Fund Scorecard
• Fund Performance Cheat sheet
• Financial models
Modalities
| Type of training formation |
Duration | Price | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person | 3 days | Rs 89,000 / pax (MQA Approved Course) *Introductory price / Group rates apply for 4+ participants. |
English |
Register now for our session scheduled for May 13, 14, 15, 2026
The Pod, Vivéa Business Park, Moka
Follow the Link to register :
Chris Rangen / Scott Newton
Your Facilitators:
Chris Rangen is a strategy advisor and business school faculty. He works with CEOs,
companies, strategy leaders, ecosystem developers, innovation agencies, venture funds, national
fund-of-funds, and governments on their top strategy and transformation challenges.
He is Chairman of Link Capital, has worked with 250+ emerging fund managers. He regularly
advises and trains fund-of-funds, foundations and GP acceleration programs across the globe.
Chris Rangen is one of Europe’s top strategy & innovation authorities, keynote speaker, business
school faculty member, and workshop facilitator with clients across the globe.
Scott Newton is Managing Partner at Thinking Dimensions and a LinkedIn Top Voice
(2024/25), with over 30 years’ global experience advising Fortune 1000 CEOs, boards, and private
equity firms. He has extensive experience working with investment firms across VC and PE on
capital formation, value creation and exits across 5 continents
A multi-award-winning consultant and executive education professor, he’s recognized for
sustainable growth and bold decision-making.
Scott has delivered the Fund Manager! Masterclass across Europe, Middle East and North America.