FPT Securities: Venture Capital Internship
Analysed capital structure and financing alternatives for a venture investment, finding a structure that cut capital requirements by 8%, and presented a DCF-backed investment pitch under a senior banker.
- Role
- Investment Banking Summer Analyst, Venture Capital
- Organisation
- FPT Securities
- Location
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
My first taste of the deal side. At FPT Securities I analysed the financing for a venture investment and found a structure that cut its capital requirement by 8%.
Context
The team was weighing a venture investment and needed a clear read on how to fund it. As the summer analyst, I owned the capital-structure and financing analysis behind the decision.
Approach
I worked through the financing options and found a structure that reduced the capital requirement by 8%, then built and presented an investment pitch with a DCF valuation, working under a senior investment banker.
Result
- An 8% reduction in the capital required to do the deal.
- A DCF-backed pitch delivered to senior bankers.
What I took from it
This is where the deal world clicked for me. How you finance something is a choice, not a given, and changing it can shift the economics before anything operational changes.