A Leading Private Business School in South America

In 2018, Oxford Oracle trained senior staff from one of a top business schools in South America, a leading private business school, in an intensive five-day programme to learn about seed funds and venture capital networks.

The training included how to negotiate investment deals, an introduction to different incubators, entrepreneurship and accelerator programmes. In spring, 2018, senior staff from one of a top business schools in South America, a leading private business school, visited Oxford and Cambridge for an intensive five-day training programme to learn about seed funds and venture capital networks. The training drew on Oxford Oracle's extensive experience of managing seed funds and investor relations at Oxford and is an example of successful collaboration between Oxford Oracle and a university technology transfer organisation (CE), the technology commercialisation company of the University of Cambridge. The programme was funded by a national innovation funding agency, the South American government agency which supports innovation and entrepreneurship. In close cooperation with a university technology transfer organisation, Oxford Oracle arranged an intensive five-day training programme for five seniors in Oxford and Cambridge a leading private business school staff. The objective was for delegates to learn about how Oxford and Cambridge run seed funds and manage investor networks, and for Oxford Oracle and CE experts to help them develop plans for their own seed fund and angel network. In order to gain an understanding of the innovation ecosystems in the two cities, delegates visited a range of organisations and heard presentations from investors, fund managers, entrepreneurs and university staff. The programme incorporated training in how to negotiate investment deals, and simulations and exercises to encourage reflection and to practice decision-making in this complex area. It also provided an introduction to the different incubators and entrepreneurship and accelerator programmes at the two universities. Delegates returned to South America with fresh insights, and with the skills needed to establish angel investor networks at home. Greater investment in innovation will enable the South American nation to improve its performance in a competitive global innovation ecosystem.

Delegates returned to South America with fresh insights, and the skills necessary to establish angel investor networks at home. Greater investment in innovation will enable the South American nation to improve its performance in a competitive global innovation ecosystem.