The Venture Finance Institute first offered classes in 1995 and is devoted to theory and practice of new venture financing.
Venture finance addresses the full range of financial aspects of new business development.
The Venture Finance Institute is distinguished from other academically affiliated entrepreneurship centers and institutes by virtue of its specific focus on new venture finance. To achieve its vision, the Venture Finance Institute strives to position itself at or near the center of the information flows within and between each of these groups. Organization The Venture Finance Institute is organized around the financial entrepreneurship courses that currently are offered at the Drucker School, and around developing relationships that enable students to become actively involved in the financial aspects of new venture strategic and business planning using methodology developed by faculty of the Drucker School. There is also an advisory board. Normal enrollments in Drucker School courses are 20- 25 students.