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SBUS41540

Academic Year 2026/2027

Venture Dynamics in Life Sci. (SBUS41540)

Subject:
Business
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Jan Rosier
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
Not yet recorded
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module encourages participants to take a holistic view on the creation, funding and development of new ventures in general, and Life Science ventures in particular. The module begins with an introduction to the theoretical foundations, and progresses to building up of a practical framework for new venture evaluation, focusing on the critical poles of value creation, and highlighting the interstitial dynamics between product, market, management and finance. Participants studying the module will gain insight into the perspective of the venture investor and participate in focused exercises to embed the learning and understanding.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

•To understand the dynamics of new venture creation, development, & financing in both new start-up firms and within established firms.
•To identify the key drivers of value creation in an early-stage science-enabled new venture.
•To understand the funding life cycle, investment horizon, risk management and exit options in new life science ventures from concept to customer
•To understand the Value-Magnetics and Product Planet Model in the context of a start-up life science business.
•To understand the perspective and focus of a venture capital investors evaluating a life science investment opportunity.

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

30
Autonomous Student Learning

70
Lectures

16
Total

116

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Not yet recorded

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade Component repeat (in-module) Offered

Not yet recorded.

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


Carry forward of passed components
Not yet recorded
 

Not yet recorded
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

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Name Role
Professor Jan Rosier Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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