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About the Training
Financial misreporting, governance failures, and outright fraud have become defining risks in the PE/VC landscape - recurring patterns that destroy returns and reputations. As funds conduct deeper diligence before committing capital, the ability to detect financial irregularities early has become a core investment competency, not a specialist afterthought.
This two-day intensive equips PE and VC professionals with the frameworks, tools, and investigative instincts to identify fraud before it becomes a crisis. Drawing on real-world cases and current forensic methodologies, it bridges the gap between financial analysis and investigation giving investors the language and lens of a forensic accountant without requiring a legal background.
Overview
Across four structured sessions, participants will develop a rigorous, end-to-end capability for detecting and responding to financial fraud in PE/VC contexts. The programme opens by building pattern recognition for the most common forms of accounting manipulation seen in startups and growth-stage businesses - from revenue inflation to burn rate misreporting before moving into the architecture of a forensic due diligence process and how to investigate promoter misconduct and related-party transactions.
Day two shifts to the tools and technologies reshaping fraud detection, including AI-based transaction analysis and digital forensics, illustrated through global case studies. The programme closes with a practical session on what happens after fraud is discovered - covering legal remedies, regulatory management, governance reform, and how investors can protect their interests when things go wrong.
Participants leave with a set of forensic frameworks, red flag checklists, and investigation playbooks they can integrate into their due diligence and portfolio monitoring processes immediately.
Agenda
10:00 AM onwards
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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Financial Red Flags in Startup & PE Deals
- Common accounting manipulations in startups
- Revenue inflation and burn misreporting
- Identifying financial anomalies during diligence
- Case study: governance failures in venture-backed firms
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12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Forensic Due Diligence in PE/VC Transactions
- Designing forensic diligence frameworks
- Investigating promoter misconduct
- Vendor fraud and related-party transactions
- Technology-enabled forensic analysis
10:00 AM onwards
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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fraud Detection Using Data Analytics & AI
- AI-based fraud detection tools
- Transaction pattern analysis
- Digital forensics in financial investigations
- Global case studies of financial fraud
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12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Legal Action & Governance After Fraud Discovery
- Legal remedies in corporate fraud cases
- Managing regulatory investigations
- Governance reforms after fraud detection
- Investor protection strategies
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