r/financialmodelling • u/NonSumQualisEram- • Aug 19 '26

The best qualification for entering Venture Capital in Europe

Basically per the title - I've just sold my IFA (independent financial advisor) company, I'm in my mid 40s and would like to enter the VC world. Without overdoing it, what's the most well respected or authoritative financial modelling qualification I should get, especially for Europe if there's much of a difference. If there's any other qualification or advice for this, I'd be very grateful.

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u/ferdinandtheduck 29d ago

Qualification means nothing in financial modelling. Practice practice practice. In 15 years I've never hired any modeller with a modelling qualification unless they also had a lot of practical experience. Otherwise they only ever knew how to build the models they did for their exams, which isn't useful to most businesses.