The course aims to give an in-depth overview of FinTech and Blockchain Finance, a new part of the financial sector that radically innovates the way financial services are traditionally built and offered. Students will understand the key technologies, participants, regulation, and the dynamics of change being brought by FinTech in corporate finance.
The main objectives of the course are to provide students with:

1. The command of corporate finance, including venture capital financing, business angels, and initial public offerings.
2. The understanding of financial applications of digital technology such as crowdfunding and coin offerings.
3. The capacity to understand how digitalization alters firms financing by providing disintermediated access to external finance (equity- and debt-based crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, invoice trading, utility, and security coin offerings).
4. The capacity to examine entrepreneurial firms adopting and driving financial innovations and to assess the changes, disruption, and adaptations resulting from the rise of FinTech solutions.

The course combines traditional lectures with practical sessions during which the students will have the possibility to familiarize themselves with the techniques presented in the lectures. Furthermore, workshops and case studies allow participants to apply the techniques introduced and test their understanding of blockchain and fintech.