Deal Room teaches M&A and investment work through a continuous in-tray, not batched phase gates. Every active day (professor picks Mon-Fri or any weekday pattern), each team gets 1-5 events spanning the full deal lifecycle: sourcing pitches, diligence findings, valuation calls, negotiation moments, close mechanics, integration challenges, and portfolio updates. Some events are multiple-choice with explicit deltas to cash and the four pillars; others require a written response (DD plan, negotiation memo, LP note) that a senior PE/VC partner LLM grades on investment reasoning, discipline, and stakeholder awareness. Persistent fund state — AUM, dry powder, deals closed vs. walked — plus four equally-weighted pillars (Valuation Accuracy, Diligence Rigor, Negotiation, Returns) compound across the whole sim. Three investor archetypes reframe the entire event mix: Private Equity (control buyouts, leverage discipline), Venture Capital (concentration, signaling, pro-rata), Corporate Dev (strategic vs. financial rationale, synergy realism).
Share this with your team— printable one-pager for a chair or procurement./for-your-team/deal-roomSourcing pitches and early diligence asks land in the inbox. Establish the deal cadence and who covers what across the team.
Diligence findings, valuation debates, comparable-multiple discipline. Momentum meets reality; the walk-vs-push calls start.
Term sheets in motion. Price, structure, and walk-away discipline get tested. Senior partners want written memos.
Close mechanics and post-close integration pressure. Diligence gaps surface late; synergy realism gets tested against real people.
Portfolio updates compound. LP-level returns are what people remember; your written reasoning gets read as a fund memo.
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