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Financial Modeling & Valuation Challenges
Financial Modeling & Valuation challenges put you inside the work of pricing companies, deals, and assets. You'll develop skills in Financial Statement Reading, Time Value of Money, Three-Statement Modeling, and DCF, then test what you build with sensitivity & scenario analysis.
From there you'll handle the harder edges — LBO modeling, M&A accretion/dilution, precedent transactions, and private equity waterfall modeling — running due diligence and comparable companies analysis the way deal teams actually do, and stretching into structured deal modeling and derivatives pricing. Each challenge you solve earns a verified credential you can share with recruiters.
- DesignIntermediateNew
Resolve the Quota Double-Spend: Design Meterly's Order-Provisioning Schema
Working only from the materials provided, reach and defend a database design. Read the de-identified incident record (incident-file) and the business-rules brief (requirements-b…
- Transactions
- Acid
- Isolation Levels
Open coursework - ResearchSeniorNew
Foresight-Driven Innovation for a Renewable Energy Co-op
You are a foresight analyst for WindFolk. Develop three alternative futures for the Danish energy market in 2030 (e.g., 'Green Grid', 'Tech Fragmentation', 'Policy Stagnation').…
- Scenario Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Decision Analysis
Strategic Foresight and Decision-Making - StrategyBeginnerNew
Growth Strategy for an Amsterdam D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to analyze GlowUp Naturals' current performance, assess the offline retail opportunity (e.g., partnerships with Sephora or independent boutiques), and propose a pha…
- Market Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Channel Strategy
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Growth Strategy for a London D2C Cosmetics Brand
Your task is to develop a 12-month retail expansion plan. Analyze the trade-offs between D2C and retail channels, assess the brand's readiness for B2B relationships, and propose…
- Market Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Go To Market Strategy
Open coursework Practice your coursework on real scenarios.
Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
Why Ewance
- StrategyIntermediateNew
Design a Bundled Pricing Business Case for an Industrial IoT Vendor
Using the company facts in the company case file, the historical deal records in the deal-history dataset, and the required sections listed in the board business case template, …
- Business Case
- Financial Modeling
- Pricing Strategy
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery for a Lisbon Grocery Startup
Your task is to build a linear programming model (or heuristic) to assign orders to vehicles and sequence deliveries. Success means reducing average route length by at least 15%…
- Linear Programming
- Python
- Route Optimization
Open coursework - DesignSeniorNew
Designing a Circular Supply Chain for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Your task is to design a circular supply chain for EcoThreads' take-back program. You must decide on collection methods (mail-in, in-store drop-off, lockers), partner with a rec…
- Reverse Logistics
- Circular Economy
- Sustainability Reporting
Operations and Supply Chain Management - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Capital Adequacy for a Neobank Expansion
Your task is to develop a capital adequacy assessment for Nubank's expansion into Vietnam. You will estimate credit risk for a new consumer loan portfolio using the standardized…
- Basel Iii
- Capital Adequacy
- Risk Weighted Assets
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- StrategyIntermediateNew
Charting the Course: Ewance's Strategic Entry into the European Higher-Ed Market
Ewance has established a strong presence in its home market, but the leadership team believes significant untapped potential exists across Europe. The goal of this challenge is …
- Market Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Financial Modeling
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Pricing Strategy for a Singapore D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a decision analyst hired by Glow Singapore. The CEO wants to set the launch price for a new vitamin C serum. You have estimates of demand at three price points (S$25, S$…
- Decision Trees
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Expected Value
Open coursework - DesignSeniorNew
Structuring an Interest Rate Swap for a UK Infrastructure Fund
You are a structured finance associate at a bank advising InfraBridge. Design a plain vanilla interest rate swap that converts the floating-rate liability to fixed. Provide the …
- Interest Rate Swaps
- Derivatives Pricing
- Credit Risk
Open coursework - AnalysisIntermediateNew
ESG Integration in a Mining Company's Valuation
Your task is to forecast CopperCorp's residual income for 5 years, incorporating adjustments for potential carbon taxes, water remediation costs, and reputational risks that cou…
- Residual Income Valuation
- ESG Integration
- Scenario Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation Build a verifiable portfolio.
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- AnalysisIntermediateNew
Macroeconomic Forecast for a Renewable Energy Investment Firm
You are a junior strategist at GreenCap. Using historical data (10+ years) from Eurostat and the Bank of Spain, develop a VAR or similar model to forecast GDP growth, electricit…
- Multivariate Time Series
- Var Modeling
- Scenario Analysis
Forecasting for Decision Making - AnalysisSeniorNew
M&A Strategy: Should Precision Parts Acquire MicroGears?
Using the financial-data workbook and the industry benchmarks memo provided, value MicroGears Ltd. two ways — a discounted-cash-flow analysis and a comparable-transactions analy…
- Mergers And Acquisitions
- DCF Valuation
- Synergy Estimation
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
AI Make-or-Buy Analysis for a Climate-Tech Series-B
You receive: the company's headcount and ML capability map, vendor RFP responses from 3 vendors per category, and 18-month strategic context. For each model category, build a ma…
- Ai Strategy
- Make Or Buy Analysis
- Vendor Evaluation
AI for Business and AI Product Management - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Optimize Capital Structure for an Austin Cosmetics Startup
Using the company financial profile and the comparable-companies dataset provided to you, model how different debt-to-equity mixes change the firm's weighted average cost of cap…
- Capital Structure Analysis
- Wacc Calculation
- Modigliani Miller
Open coursework - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Capital Budgeting for a Solar Farm Expansion
Your task is to build a project finance model that estimates unlevered and levered free cash flows over 25 years (the project's life). Incorporate the 30% Investment Tax Credit …
- Capital Budgeting
- Npv Irr Analysis
- Project Finance
Corporate Finance (MBA) - ResearchSeniorNew
Price American Options with a Deep Hedging Notebook
Simulate price paths for a single underlying (geometric Brownian motion is fine as a baseline; bonus for stochastic volatility). Implement Longstaff-Schwartz Monte Carlo as the …
- Deep Learning
- Stochastic Modeling
- Derivatives Pricing
AI and Quantitative Finance - AnalysisSeniorNew
Investigate Coffee-Price and Euro Risk for a Vietnamese Exporter
Investigate using only the materials provided. First, observe the real market: track how the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) robusta coffee futures settlement price and the euro…
- IFRS 9
- Hedge Accounting
- Derivatives
Open coursework - StrategySeniorNew
Design a Circular Business Model for EcoWear
Acting as EcoWear's business model innovation analyst, examine the EcoWear company file, the customer behavior dataset, the operations brief, and the circular economy industry r…
- Circular Economy
- Business Model Canvas
- Financial Modeling
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Evaluate and Launch TaskFlow's Developer Platform Strategy
Using the four materials provided (the TaskFlow company dossier, the competitor ecosystem landscape brief, the financial and customer baseline dataset, and the developer demand …
- Platform Business Models
- API Economy
- Ecosystem Governance
Open coursework - AnalysisSeniorNew
Assess Partnership Risk for WellsTrade's Instant Payments Launch
Using the PayFlow due-diligence data room and the eighteen-month PayFlow operational metrics dataset, identify and quantify the operational, security, compliance, and reputation…
- Operational Risk
- Vendor Risk
- Cybersecurity
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Investigate GlowToronto's Pricing to Rebuild Margins
Develop a pricing strategy for GlowToronto's core product line of serums and moisturizers. Begin by analysing the provided GlowToronto transaction dataset to understand how disc…
- Pricing Strategy
- Customer Segmentation
- Competitive Analysis
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Hedging FX Risk for a Sydney D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a risk management consultant hired by GlowSydney. Analyze the company's FX exposure using provided data on forecasted USD payables and AUD receivables. Recommend a hedgi…
- Fx Hedging
- Derivatives Pricing
- Financial Modeling
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