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The practice environment for private equity

Practice private equitylike a pilot trains.

9 Desks8 Arenas4 AI Advisors

The VCII Super Simulator is a joint project of Valuethropy and VCI Institute. Nine desks, one live deal, sourcing to exit. You make the calls, the model reacts, and an AI advisor tells you what a partner would have done.

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Scenario cases modeled on public transactions.

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Who trains here

Private equity grade.Built for the desks around the deal.

A PE lifecycle sandbox for PE professionals and the advisors, bankers, and operators who sit next to them.

  • Investors and sponsors

    • Private equity professionals
    • Operating partners
    • Value creation advisors

  • Dealmakers

    • Investment bankers
    • M&A advisors
    • Strategic consultants

  • Builders and leaders

    • MBA and graduate students
    • C-suite leaders
    • Post-integration leaders

Practice on names you know

Scenario cases modeled on public transactions.

Dealflow

One deal, end to end

You run a private equity deal through its whole life: source it, value it, plan the growth, create the value, operate the company, and exit. AI advisors sit at the table. Every stage leaves an artifact you keep.

Self-paced. Always on. Start with the 10-minute demo.

  1. Step 01

    Source and screen

    Deal Sourcing Desk

    • Live deal pipeline
    • Screening framework
    • Market comparables

    You

    • Screen targets against your thesis
    • Score six deal drivers
    • Shortlist and commit

    AI at the table

    • Deal profiler builds the target from a URL
    • VIC challenges your screen

    You keep

    • Screening scorecard
    • A deal thread that follows you
  2. Step 02

    Value and underwrite

    Valuation Desk and Financial Labs

    • DCF and multiples
    • Sensitivity lab
    • EBITDA normalization

    You

    • Build the model and defend it
    • Stress the downside
    • Write the IC memo

    AI at the table

    • AI CFO models alongside you
    • Contradiction check on the memo

    You keep

    • Valuation with sensitivity ranges
    • An IC memo, versioned
  3. Step 03

    Plan the growth

    Growth Planning Desk

    • Driver board
    • Rolling forecast
    • Scenario manager

    You

    • Set the operating drivers
    • Test scenarios against budget

    AI at the table

    • Growth coach on every driver

    You keep

    • A growth plan tied to the deal
  4. Step 04

    Create the value

    Total Value Creation Desk

    • 98 value levers
    • EBITDA bridge
    • Point-budget strategy

    You

    • Pick levers under a budget
    • Commit a strategy and defend it

    AI at the table

    • Digital value creation planner
    • Strategy debrief

    You keep

    • A value creation plan with a bridge
  5. Step 05

    Operate

    Portfolio and Fund Desks

    • KPI cockpit
    • Risk register
    • Fund positions

    You

    • Run the company quarter by quarter
    • Watch covenants and risks

    AI at the table

    • One-call operating pack fill

    You keep

    • A KPI track record on your deal
  6. Step 06

    Exit

    Exit and Sell-Side Planner

    • Exit readiness
    • Buyer fit and shortlist
    • Data room

    You

    • Assess readiness honestly
    • Build the narrative and the room

    AI at the table

    • Buyer-fit engine
    • Exit memorandum test in The Forge

    You keep

    • An exit plan and a completed cycle

Beyond the deal

Game simulations from crisis decisions to a full fund career. Multiplayer for teams.

Proof you keep

Certification exams and certificates built to carry onto LinkedIn.

Try before anything

10-minute demo. No email, no card. Then a 7-day trial.

Why not a course

Everyone else teaches you the deal.We make you run one.

Reading about a deal and running one are different skills. Only one of them gets hired.

Courses and prep programs

  • Watch someone else build the model
  • Static case PDFs
  • You learn what happened
  • Finish with a certificate

The PE Super Simulator

  • Build it yourself. Wrong answers included.
  • A live model that reacts to every decision
  • You find out what you would do
  • Finish with a track record
9 desks · full deal lifecycle

Choose your desk.Run the whole arc.

Formal name leads. The animal is your coach. Nine desks cover sourcing through exit, board practice, and AI. Eight practice arenas sit underneath for drills and games.

Product walkthrough

PE Super Simulator on laptop.

SUPERSIM / SOURCE AND VALUE

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PE Super Simulator Deal Desk with brand scenarios, Overview dashboard, Quest Path, and The Exchange

  • 01 / SOURCE

    Deal Sourcing

    Coach: the Lion

  • 03 / VALUE

    Deal Valuation

    Coach: the Owl

  • 02 / DESIGN

    Total Value Creation

    Coach: the Whale

  • Screen deals and build investment theses under real pressure
  • Price with DCF, comps, and live sensitivity
  • Map the Fruitful Five value-creation levers before you underwrite

Practice arenas

Quiz and AssessmentCareer CoachThe ForgePE DynastySnakes and LaddersDeal AuctionDiligence SprintDeal Hunt
See it work

Professional setup. Real deal desk ecosystemyou can run on top brand names.

One live deal, three acts, no slides. Source it, run it, exit it, and watch the numbers react to every call you make.

SUPERSIM / PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Live
PE Super Simulator product overview with hands-on training headline and practice brands across the deal lifecycle

Video is illustrative. The live product UI can differ from what you see in this clip.

  1. 01

    Act I / Source

    Find the deal. Pitch the partner.

    Screen targets across sectors. Read the CIM. Build a one-pager. Defend the thesis to a partner in IC who will rip it apart on purpose. The Lion runs the front of the funnel, end to end.

  2. 02

    Act II / Diligence & Structure

    Build the model. Stress the thesis.

    Tear apart the financials. Build the LBO. Stress test the thesis across five valuation methods. Negotiate the LOI. Walk if the math breaks. The Owl gives you a real dataroom, real contradictions, and a real clock.

  3. 03

    Act III / Operate & Exit

    Drive the value. Time the exit.

    Manage management. Run the value creation plan through The Whale. Track every initiative in The Elephant. Score readiness in The Bee. Decide when to sell. The simulator scores you on what actually generates carry: judgment, sequencing, discipline.

See it before you sign up

Run a real PE deal in minutes, not months.

No signup. No card. Open the simulator for a timed session (about ten minutes) and practice sourcing through exit.

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No signup. No card. Timed demo. See the real app before you decide.

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The questions people ask before they start.

Short, direct answers pulled from what ships in the product today. Pick a question, or jump straight to the path that matches you.

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How long does it take?

The timed demo at sim.vci.institute/try takes about ten minutes and needs no signup. A 7-day trial gives you time to work through more than one desk before you decide. Start with the demo if you want the shortest path in. The Daily Deal under Free tools is another no-signup mini-deal if you prefer a shorter drill.

What's actually inside?

9 desks covering the deal lifecycle from sourcing to exit, 8 practice arenas for repeatable drills, and 4 AI advisors wired into the workspaces where you work. One connected deal runs through all of it, not separate exercises. Open the timed demo to feel that connection in minutes.

Is it for me?

If you work in private equity, sit next to it, or are training for it, yes. That includes PE professionals, bankers, M&A advisors, consultants, operating partners, C-suite and post-integration leaders, and MBA students. Students use guided paths, professionals skip ahead, and teams add multiplayer capstones. Try the 10-minute demo first if you are unsure, then start the trial when it fits.

How is this different from a course?

A course shows you a finished model and asks you to follow along. Here you build the model and make the calls, and the sandbox reacts, wrong answers included. The desks and arenas give you a place to practice what a course can only describe. Open the timed demo and you will feel the difference.

Do I need Excel skills?

No prior Excel modeling is required. The simulator builds the model with you inside each desk, and the AI advisors are available if you get stuck on a specific calculation. Excel skills help outside the sim, but they are not a prerequisite to start. Open the timed demo and begin without a spreadsheet.

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Students

Guided learning paths on the Professional plan at $39 a month, plus certifications that hold up on a resume.

See the student path

Professionals

Skip ahead to advanced desks and arenas at $39 a month, with AI advisors built for deal work.

See the professional path

Teams

Multiplayer capstones, invite-based groups, and 100 AI queries per day at $69 a month.

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Built by operators, validated by practitioners

Private equity training that earns the marks, not just displays them.

The PE Super Simulator was built in collaboration by Valuethropy and VCI Institute, informed by alumni of top business schools and the firms they came from. Every module is informed by people who have actually run deals.

2,500+

PE Learners

50,000+

Subscribers

50+

Countries

4.8 / 5

Avg Rating

Across the PE Simulator ecosystem and the VCI Institute curriculum.

Built in consultation with top business school faculty and alumni

INSEAD logoThe Wharton School logoHarvard Business School logoLondon Business School logoMIT Sloan logo

Validated by operators who trained at

Investcorp logoKKR logoBlackstone logoThe Carlyle Group logoGoldman Sachs logo

The closest thing to running a real deal I have used. The decision pressure feels right, not artificial.

Operating Partner

Mid-cap buyout fund

Fills the practice gap that books and case studies never address. Our associates train on this before live deals.

Managing Director

Growth equity firm

The AI advisors are not a gimmick. They actually respond to what you build, which is rare in this category.

M&A Advisory Founder

Industry network of 1,000+ advisors

What learners say

“The simulator made sequencing obvious. We learned faster by testing levers and seeing the financial impact.”

PE LEARNERVerified buyer

“Clear, practical, and calibrated to real trade-offs. The report made my next steps obvious.”

PORTFOLIO CFOGrowth Equity

11 career levels

Progress tracked from Student to Managing Director.

Every simulation earns XP toward the next level. Vice President is where most learners aim first.

Level 1

Student

Starting your PE journey

Level 2

Intern

Learning fundamentals

Level 3

Analyst

Building analytical skills

Level 4

Associate

Executing deals

Level 5

Vice President

Leading deal teams

Level 6

Director

Directing portfolio VC

Level 7

Principal

Shaping strategy

Level 8

Partner

Driving fund performance

Level 9

Senior Partner

Leading the firm

Level 10

Managing Partner

Building institutions

Level 11

MD

Industry legend

Surprise

Partner's whiteboard

Easter egg. The deal that never leaves the board.

Built by MBAs. Pressure-tested by operators. So the hub earns the marks, not just displays them.

The vault

What sits behind one subscription

A quiet inventory of the practice environment. Figures match the published product taxonomy.

20+
Integrated workspaces
9
Desks
8
Practice arenas
4
AI advisors
10
Game simulations
25
Learning paths
11
Career levels
1
Connected deal

Free practice

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Three ways in

Same platform. Three commercial doors.

Individuals

Professional plan. The full dealflow, AI advisors, and certification exams. 7-day trial.

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Teams

Team plan. Everything on Professional, plus the multiplayer simulations and Team Manager.

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Institutions and cohorts

Universities, training centres, and corporate L and D. Seats, invites, and admin exist today. Licensing by arrangement.

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Four specialist AI advisors

Ask, generate, model, and actwithout leaving the sim.

VIC, The Brain, CFO Assistant, and VALIA are wired into the workspaces where you work. Each one is built for a different moment in the deal lifecycle.

SUPERSIM / THE REAL AI CFO

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The Real AI CFO

VIC

PE Expert Advisor

Your personal PE expert. Ask anything about deals, valuation, strategy. Get instant, expert-level analysis.

  • Analyze margins vs. industry benchmarks
  • Surface top risks in any deal
  • Build a strong investment thesis

The Brain

Report Generation

Turns simulation work into professional deliverables. Memos, risk registers, value creation reports from your data.

  • Generate IC memos from pipeline
  • Create risk registers from portfolio data
  • Assemble VC reports for stakeholders

CFO Assistant

Financial Modeling

Specialized support for numbers-heavy tasks. Forecasts, normalization, board-ready materials.

  • Build financial forecasts
  • EBITDA normalization assistance
  • Board deck generation

VALIA

Quick Prompts

Contextual quick prompts. Surfaces relevant actions based on where you are. One click, no typing.

  • In Sourcing: Score deal, draft memo
  • In Valuation: Run sensitivity, compare
  • In Exit: Check readiness, map buyers
Simple pricing

Start where you are.Scale when you need to.

Professional for individuals and learners. Team when you need multiplayer capstones and higher AI limits. Switch billing monthly or annually anytime.

Free 7-day trial on Professional and Team.

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Individuals, students, and solo practitioners

$39/mo

Less than one hour of consulting fees.

  • All 12 simulation modules
  • All 4 AI advisors (VIC, Brain, CFO Assistant, VALIA)
  • 50 AI queries / day
  • Super Prompts, The Forge, The Digicorn
  • Power Hour up to 2x VC$
  • Unlimited simulations and lessons
  • VC$ Exchange access
  • Export (PDF / Excel)
  • Verified certifications
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Advanced multiplayer and higher AI limits

$69/mo

A fraction of one analyst seat per month.

  • Everything in Professional, plus:
  • Phoenix, Fake Leader, and C-Suite Arena (multiplayer capstones)
  • Invite-based multiplayer groups
  • 100 AI queries / day
  • Power Hour up to 3x VC$
  • Team dashboard and creator mode

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Enterprise solutions

For universities, business schools, training centers, and firms.

If you train cohorts at a university, business school, training center, or corporation, we can scope a custom enterprise deployment. That can include white-label branding, tailored content and deal knowledge bases for your organization, seat pricing, SSO, and curriculum design. Contact us to create the solution. The PE Simulator is built in collaboration by Valuethropy (AI and platform architecture) and VCI Institute (curriculum and certifications). For curriculum and cohort questions, the VCI Institute team handles support. For platform and AI questions, reach us via valuethropy.ai. The simulator is already used by 2,500+ learners across 50+ countries.

  • White-label branding for your institution or firm
  • Custom content and knowledge bases for your curriculum or deal desk
  • Cohort licensing with admin dashboard
  • SSO, billing on invoice, MSA available
  • White-glove onboarding and live walkthroughs
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