Ilya Strebulaev

New Economic School (MA) Ilya A. Strebulaev (born May 17, 1975) is a Russian- American financial economist, researcher, author, and speaker with expertise in venture capital, startups, and corporate innovation.

[5] Strebulaev developed a framework[7] with Will Gornall that asseses the value of private venture capital (VC) backed companies.

Their valuation model is built on the option pricing methodology and takes into account complicated shareholder structures of VC-backed companies.

He has shown that the VC industry led to the creation of most large public US companies in the last 50 years and is an important growth engine behind the US innovation economy.

In 2013, Strebulaev developed an MBA-level course on angel and venture capital financing and decision-making,[27] which he has been teaching with famous VCs for the past ten years, with almost 1,000 students taking the class.

[31] Strebulaev frequently leads workshops and executive sessions on corporate innovation, venture capital, Silicon Valley, and strategic decision-making for senior leaders around the world.