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LBO Modeling Due Diligence Valuation
LBO Modeling
& Deal Structuring
From leveraged buyouts to carried interest.
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Built by PE practitioners

Curriculum designed by professionals from top-tier buyout and growth equity funds.

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🏗 LBO Modeling
🔍 Due Diligence
📐 Valuation
🤝 Deal Sourcing
📋 Fund Structures
📊 Financial Modeling
🏢 M&A
🚀 Career Transition
Why CloseTheGap

Everything you need to
break into Private Equity

Whether you're a student, a consultant, or a banker — we give you the exact skills PE funds look for.

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Deal-Ready Curriculum

LBO models, CIM teardowns, IC memos, and portfolio monitoring — built around how PE professionals actually work.

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Two Entry Points

Courses designed for two audiences: university students targeting PE analyst roles, and professionals pivoting from consulting or investment banking.

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Verifiable Certificates

Get verified completion certificates you can add to your CV and LinkedIn to signal PE-specific technical skills to recruiters.

500+ Students Enrolled
10+ PE-Focused Courses
98% Satisfaction Rate
3 Career Tracks
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Structured for students and career-switchers. From zero to deal-ready.

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Student Stories

From Classroom to Closing

★★★★★

"I was a third-year ADE student with zero PE exposure. After the LBO Modeling course I landed an internship at a mid-market buyout fund. The technical prep was exactly what the interviews required."

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Alejandro M.
Finance student → PE Intern
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"I spent three years in strategy consulting and always wanted to move to PE. CloseTheGap filled the technical gaps — LBO mechanics, due diligence, IC memos — that my consulting work never covered."

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Rodrigo S.
Strategy Consultant → PE Associate
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"As an IBD analyst I knew the M&A side but PE fund mechanics were new to me. The Fund Structures and Portfolio Monitoring modules gave me the investor-side perspective that sealed my offer."

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Clara L.
IB Analyst → Growth Equity Associate
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Frequently Asked Questions

CloseTheGap is a Private Equity academy. We offer focused, practitioner-built courses covering LBO modeling, due diligence, deal structuring, fund mechanics, and career strategy — designed for university students targeting PE and for consultants or bankers making the switch.
Two main audiences: (1) University and college students who want to target PE analyst or intern roles directly, and (2) Professionals in strategic consulting or investment banking who want to move to a PE fund at the associate level.
Courses are labeled by level. Students can start from the foundations of financial modeling and work up. Career-switchers with consulting or banking backgrounds can jump straight into the advanced deal and fund modules.
Pay-per-course — no subscription. Buy the courses you need and keep lifetime access to them, including all future updates to that course.
Yes. Every completed course earns a verifiable certificate with a unique ID you can share on LinkedIn or attach to job applications. It signals PE-specific technical skills to recruiters.
Yes. CloseTheGap is fully responsive and installable as a PWA on your phone — no app store needed. Watch lessons and track progress from anywhere.