James Joseph
President & Founder
BBA Scholar at SMU Cox School of Business.
Foundry
Private Markets Group
About Foundry
Where students learn to invest in private markets.
Foundry Private Markets Group is an SMU student organization for students interested in understanding private-market investing and pursuing careers in private equity, venture capital, private credit, and other alternative investments.
We give members practical exposure to how private investments are sourced, analyzed, structured, and presented, through education, case studies, investment analysis, and interaction with industry professionals.
What we study
01
Private equity
How funds buy, improve and sell companies.
02
Search funds
How an entrepreneur raises capital to acquire and run one small business.
03
Venture capital
How investors evaluate startups and price early rounds.
04
Private credit
How non-bank lenders structure loans directly to companies.
The deal lifecycle
How a private investment takes shape.
Sourced
Where opportunities come from and how they are screened.
Analyzed
Financial analysis and valuation of the business.
Structured
How capital, terms and returns are arranged.
Presented
Making the investment case to decision-makers.
Ready to learn the private markets?
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Meet the students who run the club.
Executive board
Vinicius Domingues
VP, Finance & Founder
SMU Cox School of Business.
Clayton Ellis
Founding VP, External Affairs
SMU Cox School of Business.
JB Watson
VP, Club Affairs & Founding Member
University Honors Program.
Carson Kudelko
Marketing Manager & Founding Member
Class of 2030.
Quoc An Nguyen
VP, Technical & Operations
Finance and Data Science.
Events
Open to all students unless noted.
Chris Marmo Speaker
Guest speaker · 6:00 pm · David B. Miller Business Quadrangle
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