Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with sources of funding, the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools analysis used to allocate financial resources.

These opportunities can be particularly appealing to investors as they offer the opportunity to buy into shares in a company before most investors can. While corporate finance opportunities involve backing companies with “less proven” business models, most investors recognize that they provide opportunities to generate wealth that are hard to find elsewhere.