VC & Private Equity
This term describes the percentage of investor profits that VC / PE firms or Syndicate Leads keep as a performance fee - typically set at 20%.
This Norse God is often referred to as 'The Allfather'.
Who is Odin?
This Australian brand of beer is popular internationally, but is rarely drunk inside of Australia.
What is Fosters?
What hobby did Lucas recently pick up?
What is Pottery?
This (former?) customer recently announced the launch of a TV show in collaboration with notoriously dodgy bloke James Watt, and are owed intergenerational space carry by Joel.
What is 'Founders Capital'?
'SAFE's and 'SeedFAST's are two examples of different types of this investment instrument.
What is a convertible note?
This realm is where warriors who die in battle are said to go in the afterlife.
What is Valhalla?
This Australian slang term conveys the intention of the speaker to not waste time.
What is 'I'm not here to f**k spiders'?
This member of the Odin team's mother was one of 9 children.
Who is Paddy?
This deal slug was for the most successful exit to date on the Odin platform, with an IRR of over 1000%.
What is 'eleven-labs-inc'?
Typically used in Private Equity deals, this type of acquisition is funded by debt, which is then transferred to the acquiree.
What is a leveraged buyout (LBO)?
In Norse Mythology, this group of Gods went to war with another group of Gods, the Aesir.
Who are the Vanir?
This bird, once respected in Egypt, is known unaffectionately as a 'bin chicken' in Australia.
What is an Ibis?
Haroun's birthday lies on what widely-celebrated day?
What is October 31 (Halloween)?
Odin has this many (active) Nominee Entities (to the nearest 10).
What is 100?
This (somewhat colloquial) term refers to capital that is committed to a VC / PE fund, but is not yet invested.
What is 'Dry Powder'?
According to prophecy, this event will bring about the end of the world in Norse mythology.
What is Ragnarok?
This Australian public holiday, which commemorates Australian and New Zealand soldiers, is the only day of the year where unregulated gambling is legal (via a coin-toss game called 'two-up'). It also has a biscuit named after it.
What is ANZAC day?
Will's parents have a farm in this (aptly named) area of NSW (Australia).
What is Kangaroo Valley?
To the nearest 50, this many deals are marked as 'closed' in the Odin DB.
What is 950?
This private equity strategy allows a General Partner to extend the holding period of certain assets by transferring them into a new fund, giving existing Limited Partners the option to sell or reinvest, while attracting new secondary investors.
What is a 'Continuation Fund'?
This enormous sea serpent is said to encircle Midgard, the world of humans.
What is Jörmungandr / The World Serpent?
This person was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance while swimming at a beach in Victoria in 1967. His legacy includes conspiracy theories about him being collected by a Chinese submarine, and a swimming pool in Melbourne named in his honour.
Who is Harold Holt?
(see 'Doing a Harold Holt', Aussie rhyming slang).
This member of the Odin team grew up in various countries, including Hungary and Switzerland.
Who is Christian
This field in the legal_entities table of the Odin database (pre-data remodel) indicates whether or not an individual is a 'US person' for FATCA purposes.
What is legal_entities.individual_is_us_citizen?