Fundraising
Startup founders use these presentations when they go out to fundraise.
What are pitch decks?
This company began as a dating site and later evolved into a leading platform for professional networking.
What is LinkedIn?
This Paul Graham-founded organization, although technically an accelerator, has backed notable companies such as Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox through its batch programs.
What is Y Combinator?
This Israeli entrepreneur co-founded WeWork, raising billions before the company’s failed IPO and valuation collapse in 2019.
Who is Adam Neumann?
The Vanderbilts created their wealth through this industry.
What is the railroad industry?
If pre-money valuation is the value of a startup BEFORE funds are raised, then post-money valuation is…
What is the valuation after funds are raised?
This startup, founded by Elon Musk, aimed to make online payments easier and was later acquired by eBay.
What is PayPal?
This firm, founded by Peter Thiel and known for its contrarian bets, was the first institutional investor in SpaceX and is famous for the slogan 'We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters'.
What is the Founders Fund?
This co-founder of Uber was forced to resign as CEO in 2017 after controversies involving company culture and regulatory battles.
Who is Travis Kalanick?
He's the richest person in the world.
Who is Larry Ellison?
The value of a startup is determined by this person.
What is a Venture Capitalist?
This term refers to a startup that grows rapidly without external funding, relying primarily on its own revenue.
What is bootstrapping?
This firm, founded in 1965 in Boston, backed LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb, and Discord, and counts Reid Hoffman as one of its prominent partners.
What is Greylock Partners?
This college dropout co-founded Apple in 1976 and later returned to launch the iPhone and iPad.
Who is Steve Jobs?
This IBM model beat Garry Kasparov at chess.
What is Deep Blue?
This document, often issued in priced rounds, lays out valuation, liquidation preference, and board rights.
What is a term sheet?
This term refers to the strategy of acquiring smaller startups primarily for their technology or talent.
What is Acqui-hire (or acquisition strategy)?
This crossover fund, led by Chase Coleman, became notorious during 2020-2021 for its rapid-fire investment pace and pre-emptive term sheets in growth-stage companies.
What is Tiger Global Management?
This entrepreneur, once the youngest self-made female billionaire on paper, founded a blood-testing startup that collapsed after revelations of massive fraud were made.
Who is Elizabeth Holmes?
This is the most-streamed song on Spotify.
Blinding Lights by the Weeknd
This publicly traded company is currently attempting to give venture fund access to retail investors through private tokenized stocks.
What is Robinhood (Robinhood Venture Fund 1)?
This famous phrase by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen describes how software startups are transforming entire industries.
What is “software is eating the world"?
This firm, with offices in Menlo Park and beyond, was an early investor in Snapchat and Affirm, focusing on both enterprise and consumer technology.
What is Lightspeed Venture Partners?
This entrepreneur co-founded a digital payments company in China that grew into the world’s largest fintech firm, but was forced to step down from public appearances after regulators halted its record-breaking IPO in 2020.
Who is Jack Ma?
AI was invented in this decade.
1950s