VC Lingo
Edmonton Scene
Startup Slang
Ball Knowledge
100

What does VC stand for?

Venture Capital

100

An artificial intelligence institute located in downtown edmonton.

AMII

100
B2B stands for "Business to Business". 

B2C stands for:"______ __ ________".

Business to Consumer

100

Bald Amazon guy

Jeff Bezos

200

A privately held company valued at over $1 billion (also the name of a mythical creature)

Unicorn
200

A wonderful space located in HUB mall, where students build ventures.

eHUB

200

Fill in the Blanks:
TAM: Total _____ Market

Addressable
200

This crypto startup led to the 2022 arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried.

FTX

300

The rate at which a startup spends its cash reserves before generating positive cashflow

Burn Rate

300

This local cafe chain is a favourite study spot of U of A students. Known for their Chai.

Remedy

300

Company's first time selling public stock (3 Letter Acronym)

IPO

300

"The Social Network" is a movie about the founding of this company?

Facebook

400

A spreadsheet showing a company's equity ownership

Cap Table

400

This downtown building on 101 Street used to be a warehouse but is now the main hub for startups (formerly Mercer).

Edmonton Unlimited

400

LTV: ____ ____ ____

Life Time Value

400
Famous line from Wolf of Wall Street:

"Sell me this ____"

Pen

500

A period of time an employee must work before they legally own their granted stock options

Vesting

500

This local software company helps landscapers and plumbers run their businesses and is one of Edmonton’s biggest tech success stories.

Jobber

500

Cost you pay to get each of your customers (3 Letter Acronym)

CAC

500

Lamborghini started out making this type of large vehicle before the founder got into a fight with Enzo Ferrari.

Tractors