Random Facts
Which company originally launched under the name BackRub before rebranding?
A. YouTube
B. Google
C. Reddit
D. LinkedIn
Which company became the fastest startup in history to reach a $10 billion valuation?
A. OpenAI
B. Stripe
C. Discord
D. ByteDance (TikTok)
Jared Kaplin is the Hopkins professor that helped develop and co-found this AI company:
Q: This company raised $2.4M in seed funding, surpassing their original target by 20%.
A: What is MedSetGo
Which VC firm is known for co-founding the “PayPal Mafia” network of founders and investors?
A. Founders Fund
B. Sequoia Capital
C. Kleiner Perkins
D. Accel Partners
Which company had the largest IPO in history, raising over $25 billion?
A. Alibaba
B. Uber
C. Rivian
D. Snowflake
Which of the following founders did NOT originally create the company they now lead?
A. Satya Nadella – Microsoft
B. Mark Zuckerberg – Meta
C. Brian Chesky – Airbnb
D. Evan Spiegel – Snapchat
This Johns Hopkins alumnus is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Mammoth Brands which includes companies such as Harry’s. He is also a Co-Founder of Warby Parker:
This HopStone investment reached a post-money valuation of $14.82M in July of 2025.
Somnair
A16z made its first two investments in 2009, including one well-known company, which is:
A. Instagram
B. Skype
C. Dropbox
D. Slack
Which founder famously coded the first version of their product in just two weeks?
A. Travis Kalanick – Uber
B. Jan Koum – WhatsApp
C. Kevin Systrom – Instagram
D. Patrick Collison – Stripe
Which startup reached a $1 trillion valuation before any other modern tech company?
A. Apple
B. Amazon
C. Google
D. Tesla
This founder and graduate of Hopkins started Aaptiv, an audio-based fitness content company that raised over $70M in capital from Insight, Amazon, and Disney. He is also currently running for Governor of California for 2026:
A. Ethan Agarwal
B. Dave Mcclure
C. Robert Fischell
D. Michael Derby
This company earned early-stage VC funding from ImpactAssets in May of 2025, raising $130,000 to date.
What is CurveAssure
Sequoia Capital was founded in:
A. 1962
B. 1972
C. 1980
D. 2000
Which celebrity was an early investor in Uber, turning a small check into tens of millions?
A. Taylor Swift
B. Jay-Z
C. Rihanna
D. Matthew McConaughey
Which company famously raised SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund investment as part of its rapid growth?
A. SpaceX
B. Stripe
C. WeWork
D. Coinbase
Hopkins researchers; Bett Vogelstein, Ken Kinzler and Nickolas Papadopoulos founded this cancer focused diagnostic company which was acquired by Exact Sciences for $2.1B in 2021:
A. Thrive Earlier Detection
B. Lucira Health
C. Cofactor Genomics
D. Astek Diagnostics
In addition to HopStone capital funding, this company also received funding from Wolf Point Capital in June 2025, fund raising $200,000 so far.
What is Drūl.
Who were among key early investors in Facebook? Pick two.
A. Accel Partners
B. Sequoia Capital
C. Founders Fund
D. Benchmark Capital
E. Ron Conway
Which tech founder famously slept on a beanbag in the office during the early days of building their company?
A. Jeff Bezos – Amazon
B. Bill Gates – Microsoft
C. Elon Musk – Tesla/SpaceX
D. Larry Page – Google
Facebook’s largest acquisition ever was which of the following?
A. Instagram – $1B
B. WhatsApp – $19B
C. Oculus – $2B
D. Grammarly – $13B
Antonella Sturniolo (Hopkins MPH) is the Founder and CEO of this startup, which has developed the first hormone and copper free IUD:
Q: This product is currently in the process of receiving FDA 510(k) clearance.
What is NovvaCup.
Chuck Newhall is the co-founder of which VC firm?
A. Accel
B. Tiger Global Management
C. New Enterprise Associates
D. Khosla Ventures