SVS
What are our 2 programs and describe them.
Venture Team: 9-week mentorship program aiming to equip students with skills for succeeding in VC and tech.
Venturist: mentorship program where students write articles for our in-house publication.
What is SaaS?
SaaS stands for Software as a Service.
What are the people who invest money into the fund, but don't have say in management, called?
Limited Partners (LPs).
What does Tribeca stand for?
Triangle Below Canal St.
What artist has the most monthly listeners on Spotify?
The Weeknd.
What large-scale event do we host every fall semester?
Night Market.
What programming language is most commonly used for AI development?
Python.
Name 5 VCs.
a16z, Sequoia, Khosla Ventures, NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, etc.
Name all NYC professional sports teams (baseball, football basketball).
Mets, Yankees, Giants, Nets, Knicks, Jets, Liberty.
What is the name of the biggest mall in the U.S.?
American Dream Meadowlands (East Rutherford, NJ).
Name 6 EBoard members.
Stanley, Catalina, Emily, Julia, Jason, Nisha, Cathy, Katherine, ZK, Sid, Samarth, Prerit, Vaish, Daniel, Arjun.
What is the name of the chip in the newest iPhone?
A18.
What is the world's highest valued unicorn?
ByteDance ($225B).
What is the name of the castle in Central Park?
Belvedere.
Name 3 London airports.
Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City, Southend.
Who was on our panel at last week's meeting?
Aryaa, Nisha, Pov, Prerit.
What is the post-money valuation of Anthropic?
$18.4B.
What are pro-rata rights?
Legal right, but not obligation, that can be given to an investor to maintain their % ownership of the company in subsequent funding rounds. Essentially allows them to participate in future rounds and invest however much is necessary to avoid dilution.
How many seats does Radio City Music Hall have?
~6,000.
What were the names of Christopher Columbus' 3 ships?
Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
What are the four stages in the typical life of a VC fund?
Sourcing, Investing, Managing, Exiting
What quantum computing company built the first commercially available quantum computer?
D-Wave Systems (2015).
What is the committed but unallocated capital (unspent cash reserve) that a VC firm has on hand commonly referred to as?
Dry powder.
Name every single subway line (not the colors!).
NQRW, 123, 456, 7, SL, ACE, BDFM, JZ, G
Name all of Quentin Tarantino's films.
Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol 1, Kill Bill: Vol 2, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood