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Sherpa Capital, the Glossary

Sherpa Capital is an American venture capital firm established in March 2013 by Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford.^[1]

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Airbnb

Airbnb, Inc. is an American company operating an online marketplace for short-and-long-term homestays and experiences in various countries and regions. Sherpa Capital and Airbnb are companies based in San Francisco.

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1920.

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Anschutz Entertainment Group

The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), also known as AEG Worldwide, is an American global sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation.

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Breach of contract

Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance.

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Cadre (company)

Cadre is a New York–based financial technology company that provides individuals and institutions direct access to real estate investment properties, including commercial properties.

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California superior courts

Superior courts in California are the state trial courts with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a governmental agency.

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Canaan Partners

Canaan Partners (Canaan) is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut with offices in San Francisco, Menlo Park and New York City. Sherpa Capital and Canaan Partners are venture capital firms of the United States.

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Caspian Pipeline Consortium

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is a consortium and an oil pipeline that transports Caspian oil from the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan to the Novorossiysk-2 Marine Terminal, an export terminal at the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

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E-commerce

E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling products on online services or over the Internet.

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Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and investor known for his key roles in space company SpaceX and automotive company Tesla, Inc. Other involvements include ownership of X Corp., the company that operates the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), and his role in the founding of The Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink and OpenAI. Sherpa Capital and Elon Musk are Hyperloop.

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Fintech

Fintech, a portmanteau of "financial technology", refers to the application of innovative technologies to products and services in the financial industry.

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Formation 8

Formation 8 was an American venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Joe Lonsdale, Jim Kim, and Brian Koo. Sherpa Capital and Formation 8 are companies based in San Francisco and venture capital firms of the United States.

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Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm formed in 2005 and has roughly $12 billion in total assets under management as of 2023. Sherpa Capital and Founders Fund are companies based in San Francisco and venture capital firms of the United States.

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Hyperloop One

Hyperloop One, known as Virgin Hyperloop until November 2022, was an American transportation technology company that worked to commercialize high-speed travel utilizing the Hyperloop concept which was a variant of the vacuum train. Sherpa Capital and Hyperloop One are Hyperloop.

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Investment

Investment is traditionally defined as the "commitment of resources to achieve later benefits".

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Jenna Wortham

Jenna Wortham is an American journalist.

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Jim Messina (political staffer)

Jim Messina (born October 29, 1969) is an American political adviser who was the White House deputy chief of staff for operations under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011 and served as the campaign manager for Obama's successful 2012 re-election campaign.

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Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is an American venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla, focused on early-stage companies in the Internet, computing, mobile, financial services, agriculture, healthcare and clean technology sectors. Sherpa Capital and Khosla Ventures are venture capital firms of the United States.

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Kushner Companies

Kushner Companies LLC is an American real estate developer in the New York City metropolitan area.

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Munchery

Munchery Inc. was an online food ordering and meal delivery service that served parts of San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City.

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Padmasree Warrior

Padmasree Warrior (born Yellepeddi Padmasree) is an Indian-American businesswoman and technology executive.

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Privately held company

A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.

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Property technology

Property technology (also known as by the portmanteaus proptech, PropTech, prop-tech and also known as real estate technology) is used to refer to the application of information technology and platform economics to the real estate industry.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Series A round

A series A is the name typically given to a company's first significant round of venture capital financing.

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Shervin Pishevar

Shervin Kordary Pishevar (شروین پیشه ور; born March 24, 1974) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, super angel investor, and philanthropist.

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Shyp

Shyp was a shipping company that operated in the years 2013–2018. Sherpa Capital and Shyp are companies based in San Francisco.

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SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite communications company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. Sherpa Capital and spaceX are Hyperloop.

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Thrive Capital

Thrive Capital is an American venture capital firm based in New York City. Sherpa Capital and Thrive Capital are venture capital firms of the United States.

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Tina Sharkey

Tina Sharkey (born 1964) is an American entrepreneur, advisor, and investor.

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Venture capital

Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc.

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Venture round

A venture round is a type of funding round used for venture capital financing, by which startup companies obtain investment, generally from venture capitalists and other institutional investors.

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Volvo

The Volvo Group (Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_Capital