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Glossary of Terms

Last updated: 2025-01-27
Version: 1.0


Tokens and Blockchain

Governance Tokens

VC HB3 Accelerator tokens that grant the right to:

  • Receive dividends (15% of all treasury receipts)
  • Participate in on-chain voting on development priorities
  • Create proposals for voting
  • Access accelerator projects

Total tokens: 3,000,000
Available for LP investors: up to 30% (900,000 tokens)
Price: 1,000 USDT per token

Admin Tokens

Tokens that serve as licenses to use the Digital Legal Entity (DLE) platform. Admin token holders receive access to platform settings and updates for 5 years.

Pricing:

  • Standard: 1 admin token = 1,000 USDT
  • Premium: 10 admin tokens = 10,000 USDT

ERC-20

Token standard in the Ethereum blockchain. The DLE platform uses the ERC-20 standard to create governance tokens and admin tokens.

Smart Contracts

Self-executing programs in the blockchain that automatically execute contract conditions. Used in the DLE platform for token management, voting, and dividend distribution.

On-Chain Voting

Voting system implemented through smart contracts in the blockchain. All votes are recorded in the blockchain and available for verification.

Quorum

Minimum number of votes required to make a decision. In VC HB3 Accelerator, the initial quorum is 51% of all governance tokens, can be increased to 70%.

On-Premises

Software deployment model where software is installed on the client's infrastructure, not in the cloud. The DLE platform uses on-premises deployment to ensure full client control over data.

L2 Chains (Layer 2)

Secondary blockchain networks built on top of the main network (e.g., Ethereum). VC HB3 Accelerator plans to create custom L2 chains for regulators.

EVM Networks

Networks compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The DLE platform supports all EVM networks, including Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, and others.


Financial Terms

Dividends

Payments to token holders proportional to their ownership share. In VC HB3 Accelerator, 15% of all treasury receipts are distributed as dividends.

Fund Treasury

Fund balance that ensures liquidity of governance tokens. The treasury is formed from receipts from license sales, portfolio company exits, and capital raised from LP investors.

Liquidity

Ability to quickly sell an asset at a fair price. Treasury balance ensures liquidity of all governance tokens through a buyback mechanism.

Exit Rate

Percentage of portfolio companies that successfully exit investments (sale, IPO, acquisition). In conservative scenario: 8-10%, in optimistic: 15-20%.

IRR (Internal Rate of Return)

Internal rate of return — a measure of investment efficiency. Target IRR for VC HB3 Accelerator: 20-30%.

Pre-Seed

Early investment stage when a company is at the idea or prototype stage.

Seed

Investment stage when a company already has a product and first customers.

Series A

First major venture funding stage after seed round.

ICO (Initial Coin Offering)

Initial token offering, a method of raising capital through token sales.

Lock-Up Period

Minimum token holding period during which an investor cannot sell tokens back to the treasury. In VC HB3 Accelerator: 12 months.


Business Terms

LP (Limited Partners)

Limited partners — investors in a venture fund who provide capital but do not participate in management. In VC HB3 Accelerator, LP investors receive governance tokens and effectively become GPs with voting rights.

GP (General Partners)

General partners — managing partners of a venture fund who make investment decisions. In VC HB3 Accelerator, the founder is a GP, and LP investors receive GP rights through governance tokens.

Token Holder

Owner of governance tokens or admin tokens. Token holders have various rights depending on token type.

Client

Token holder who publishes tasks for development, customization, and platform support. Payment is made from the project treasury (15% expenses).

Contractor

Token holder who completes client tasks. Contractors receive payment from the project treasury.

Accelerator

Program supporting entrepreneurs, including education, software configuration, and access to investments. VC HB3 Accelerator plans to attract 21,000+ entrepreneurs to the first accelerator.

Cohort

Group of entrepreneurs participating in the accelerator simultaneously. 4 cohorts of 70 groups each are planned.

Portfolio Company

Company in which the fund invests funds. VC HB3 Accelerator plans to invest in 600 portfolio companies over 5 years.


Technical Terms

Docker

Platform for application containerization. The DLE platform is delivered as Docker containers for simplified deployment.

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Technology that combines knowledge base search with text generation. Used in the DLE platform's AI assistant.

FAISS

Library for efficient vector search, used in the AI assistant for semantic search across the knowledge base.

Ollama

Platform for running local LLM models. The DLE platform uses the qwen2.5:7b model.

AI Assistant

Built-in intelligent assistant of the DLE platform that automates business processes, including customer service, analytics, marketing, and HR.

AI-CRM

CRM system with artificial intelligence integration for customer service automation.


Regulatory Terms

Regulator

Government authority that regulates financial markets and company activities. VC HB3 Accelerator cooperates with regulators to create regulated tokenization infrastructure.

Special Economic Zones

Territories with special legal regime for business. VC HB3 Accelerator is registering in special economic zones of regulators.

CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency)

Central bank digital currency. VC HB3 Accelerator offers regulators creation of infrastructure for money supply tokenization.

Compliance

Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The DLE platform ensures automatic compliance through automated reporting.


Additional Terms

Iterative Growth Model

Business expansion model where profit from one country is reinvested in registration and development in a new country. Cycle: legal entity registration → deployment → marketing → sales → expansion.

Network Effect

Phenomenon where the value of a product or service increases with the number of users. In VC HB3 Accelerator, the network effect manifests in the growth of ecosystem value with the increase in the number of entrepreneurs.

Dogfooding

Practice of a developer company using its own product. VC HB3 Accelerator uses the DLE platform to manage the fund's own assets.

Due Diligence

Thorough review of a company or project before investing. It is recommended to conduct Due Diligence before investing in VC HB3 Accelerator.


Last updated: 2025-01-27
Version: 1.0