venture capital

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venture capital

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə ˈkæpɪtəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ ˈkæpɪtəl/

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Noun

venture capital (uncountable)

1. (business) Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.
   • 2017, William Irwin Thompson, Self and Society, →ISBN:

     In this unreflective boomerism of American hypercapitalism, one has to hype one's project to attract venture capital.

Synonyms

• risk capital

Derived terms

• venture capitalist
• vulture capitalist

Translations

money invested in an enterprise

Chinese: Mandarin: 風險資本 / 风险资本 (fēngxiǎn zīběn), 創業投資 / 创业投资 (zh) (chuàngyè tóuzī), 風險投資 / 风险投资 (zh) (fēngxiǎn tóuzī), 風投 / 风投 (fēngtóu) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: durfkapitaal (nl) n Esperanto: riskkapitalo Finnish: riskipääoma French: capital-risque (fr) m Georgian: რისკიანი კაპიტალდაბანდება (risḳiani ḳaṗiṭaldabandeba), სარისკო კაპიტალდაბანდება (sarisḳo ḳaṗiṭaldabandeba) German: Wagniskapital n, Risikokapital (de) n Hungarian: kockázati tőke, kockázatitőke-befektetés Irish: caipiteal fiontair m Italian: capitale di rischio (it) m Japanese: ベンチャーキャピタル (ja) (benchākyapitaru) Kazakh: венчурлік капитал (vençurlık kapital) Korean: 벤처 캐피털 (bencheo kaepiteol) Malayalam: വെഞ്ച്വർ ക്യാപ്പിറ്റൽ (veñcvaṟ kyāppiṟṟal) Polish: kapitał podwyższonego ryzyka m Portuguese: capital de risco m Sicilian: capitali di rìsicu m Spanish: capital riesgo m, capital emprendedor m Swedish: riskkapital n