venture capital
noun
: capital (such as retained corporate earnings or individual savings) invested or available for investment in the ownership element of new or fresh enterprise
called also risk capital
venture capitalism
noun
venture capitalist
noun
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Meta announced its Libra project in July 2019, initially pitching an open-source stablecoin backed by a number of payments, tech, and venture capital firms.
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Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Before entering politics, Harder worked in venture capital until 2017.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
So many companies asked Style3D for its data on physical materials and textures that the company decided to enter the business itself — launching robotics platform SynReal last fall, CEO Eric Liu told me Thursday, on the sidelines of a Hangzhou venture capital association conference.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
That strategy emphasized heavy diversification into illiquid alternative assets — such as private equity, venture capital and real estate — over traditional stocks and bonds.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Before entering politics, Harder worked in venture capital until 2017.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
So many companies asked Style3D for its data on physical materials and textures that the company decided to enter the business itself — launching robotics platform SynReal last fall, CEO Eric Liu told me Thursday, on the sidelines of a Hangzhou venture capital association conference.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
That strategy emphasized heavy diversification into illiquid alternative assets — such as private equity, venture capital and real estate — over traditional stocks and bonds.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Venture capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/venture%20capital. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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