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Digital innovation is absorbing risk capital just as physical infrastructure becomes more geopolitically central.
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Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The private sector must therefore work with governments — not around them — to harmonise standards, de-risk capital flows and create predictable markets for low-carbon goods and services.
—Sanda Ojiambo, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
One option for the United States is to take advantage of its innovation ecosystem—the unique combination of world-class universities, R & D investment, rule of law, deep capital markets, access to risk capital, and entrepreneurial culture.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
National regulators must commit to a genuine reassessment of how Solvency II treats risk capital.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Gates said, pointing out that the main obstacles include securing risk capital to fund these solutions.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 May 2025
These areas are notoriously difficult to launch a startup in, as most ideas require resources such as labs, scientific equipment, consulting, market research, and access to risk capital that are either difficult to access or are cost prohibitive.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 1 May 2025
This 4 to 1 fund raising ratio, of private vs public, now underscores the prominence and effectiveness of private equity as a preferred path for companies to acquire risk capital.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The private sector must therefore work with governments — not around them — to harmonise standards, de-risk capital flows and create predictable markets for low-carbon goods and services.
—Sanda Ojiambo, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
One option for the United States is to take advantage of its innovation ecosystem—the unique combination of world-class universities, R & D investment, rule of law, deep capital markets, access to risk capital, and entrepreneurial culture.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
National regulators must commit to a genuine reassessment of how Solvency II treats risk capital.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Gates said, pointing out that the main obstacles include securing risk capital to fund these solutions.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 May 2025
These areas are notoriously difficult to launch a startup in, as most ideas require resources such as labs, scientific equipment, consulting, market research, and access to risk capital that are either difficult to access or are cost prohibitive.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 1 May 2025
This 4 to 1 fund raising ratio, of private vs public, now underscores the prominence and effectiveness of private equity as a preferred path for companies to acquire risk capital.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Risk capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20capital. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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