seed capital
noun
: money that is used for starting a new business, program, project, etc.
He provided seed capital for the campaign.
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That’s why Vitality specifically focuses on pre-seed and seed capital.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The company raised $5 million in seed capital between 2018 to 2021.
—Jennifer Liu
tasia Jensen, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Developers must demonstrate substantial seed capital and robust creditworthiness to qualify for redevelopment funding.
—Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
What Americans can expect is that ICE will not merely exist for managing America's borders, rather, this is the seed capital for a force modeled on the machinery of occupation.
—Tariq Habash, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The company raised $5 million in seed capital between 2018 to 2021.
—Jennifer Liu
tasia Jensen, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Developers must demonstrate substantial seed capital and robust creditworthiness to qualify for redevelopment funding.
—Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
What Americans can expect is that ICE will not merely exist for managing America's borders, rather, this is the seed capital for a force modeled on the machinery of occupation.
—Tariq Habash, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for seed capital
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“Seed capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seed%20capital. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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