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

Examples of venture capital in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Coinbase In the early 2010s, Brock Pierce, a former child star who acted in the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks, began advising Epstein on a series of crypto investments through his role as managing partner at a nascent venture capital company called Crypto Currency Partners. —Ben Weiss, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026

Kaiser Permanente Ventures, its venture capital arm, has invested in Abridge. —Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026

Some 1,500 startups took part alongside more than 30,000 people, including nearly 1,000 investors — a reflection of Doha’s aim to build a tech and venture capital ecosystem. —Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026

Those companies have spent chunks of their hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital funds on aggressive national marketing campaigns in recent months. —Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for venture capital

• capitol
• noncapital

Legal Definition

venture capital

see capital