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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The brand was incubated by the YouTuber's venture capital firm, Anti Fund.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
The investment is being led by venture capital firm Notion Capital, with participation from Norrsken VC and angel investors.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Alphabet is one of the investors in TAE already, according to data compiled by FactSet, along with Chevron, Charles Schwab, the government of Kuwait and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who passed away in 2018, as well as a number of venture capital firms.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
By one estimate, more than $6 billion in private equity, venture capital and public investments have gone into reactor development in recent years.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
The investment is being led by venture capital firm Notion Capital, with participation from Norrsken VC and angel investors.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Alphabet is one of the investors in TAE already, according to data compiled by FactSet, along with Chevron, Charles Schwab, the government of Kuwait and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who passed away in 2018, as well as a number of venture capital firms.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
By one estimate, more than $6 billion in private equity, venture capital and public investments have gone into reactor development in recent years.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for venture capital
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“Venture capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/venture%20capital. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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