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

Mandia is also a general partner at Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm he co-founded. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Mehron Sharq, founder of Inside Round Advisory, spent years evaluating early-stage software and AI companies as a venture capital investor. — Mehron Sharq, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The sixth, Heather Gorham, had been a partner at the venture capital firm Flying Fish, which was among the first investors in Ineffable. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

European startups have a harder time attracting venture capital investment than US companies, and the top-down architecture of Europe’s legacy space industry is often incompatible with the entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for venture capital

• capitol
• noncapital

Legal Definition

venture capital

see also:

capital