risk capital

noun

Examples of risk capital in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Another factor that Hoggett pointed out is the need for more pension assets in the country to be channeled into equity and risk capital, where great value can be made. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023 Bethune also noted that high interest rates are diverting risk capital from investments that support productivity-boosting innovation. Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023 Investors could lose risk capital. David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022 Aerospace and aviation need a lot of risk capital. Dean Donovan, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021 Yet the investors who put up the risk capital don’t benefit from this provision. WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Using risk capital to achieve long-term vision Is the 1% margin profitable? Kingsley Kobo, Quartz, 18 July 2022 Exaggerated startup financials can be entirely blamed on venture capitalists, as risk capital has always mandated that founders, even those in the very early stages of their business, create ridiculous and fictitious financial projections. Aron Solomon, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2022 Cogastro raised $180,000 from Baltic VC Fund, 70Ventures, private angel from the Netherlands and risk capital fund Co-investment Fund. Jackie Abramian, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of risk capital was in 1927

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“Risk capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20capital. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

risk capital

see capital

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