venture capital

venture capital

English

Noun

venture capital (uncountable)

1. (business) Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.
   • 2017, William Irwin Thompson, Self and Society, →ISBN:

     In this unreflective boomerism of American hypercapitalism, one has to hype one's project to attract venture capital.

Synonyms

• risk capital

Derived terms

• venture capitalist
• vulture capitalist

Translations

money invested in an enterprise

Chinese: Mandarin: 風險資本, 风险资本 (fēngxiǎn zīběn), 創業投資 (zh), 创业投资 (zh) (chuàngyè tóuzī), 風險投資 (zh), 风险投资 (zh) (fēngxiǎn tóuzī) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: durfkapitaal (nl) n Esperanto: riskkapitalo Finnish: riskipääoma French: capital-risque (fr) m Georgian: რისკიანი კაპიტალდაბანდება (risḳiani ḳaṗiṭaldabandeba), სარისკო კაპიტალდაბანდება (sarisḳo ḳaṗiṭaldabandeba) German: Wagniskapital n, Risikokapital n Hungarian: kockázati tőke, kockázatitőke-befektetés Irish: caipiteal fiontair m Italian: capitale di rischio (it) m Japanese: ベンチャーキャピタル (ja) (benchākyapitaru) Kazakh: венчурлік капитал (vençurlık kapital) Korean: 벤처 캐피털 (bencheo kaepiteol) Malayalam: വെഞ്ച്വർ ക്യാപ്പിറ്റൽ (veñcvaṟ kyāppiṟṟal) Polish: kapitał podwyższonego ryzyka m Portuguese: capital de risco m Sicilian: capitali di rìsicu m Spanish: capital riesgo m Swedish: riskkapital n