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venture capital

noun [U]
 
 

Definition

money that is invested or is available for investment in a new company, especially one that involves risk: They'll need to raise £1 million in venture capital if they're to get the business off the ground.Savings, interest and capitalFinancial investments and the stock market venture capitalist
 
 
noun [C]
Savings, interest and capitalFinancial investments and the stock market
(Definition of venture capital noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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