"seed funding" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seed fundings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} seed funding (usually uncountable, plural seed fundings)
  1. The early investment of capital in a startup company in exchange for an equity stake in the company. Wikipedia link: seed funding Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-seed_funding-en-noun-wtq8gTq- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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