"venture capital" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: venture capital Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: risk capital Derived forms: venture capitalist, vulture capitalist Translations (money invested in an enterprise): 風險資本 (Chinese Mandarin), 风险资本 (fēngxiǎn zīběn) (Chinese Mandarin), 創業投資 (Chinese Mandarin), 创业投资 (chuàngyè tóuzī) (Chinese Mandarin), 風險投資 (Chinese Mandarin), 风险投资 (fēngxiǎn tóuzī) (Chinese Mandarin), durfkapitaal [neuter] (Dutch), riskkapitalo (Esperanto), riskipääoma (Finnish), capital-risque [masculine] (French), რისკიანი კაპიტალდაბანდება (risḳiani ḳaṗiṭaldabandeba) (Georgian), სარისკო კაპიტალდაბანდება (sarisḳo ḳaṗiṭaldabandeba) (Georgian), Wagniskapital [neuter] (German), Risikokapital [neuter] (German), kockázati tőke (Hungarian), kockázatitőke-befektetés (Hungarian), caipiteal fiontair [masculine] (Irish), capitale di rischio [masculine] (Italian), ベンチャーキャピタル (benchākyapitaru) (Japanese), венчурлік капитал (vençurlık kapital) (Kazakh), 벤처 캐피털 (bencheo kaepiteol) (Korean), വെഞ്ച്വർ ക്യാപ്പിറ്റൽ (veñcvaṟ kyāppiṟṟal) (Malayalam), kapitał podwyższonego ryzyka [masculine] (Polish), capital de risco [masculine] (Portuguese), capitali di rìsicu [masculine] (Sicilian), capital riesgo [masculine] (Spanish), riskkapital [neuter] (Swedish)

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