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／创业投资 (zh) (chuàngyè tóuzī), 風險投資／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 (de) 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, capital emprendedor m
• Swedish: riskkapital n