venture capitalist

English

Etymology

From venture capital + -ist.

Noun

venture capitalist (plural venture capitalists)

1. An investor who invests money in an innovative enterprise for which the potential for high profit and the risk of loss are both considerable.

   Alternative form: VC (initialism)

   Hypernyms: capitalist, investor < person

   Near-synonym: angel investor

Derived terms

• vulture capitalist

Related terms

• nothing ventured, nothing gained
• venture capital
• venture capitalism

Translations

investor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創投家 / 创投家

• Finnish: pääomasijoittaja
• French: capital-risqueur (fr) m
• Georgian: გამრისკავი მეწარმე (gamrisḳavi mec̣arme), რისკიანი მეწარმე (risḳiani mec̣arme), რისკზე წამსვლელი მეწარმე (risḳze c̣amsvleli mec̣arme)
• German: Risikokapitalgeber m, Risikokapitalgeberin f
• Hungarian: kockázatitőke-befektető
• Polish: inwestor kapitału podwyższonego ryzyka m pers, inwestorka kapitału podwyższonego ryzyka f
• Spanish: capitalista de riesgo m or f, capitalista emprendedor m

See also

• activist investor
• angel investor
• corporate raider
• takeover artist
• turnaround artist