financers

Those funding ventures

Financers are people or institutions that provide money for projects, ventures, or purchases.

The term overlaps with financiers but sounds less formal: The film's financers pulled out at the last minute.

Banks, investors, and wealthy individuals all serve as financers for everything from startups to real estate developments.

backers

sponsor

Funder of activities

underwriter · guarantor · endorser · donor · contributor · philanthropist · supporter · backer · investor · funder

capital

funding

Supplying monetary resources

grant · subsidy · investment · equity · bridge loan · mezzanine · leveraged buyout · private equity · hedge fund · working capital

investment

portfolio

Collected works or assets

appreciation · risk · diversification · asset allocation · securities · bonds · equities · derivatives · commodities · IPO

roles

venture capitalist

Startup equity investor

broker · dealer · trader · underwriter · lender · creditor · shareholder · bondholder · limited partner · general partner

Opposites
capital flow direction

financersborrowers

Those receiving loans

debtors · loanees · recipients · beneficiaries · grantees

economic role in production

financersworkers

People doing jobs

laborers · employees · wage earners · the working class · producers

economic power and dependency

financersdependents

People financially supported

supplicants · petitioners · charity cases · defaulters

Phrases
Family

finance, finances, financed, refinance, refinances, refinanced, financer

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