financial backing
Investor capital provision
Financial backing is money or funding provided to support a venture, project, or person.
The term emphasizes that someone with resources stands behind an endeavor: The startup secured financial backing from several venture capital firms.
Without financial backing, many business ideas never get off the ground.
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
- seed roundFirst outside investment stage
- donorOne who contributes freely
- lenderOne who loans money
- venture capitalistStartup equity investor
bank loan · matching funds · endowment · bankroll · sponsor · microfinance · capital · peer-to-peer lending · benefactor · friends and family · subsidy · startup capital · bridge loan · loan · seed money · startup · venture · government grant
- backingmoral support, endorsement, sponsorship, investment, patronage
- loan guaranteesFHA loan, VA loan, surety bond, bank guarantee, payment guarantee
financial backingdivestment
Disposal of assets
defunding · disinvestment · capital flight · funding cuts · boycott
financial backingsweat equity
Unpaid work as investment
volunteer work · pro bono work · volunteer labor · bootstrapping · moral support
financial backingfinancial burden
Costly ongoing obligation
debt · liability · financial obligation · indebtedness · encumbrance
finance, backing, funding, backed, backer, financial, financing, financed, financier