seed money
Initial venture investment
Seed money is the initial capital used to start a business, project, or venture.
The metaphor suggests planting seeds that will grow into something larger.
Seed money often comes from personal savings, friends, family, or early investors before a company can attract formal funding: We used our tax refund as seed money for the bakery.
One who starts businesses
- founderOne who begins something
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- bootstrapStart without external resources
pitch · innovation · cofounder · scalability · minimum viable product · pivot · burn rate · equity
Bestow or award money
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- backerFinancial supporter
sponsor · benefactor · contribution · philanthropy · subsidy · patronage · underwriting · pledge
Startup growth financing
- angelDivine winged messenger
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- returnGo back again
risk · portfolio · valuation · round · dilution · term sheet · due diligence · pre-money
Initiate with force
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- inceptionFounding moment
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- genesisPoint of creation
beginning · initiation · establishment · origination · commencement · jumpstart · catalyst · springboard
entrepreneur
One who starts businesses
- founderOne who begins something
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
bootstrap · pitch · innovation · cofounder · scalability · minimum viable product · pivot · burn rate · equity · stakeholder
grant
Bestow or award money
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
backer · sponsor · benefactor · contribution · philanthropy · subsidy · patronage · underwriting · pledge · donor
venture capital
Startup growth financing
- angelDivine winged messenger
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
return · risk · portfolio · valuation · round · dilution · term sheet · due diligence · pre-money
kickstart
Initiate with force
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- inceptionFounding moment
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
genesis · beginning · initiation · establishment · origination · commencement · jumpstart · catalyst · springboard · launchpad
- bootstrappingself-funded, self-funding, sweat equity, startup funding, solopreneur
- financesmoney, affluence, cash, bankrupt, income
- entrepreneurshipentrepreneur, startup, founder, co-founder, cofounder
- philanthropydonations, charity work, donate, give, giving
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- financial supportaid, allowance, funding, financial aid, grants
seed moneypayout
Money distributed to recipient
dividend · divestment · cash out · return on investment · buyback
seed, seeds, seeded, seedling, seeding, monetary, seedless, moneymaking, seedlings