venture capital firm
Equity investment company
A venture capital firm is an investment company that funds startups and early-stage businesses in exchange for equity stakes.
These firms pool money from wealthy investors and institutions, then bet on companies with high growth potential—typically in technology or emerging industries.
The firm profits when its portfolio companies go public or get acquired: She pitched to several venture capital firms before securing funding.
- investorOne who allocates capital
- lead investorLargest stakeholder in funding
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- smart moneyCapital from informed sources
- pitchFrequency of sound
portfolio · unicorn · valuation · equity · seed · Series A · pitch deck · exit · IPO · partner · deal · term sheet · due diligence · burn rate · runway · disrupt · Silicon Valley · boardroom
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- financial officesbank branch, finance department, budget office, loan office, tax office
- business entitiescorporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, company
- investment fundsmutual funds, mutual fund, hedge funds, index fund, index funds
- private institutionprivate school, private university, private hospital, private bank, private foundation
venture capital firmcommercial bank
Deposit and loan institution
bank loan · bank · savings and loan · credit union · mortgage lender
venture capital firmmoney market fund
Low-risk pooled investment
treasury bonds · pension fund · index fund · bond fund · certificate of deposit
venture, capital, ventures, ventured, venturing, venturer, venturesome, adventure, adventurer