venture capital

Financing provided to early-stage, high-potential startups in exchange for equity — investors accept high risk of failure in exchange for the chance of outsized returns if the company succeeds.

• venturecapitalist /VC/ (n) 风险投资人

• venture capital firm
• venture capital funding
• raise venture capital
• venture capital investment
• venture-backed startup
• VC round

1. 1.Google, Amazon, and Facebook all received venture capital in their early stages — small investments that generated returns of thousands of percent when the companies went public. (startup financing)
2. 2.The venture capital model expects most investments to fail: out of ten bets, seven might lose money, two might break even, and one might return 100x — paying for all the others. (portfolio strategy)

• startup funding (money for new companies)
• risk capital (investment with high risk/reward)
• angel investment (earlier-stage, individual investor — related)

"venture" from Old French "aventure" (chance, fortune) — from Latin "adventura" (about to happen) + "capital" from Latin "capitalis" (of the head) — money put at risk on what might happen