venture capital
noun
: capital (such as retained corporate earnings or individual savings) invested or available for investment in the ownership element of new or fresh enterprise
called also risk capital
venture capitalism
noun
venture capitalist
noun
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Partners at Andreessen Horowitz, the blue-chip venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, defended to investors their decision to hire Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide last year, according to an internal memo viewed by The New York Times.
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Mike Isaac, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Daniel Penny, the man who was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide after fatally choking Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car, has been hired by a venture capital firm whose co-founder is a vocal Donald Trump supporter.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: Big venture capital is mimicking big private equity, in seeking to become many more things to many more people.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
Vance had worked for Thiel’s California venture capital firm before running for the Senate and was part of Thiel’s group of rich crypto bros, tech executives, back-to-the-landers, and disaffected far-right intellectuals.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
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Mike Isaac, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Daniel Penny, the man who was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide after fatally choking Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car, has been hired by a venture capital firm whose co-founder is a vocal Donald Trump supporter.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: Big venture capital is mimicking big private equity, in seeking to become many more things to many more people.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
Vance had worked for Thiel’s California venture capital firm before running for the Senate and was part of Thiel’s group of rich crypto bros, tech executives, back-to-the-landers, and disaffected far-right intellectuals.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Venture capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/venture%20capital. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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