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seed capital

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noun

  1. finance a small amount of capital required to finance the research necessary to produce a business plan for a new company

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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More than 130 of Plancorp’s clients collectively contributed $361 million in stock and ETFs to provide some of the seed capital for Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market, an ETF that launched last month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

While working there, Anderson persuaded Burkle to provide him with $100,000 in seed capital to launch his lobbying firm Platinum Advisors, according to the complaint filed by Burkle’s company.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

Galeotti masterminded the business side of the company - and sold his Volkswagen car to raise seed capital.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

Belden said that a large institutional investor has provided seed capital of $50 million for the new ETF.

From Reuters Nov. 15, 2023

Within hours, $1.5 million in seed capital for Beta Technologies had been wired to his bank account.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2022

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