seed capital

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Silver Lake will give Whitesell $250 million in seed capital to put into his new business, according to a filing with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

In December 2023, with seed capital from an “anti-woke” venture capital firm and in collaboration with his college roommate and co-founder of the Daily Caller, Neil Patel, and the former executive producer of his Fox News show, Justin Wells, Carlson launched a website called the “Tucker Carlson Network,” or TCN—not to be confused with the cable network TCM, which also likes to present things in black and white.

From Slate

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

From Reuters

Mr. Sohnlein said Mr. Rush “had probably lost money,” having kicked in on every round of investment and supplied much of the seed capital.

From New York Times