general partner

American  

noun

1. a partner with unlimited liability for the debts of the partnership.

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Etymology

Origin of general partner

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Venture-capital firms are a “unique animal,” said Lev Mass, a general partner at Crux.

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“The dimensional requirements for Snowcap’s components are problems that the semiconductor industry successfully solved over 15 years ago,” said Peter Barrett, co-founder and general partner of Playground.

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“Smaller teams do better than larger teams, always,” Mo Koyfman, founder and general partner at the venture-capital firm Shine Capital, said in an interview.

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Investment bank Moelis & Co. in New York recently hired Kyle Reidy as a managing director with its general partner advisory team to lead private credit.

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Modi Ventures, which backs startups and venture firms that target the intersection of technology and biology, hasn’t slowed its pace of investments, said Sahir Ali, founder and general partner, adding that healthcare benefits from tailwinds such as a hot market for biotech mergers and acquisitions and the emergence of artificial intelligence.

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