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

A general partner at Google Ventures recently met with a team of three co-founders: two are 20 and one is 17.

From The Wall Street Journal

Modar Alaoui, founder and general partner of ALM Ventures, said he thinks robots will take off first in manufacturing.

From Los Angeles Times

“You need to deliver electrons fast, because that’s what the market needs, and you have to have them relatively cheap,” said Jeff Johnson, general partner at B Capital.

From The Wall Street Journal

XLight raised $40 million this summer from investors including Playground Global, the venture firm where Gelsinger is now a general partner.

From The Wall Street Journal

She is a founder and general partner of Protego Ventures, which invests in growth-stage defense-tech startups based in Israel, and a managing partner and founder of AnD Ventures, which invests in early-stage Israeli startups across sectors.

From The Wall Street Journal