seed capital
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Lerer Hippeau Ventures invested seed capital in 2011 to help get Warby Parker off the ground, and then took a larger stake in the company’s next round of fundraising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2016
Yet some ETF issuers have had to delay fund launches as they vie for backing from overextended trading firms that have millions of dollars of seed capital and trading support tied up in fledgling ETFs.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2016
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