seed capital

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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

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

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