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
Nicholson, who now serves as the president of the PenFed Foundation, a Washington, DC-based non-profit, talks about the value of providing seed capital to veterans who want to become entrepreneurs.
From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2019
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
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