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venture capitalism

American  
[ven-cher kap-it-uhl-iz-uhm] / ˈvɛn tʃər ˈkæp ɪt əlˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. the practice or business of investing in startups through venture capital.


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Field said the early days of melding the skunk works team with Ford’s ranks played like the sitcom “Silicon Valley,” in which a group of awkward techies navigates venture capitalism.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

She moved into the world of venture capitalism following retirement and worked for Silicon Valley Bank Capital, where she was responsible for investment research and underwriting funds managers.

From Washington Post Dec. 13, 2022

Iguodala and Stephen Curry joined with Bloomberg L.P. in 2017 to create the annual Players Technology Summit, a forum to link athletes with executives in technology and venture capitalism.

From New York Times Dec. 7, 2020

When Grammy award-winning rapper Hakeem “Chamillionaire” Seriki began learning the ropes of venture capitalism in the tech space, he noticed something almost immediately- he wasn’t seeing many people who looked like him.

From Washington Times Dec. 5, 2019

In sharp contrast to these two, many of Theranos’s backers were veterans of government and venture capitalism who had invested in the company without learning the details of its financials or technology.

From Nature Apr. 1, 2019

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