venture capitalist

noun

1. a person or company that provides capital for new commercial enterprises

Example Sentences

Last time, it was billionaire venture capitalist Tom Perkins.

From The Daily Beast

Marc Andreesen, the Netscape founder turned venture capitalist, offers a coherent defense of Bitcoin.

From The Daily Beast

And so Gomez, who on paper—an ex-Navy SEAL turned venture capitalist—looks like the perfect Republican, jumped in.

From The Daily Beast

Government makes a lousy venture capitalist, a continuing series.

From The Daily Beast

But to insert government as, in effect, the venture capitalist of one of the most strategic sectors of the economy?

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• banker
• lender
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• stockholder