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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

Like Casimiro, many are expats from the wreckage of iconic glossy magazines that lost luster in an era of consolidation, venture capitalism and attention spans deemed too short to consume anything but algorithmic candy.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2024

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

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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