How to Use venture capital in a Sentence

venture capital

noun
  • And behind those slick videos lies a flood of venture capital.
    — Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Thiel’s approach to venture capital gets short shrift in his book.
    — Sebastian Mallaby, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Some founders on the second go-around choose to self-fund and avoid the pitfalls of venture capital.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • This is how you get started with early stage venture capital.
    — Edith Yeung, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Where do these checks sit among the all-time best venture capital investments?
    — Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Once flush with venture capital dollars, many were now struggling to stay afloat.
    — Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Fortune spoke to three venture capital investors to find out.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 25 May 2022
  • Not to mention new Black venture capital firms launched.
    — Brennan Nevada Johnson, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The deal seemed to fulfil the promise that has drawn venture capital into the idea.
    — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • For nearly two decades, the cleantech sector has been a hot and cold area for venture capital.
    — Ankit Mishra, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • That is what separates the best seed investors from the rest of venture capital.
    — Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • For decades, venture capital chased the fast and the frictionless.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But there’s more to Hong Kong than just finance and venture capital.
    — Brian Wong, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • Those prospects have attracted a ton of venture capital to the sector.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Instead, they were funded by stocks and venture capital.
    — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
  • But the real story here is what this round reveals about the state of venture capital today.
    — Roman Axelrod, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The recent boom has been fueled, in part, by venture capital investors.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Pension funds have to work on ways and means to invest through venture capital funds without undue risk.
    — Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The venture capital market has changed.
    — Nicole Casperson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • So, what steps should be taken to help the venture capital ecosystem finally catch up?
    — Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The pair now collaborate in the venture capital space, and each boasts a nine-figure net worth.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Pande has a new venture capital firm in the works, dubbed VZVC.
    — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 13 Jan. 2026
  • At a venture capital dinner this spring, the topic of Haun’s background came up.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In just two years, Toast has smashed through their revenue goals without bending to the lure of venture capital.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • About 76% never used venture capital at all.
    — Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Most venture capital firms mythologize the Zucks and Musks of the world.
    — Tom Chavez, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Dandelion is structured as a for-profit and has raised seed funding from a trio of venture capital firms.
    — Casey Ross, STAT, 21 June 2023
  • Nvidia’s venture capital arm is an investor in Basecamp.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The funding round was co-led by venture capital firms Polychain and Archetype.
    — Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Warsh has pledged to divest himself of many of his holdings, including those in the venture capital world.
    — Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026

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