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Venture capital
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Venture capital
IPO - initial public offering
Financial services; Venture capital
Issue of shares of a company to the public by the company (directly) for the first time.
IRR
Financial services; Venture capital
Is often used in capital budgeting, it's the interest rate that makes net present value of all cash flow equal zero. Essentially, IRR is the return that a company would earn if they expanded or ...
lead investor
Financial services; Venture capital
The investor who leads a group of investors into an investment. Usually one venture capitalist will be the lead investor when a group of venture capitalists invest in a single business
vulture capitalist
Financial services; Venture capital
Slang word for a venture capitalist who deprives an inventor of control over their own innovations and most of the money they should have made from the invention.
financier
Financial services; Venture capital
Person or financial institution engaged in the lending and management of money and makes a living participating in commercial financing activities.
first stage capital
Financial services; Venture capital
Money provided to entrepreneur who has a proven product, to start commercial production and marketing, not covering market expansion, de-risking, acquisition costs.
