NewSchools Venture Fund — The NewSchools Venture Fund is a non profit venture philanthropy fund that invests in educational entrepreneurship projects at the K 12 levels in United States public schools. NewSchools offers expertise and administrative support as well funding … Wikipedia
The Icelandic New Business Venture Fund — The New Business Venture Fund is a venture capital investor that takes an active part in business development and growth in Iceland by investing in innovative and pioneering firms holding promise. The Fund invests in companies from which it can… … Wikipedia
The Women's Venture Fund — [http://www.womensventurefund.org The Women s Venture Fund] (WVF) is a non profit organization dedicated to helping women of diverse backgrounds to establish thriving businesses in urban communities from New York and New Jersey. The Women’s… … Wikipedia
Venture philanthropy — (sometimes referred to as philanthrocapitalism ) takes concepts and techniques from venture capital finance and high technology business management and applies them to achieving philanthropic goals.Venture philanthropy is characterized by: *… … Wikipedia
venture — venturer, n. /ven cheuhr/, n., v., ventured, venturing, adj. n. 1. an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, esp. a risky or dangerous one: a mountain climbing venture. 2. a business enterprise or speculation in which something is… … Universalium
Venture capital — (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of private equity capital typically provided to immature, high potential, growth companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or trade sale of the… … Wikipedia
Venture debt — or venture lending is a type of debt financing provided to venture backed companies by specialised banks or non bank lenders to fund working capital or equipment purchases. Unlike traditional bank lending, venture debt is available to startups… … Wikipedia
Venture resources — Venture ResourcesVenture Resources is a relatively new concept that describes the process of subsidizing some if not all capital needed to develop a product or service in the early stages of a new venture with resources. The most traditional and… … Wikipedia
Venture Development — describes economic development activity that is focused on utilizing best practices and activities of experienced business mentoring and pre angel and venture capital investing in order to help create venture and angel capital ready firms which… … Wikipedia
venture — ven·ture / ven chər/ n: an undertaking involving chance, risk, or danger; esp: a speculative business enterprise see also joint venture Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
venture philanthropy — (VEN.chur fuh.LAN.thruh.pee) n. Philanthropy that uses the principles and techniques of venture capitalism. venture philanthropist n. venture philanthropic adj. Example Citation: Now, Myers, a general partner in the Mayfield Fund, a venture… … New words
