risk capital

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Britain has a history of growing medium-size tech companies that end up in foreign hands for want of risk capital at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

The Iranian judiciary confirmed Soltani was under arrest but said he had not been sentenced to death and his charges meant he did not risk capital punishment.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The bitcoin-to-gold volatility ratio drifted below 2.0, implying that “bitcoin currently consumes 1.8 times more risk capital than gold.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

That matters because climate tech requires experimentation, and VC firms that provide money to nascent businesses are playing an essential role by giving climate tech startups risk capital, said Adesina.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

Owing to the unfairness of German competition by methods just exemplified, a manufacturer, as a rule, does not care to risk capital in the payment of a number of chemists for making "fine chemicals."

From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various