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[ven-cher] / ˈvɛn tʃər /




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Among the venture capital investors who have invested $121 million in Neros is Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital and Trump donor and Pentagon adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The tech leaders included Eric Schmidt, former Google chief executive; Reid Hoffman, a LinkedIn co-founder; Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist; Yann LeCun, a computer scientist; and Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

After working for San Antonio Winery, Fanara opened his first restaurant, an 18-table venture on Hillhurst Avenue, in 1976.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Meliani’s venture is part of an improbable boom unfolding half a world away from the Périgord Noir, the region in southwest France famed for the product.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

They closed her back in, covered up the trapdoor with a rug, and together they prepared to venture out in the night to find supplies.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Most carmakers buy cells or have joint ventures with battery specialists.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"I think this could be a game-changer," Bernhard Kowatsch, head of WFP's global accelerator and ventures innovation division, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Airbnb executives say they hope to make deeper inroads with such tech and have various ventures in the works.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

A robust banking system and wide availability of nonbank financing helped funnel capital to startups and other ventures, allowing them to sustain losses for longer periods as their businesses matured.

From MarketWatch Jun. 28, 2026

One of First National’s highest-ranking officers wasn’t above taking undisclosed interests in some of the ventures in which the bank lent money.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

“The smell ??” Salar Hendizadeh, a partner at DTLA, texted Henderon as he ventured into the foothills.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

While people sometimes ventured onto the campus over the years, trespassing escalated last winter as social media videos “spread like wildfire,” said Supervisor Robert Scorrano, Somers’ elected chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

His podcast appearances often ventured into topics such as trust, incentives, wealth creation and human behaviour.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

For hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs appeared and long before vertebrates ventured onto land, millipedes were already thriving on Earth's surface.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

The village councillors had enacted a bounty on screechers after one ventured into a garbage pile during an Autumn Faire.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

You may also experience the discomfort that comes with venturing far afield from what you’ve taken for granted in the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

The top candidates for California governor crisscrossed the state Friday, all venturing to friendly political territory to woo voters and undermine their rivals as the June 2 primary election fast approaches.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Still, he said he was pleased that his 5-year-old daughter would soon enroll in the charity-funded complex instead of venturing into the wild to gather fruit and hunt birds.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

"What matters is the psychological effect. No one will take the risk of venturing there," Scalabre says.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

Now they swooped near, venturing almost within bowshot of the walls, now they circled away.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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