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venture capital

[ven-cher kap-i-tl] / ˈvɛn tʃər ˌkæp ɪ tl /
NOUN
money for investment in new enterprise
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The splurge in venture capital spending has been driven by the artificial intelligence boom, highlighted by OpenAI closing a record-breaking $122-billion funding round on March 31 at an $852-billion valuation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Egan-Jones addressed effects on venture capital, pointing out that startups can reach scale faster with less money, so those firms will ultimately lose leverage and see returns compress.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We just sound like bots,” says the founding partner of a venture capital firm in Stockholm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization said more money was going into venture capital, even as the number of VC deals was shrinking and becoming increasingly concentrated on AI firms.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Investment and venture capital funds became the second most important source quantitatively.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin




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