Venture capital The providing of equity or equity equivalents to start-ups and recently established companies. Not to be confused with investment capital, which involves buying more mature companies (leveraged buy-outs). The major difference between the European and US markets can be seen in this split between venture capital and investment capital - investment capital dominates the European market of which venture capital has a relatively small share. Venture capital The providing of equity or equity equivalents to start-ups and recently established companies. Not to be confused with investment capital, which involves buying more mature companies (leveraged buy-outs). The major difference between the European and US markets can be seen in this split between venture capital and investment capital - investment capital dominates the European market of which venture capital has a relatively small share. See all terms in the dictionary of finance To know more about it, look at what we have already written on this subject :

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Definitions of terms begining with the same letter as "Venture capital" :

VAR VBI VWAP Value Value added Value and financial securities Value at risk Value creation

Value drivers Value of Business in Force Value stock Variable costs Variance Variance Swap Vega Venture capital

Volatility Volatility - bonds Volatility - dividends Volume growth Volume-weighted average price Vulture fund