venture capitalist

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   a speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology)

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Questions about venture capitalist

What does venture capitalist mean?

venture capitalist means "a speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology)".

Is venture capitalist a common word?

venture capitalist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.