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seed capital

British

noun

finance a small amount of capital required to finance the research necessary to produce a business plan for a new company

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Galeotti masterminded the business side of the company - and sold his Volkswagen car to raise seed capital.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

Silver Lake will give Whitesell $250 million in seed capital to put into his new business, according to a filing with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2025

Two of Mr. Epstein’s foundations relied on wealthy business titans to provide millions in seed capital.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2019

Lerer Hippeau Ventures invested seed capital in 2011 to help get Warby Parker off the ground, and then took a larger stake in the company’s next round of fundraising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2016

Yet some ETF issuers have had to delay fund launches as they vie for backing from overextended trading firms that have millions of dollars of seed capital and trading support tied up in fledgling ETFs.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2016

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