Wagniskapital
German
Etymology
Wagnis (“risk; venture”) + Kapital (“capital”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaːɡnɪsˌkaːpɪtaːl/
Noun
Wagniskapital n (strong, genitive Wagniskapitals, plural Wagniskapitale)
- (finance) venture capital; risk capital
- Das Start-up sicherte sich eine neue Runde Wagniskapital.
- The startup secured a new round of venture capital.
- Ohne Wagniskapital wäre die Entwicklung dieser Technologie nicht möglich gewesen.
- Without risk capital, the development of this technology would not have been possible.
Declension
Declension of Wagniskapital [neuter, strong]
Synonyms
- Risikokapital (risk capital)
- Venture Capital (venture capital)
Hypernyms
- Kapital (capital)
Coordinate terms
- Wachstumskapital (growth capital; growth equity)
- Privatkapital (private equity (generic))
- Beteiligungskapital (equity investment capital)
- Anschubfinanzierung (seed funding; initial funding)
Related terms
- Wagniskapitalgesellschaft (venture capital firm)
- Wagniskapitalgeber (venture capitalist; VC investor)
- Wagniskapitalfinanzierung (venture capital financing)
- Wagniskapitalrunde (venture funding round)
- Start-up-Finanzierung (startup financing)
- Risikofinanzierung (risk financing)
Derived terms
- Wagniskapitalmarkt (venture capital market)
- wagniskapitalfinanziert (venture-backed)
Further reading
- Wagniskapital on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
References
- “Wagniskapital” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wagniskapital” in Duden online