Venture capitalists are primarily concerned about initial investment, feasibility, and exit valuation.

Venture capital firms suffered a temporary downturn in 1974, when the stock market crashed and investors were naturally wary of this new kind of investment fund.

Venture capital firms are typically structured as partnerships, the general partners of which serve as the managers of the firm and will serve as investment advisors to the venture capital funds raised.

Venture capitalists with finance backgrounds tend to have investment banking or other corporate finance experience.

* Venture partners — Venture partners are expected to source potential investment opportunities (" bring in deals ") and typically are compensated only for those deals with which they are involved.

Venture capital refers to capital investment ; equity and debt ; both of which carry indubitable risk.

Venture capital firms suffered a temporary downturn in 1974, when the stock market crashed and investors were naturally wary of this new kind of investment fund.

* Venture capital funds, which serve as investment collectives on behalf of individuals, companies, pension plans, insurance reserves, or other funds.

In 2011, BDC Venture Capital won the CVCA “ Deal of the Year Award ” for the venture capital category, along with Brightspark Ventures and Summerhill Venture Partners, for its investment in Radian6 Technologies Inc.

IVCA is a member based national organization that represents Venture capital and Private equity firms, promotes the industry within India and throughout the world and encourages investment in high growth companies.

* Venture Capital Trust, a tax efficient British structure intended for portfolio investment in young or growing companies.

Draper Atlantic and the Wasatach Venture Fund also invested, and Tim Draper made another personal investment.

On 17 May 2012, Rakuten announced that it is leading a $ 100M investment in Pinterest, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, and FirstMark Capital, as well as a number of angel investors.

Between 1995 and 2006 the Muruntau gold mining and processing operation was run by the Zarafshan-Newmont Joint Venture, a foreign direct investment by Newmont Mining Corporation of Denver, Colorado ( at the time the largest U. S. investor in Uzbekistan ).

The Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Law, the first law governing foreign investment, was passed in 1980.

In Jan 2010 most of deCODE genetics Inc .’ s assets were purchased by Saga Investments LLC – an investment company whose owners include Polaris Venture Partners and ARCH Venture Partners intending to continue most services including deCODE diagnostics and deCODEme ™ personal genome scans and management team.

With the assistance of four partners from Amcare Inc. and a one million dollar investment by Citicorp Venture Capital, Scrushy took the quickly growing company and founded HealthSouth in 1984.

The firm's 30 investment professionals are currently investing its fourth fund, Bain Capital Venture Fund 2009, which raised $ 525 million from investors.

The company received Angel and Venture Capital investment in late 2009, and received US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) clearance to market for the Waldo Health System.

In 2004, the company was reformed with the name EcoDuro, Inc. with an investment from Endurance Ventures, LLC, an Ann Arbor Venture Capital Firm as its first cleantech investment.

The village is said to take its name from the " Bold Venture " that it must have appeared to build a farm in this moorland, but this is probably folk etymology, as " Bol -" is a common prefix in Cornish placenames.

The world record for the largest continuously poured concrete raft was achieved in August 2007 in Abu Dhabi by contracting firm Al Habtoor-CCC Joint Venture and the concrete supplier is Unibeton Ready Mix

* 1609 – The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking ; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.

The Tempest is considered by most Shakespearean scholars to have been written in 1610 – 11 and inspired by published and unpublished contemporary descriptions of the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck on the island of Bermuda, and most especially William Strachey's eyewitness report, A True Reportory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight because of certain verbal, plot and thematic similarities.

* July 23 – Jamestown: A hurricane at sea separates the 9 ships ( 600 more settlers ) en route, one ship sinks, and the ship Sea Venture is driven ashore at Bermuda on July 25.

* July 28 – Bermuda is first settled by survivors of the English Sea Venture, en route to Virginia.

This style originated from some Chinese refugees while they were detained in America and is also called Golden Venture folding from the ship they came on.

The second adage, variously rendered as " ninety percent of everything is crud " or " ninety percent of everything is crap ", was originally known as " Sturgeon's Revelation ", formulated as such in his book review column for Venture.

* In the Cartoon Network animated series The Venture Bros., Dr. Byron Orpheus is referred to as a " necromancer extraordinaire ", although he has been shown to command a broad range of mystical powers.

The flagship of the Virginia Company, the Sea Venture is believed to have been built there in 1608.

Tesomas is one of three camps that are part of Crystal Lake Scout Reservation, the others being Akela's World Cub Scout Camp, and Hanna Venture Base.

Along this route there is an accumulation of vintage, in situ roadside Americana advertising signage that is unsurpassed in the area, including " Venture ", " Veteran's Carpet " and " The Night Spot ".

There is also Venture High School, an alternative school for students who do not succeed at the traditional high school.

* In the television show the Venture Bros. character Brock Sampson is mentioned as having trained in Biloxi.

Also located in Chalfont is Venture 3 Systems, LLC, who manufactures and sells the Telikin computer.

In the United States the New York Stock Exchange is dominant although the NASDAQ is in competition ; in the United Kingdom the London Stock Exchange's main market is home to the mainstream funds although AIM supports many small funds especially the Venture Capital Trusts ; in Canada, the Toronto Stock Exchange lists many closed-end funds.

* Fantômas is a partial inspiration for the character of Phantom Limb on the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros. His last name, in fact, is Fantômas.

The Community Futures Development Corporation is a not for profit organization that provide Venture Capital, Loans and Grants to business as well as business restructuring and mentoring providing business in the area with the tools of success

In 1978 most locations were sold to May Department Stores and converted to the Venture format.

The most well-known slave in southeastern Connecticut was Venture Smith, who was able to buy his freedom and become a successful land owner and shipping business operator.

Admiral Sir George Somers had the new Sea Venture, carrying most of the supplies of the mission, deliberately driven aground onto the reefs of Bermuda to avoid sinking.

Venture capital is most suitable for businesses with large up-front capital requirements which cannot be financed by cheaper alternatives such as debt.

Rushed into service without the customary sea trials, the new purpose-built ship, the Sea Venture, became flagship of the fleet of 9 ships, with most of the leaders, food, and supplies aboard.

He retired from CSIRO to lead ( from 1986 – 1991 ) the Very Fast Train Joint Venture, a private sector project that sought to build a high-speed railway between Australia's two most populous cities.

Close by, is what most residents or previous residents call Scout Dyke ( a reference to its being a World War II base for US troops ), now Kingswood Peak Venture, opposite Scout Dyke Reservoir.

The Venture was one of the few minivans to have an 8-passenger seating configuration as an option when most minivans seated up to 7 passengers.

Specsavers operates most of their stores under a system which is called the ' Joint or Shared Venture Partnership '.

Venture tried to return to its founding principles as an upscale discounter and remodeled most of its 90 + stores.

They even had a new purpose-built flagship constructed, the Sea Venture, placed in the most experienced of hands, Christopher Newport.

Without the leadership, and most of the supplies, all of which had been aboard the Sea Venture, the rest of the group which arrived at Jamestown on the other ships and those already there were ill-prepared to survive, resulting in the " starving time " of 1609-1610 when over 80 per cent of the colonists perished.

* 1998: ShopKo enters new markets formerly served by Venture Stores by buying up most of their former locations in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, and Iowa.

His most notable roles as a voice actor are Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 2003 ) and Dean Venture ( and other small parts ) in the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros., Mikey Simon in the Nicktoons series Kappa Mikey, and as Deady in the 2011 Friday the 13th event of the online MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds.

Later, while attempting to destroy Scorpius, ( in a last-ditch attempt that would have most likely destroyed Terra Venture as well ) the Magna Defender was wounded and revealed to Leo that he was merged with Mike.