What is 'venture capital'? Definition & meaning

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

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Net asset value

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

SPAC

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

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