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Venture Capital

Venture Capital

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

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

More terms

Unicorn

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Bond

Learn what a bond is

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

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