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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.

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