Definition of Risk capital

1. Noun. Wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises.

Exact synonyms: Venture Capital
Generic synonyms: Capital, Working Capital
Derivative terms: Venture Capitalist

Definition of Risk capital

1. Noun. (business) Money explicitly available for investment into a high-risk business or security. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Risk Capital

rising damp
rising prices
rising slope
rising star
rising tide
rising trot
rising up
risings
risk
risk-free
risk-taking
risk appetite
risk arbitrage
risk benefit
risk capital (current term)
risk equalisation
risk factor
risk factors
risk management
risk of exposure
risk of infection
risk of recurrence
risk patient
risk reduction
risk taker
risk tolerance
risk universe
risk universes
risk visualization

Literary usage of Risk capital

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Risk-Based Capital: Regulatory & Industry Approaches to Capital & Risk by Lawrence D. Cluff (2000)
"Step Description Determine whether positions are subject to market risk capital requirements, credit risk capital requirements, or both. ..."

2. Institutional Investors in the New Financial Landscape by H. J. Blommestein, Norbert Funke (1998)
"Nonetheless, studies show that they are still positive, also during sharp downside moves of securities markets.52 2.5 The supply of risk capital The ..."

3. The Sme Financing Gap by Oecd (2006)
"Chapter 3 risk capital and Innovative SMEs Chapter 3 will focus on risk capital, ... The chapter will discuss the contribution that risk capital markets (in ..."

4. Oecd Territorial Reviewsby Patrick Dubarle, Development (COR), (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, SourceOECD (Online service) by Patrick Dubarle, Development (COR), (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, SourceOECD (Online service) (2002)
"risk capital development is the biggest success story of Quebec policies 1Figures 24 and 251. Since the early 1990s, the province has fostered the emergence ..."

5. Norway by Oecd (1999)
"The Norwegian risk capital Fund for Developing Countries (NORFUND) NORFUND is an ... It provides risk capital in the form of equity or quasi-equity. without ..."

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