🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

シード投資家

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shiido tōshika

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Seed-investor/ˈsiːd ɪnˈvɛs.tər/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その新興企業はシード投資家から資金を調達した。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An individual or firm that provides initial capital for a startup business in exchange for equity or convertible debt, typically during the earliest phase before commercial viability is proven.

    "The tech startup secured funding from a prominent seed-investor to build their initial product prototype."
  2. 2

    An angel investor or early-stage fund focused on financing high-risk, innovative business ideas at conception.

    "Many successful Silicon Valley companies started with a single seed-investor believing in the founder's vision."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'seed' (metaphorically representing the early stage of growth for a new enterprise, originating from Old English 'sǣd') and 'investor' (from Latin 'investire', meaning to clothe or surround with capital). The term gained widespread prominence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries alongside the rise of the modern venture capital and startup ecosystem.

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