{"id":9575,"date":"2026-08-03T18:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/glossary\/venture-capital-vc\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T20:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:03:59","slug":"venture-capital-vc","status":"publish","type":"b5_glossar","link":"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/glossary\/venture-capital-vc\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture Capital (VC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venture capital refers to equity capital invested in young companies \u2014 often not yet profitable \u2014 with high growth potential. VC investors typically take minority stakes and aim to actively support the management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venture capital investors accept a higher risk of default on individual investments in exchange for above-average return opportunities at the portfolio level. Liquidation preference, anti-dilution and vesting are regularly standard building blocks of the investment agreements. Advice on successfully raising VC financing can be found, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantum-partners.de\/en\/the-path-to-successful-venture-capital-financing\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture capital refers to equity capital invested in young companies \u2014 often not yet profitable \u2014 with high growth potential. 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