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VC

1 American  

  1. venture capital.

  2. Vietcong.

  3. vital capacity.

V.C. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. venture capital.

  2. Veterinary Corps.

  3. Vice-Chairman.

  4. Vice-Chancellor.

  5. Vice-Consul.

  6. Victoria Cross.

  7. Vietcong.

VC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Vice-chairman

  2. Vice Chancellor

  3. Vice Consul

  4. Victoria Cross

  5. Vietcong

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
vc 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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But several VC investors and outside accounting professionals said the back-to-back or multitiered deals are novel and raise questions about how much startups are really worth in an age of frenzied artificial-intelligence investing.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a widely circulated photo on social media, Steinberger appeared locked in a deep conversation with – of all people – the actor Ashton Kutcher, a VC investor who had also made a surprise visit.

From The Wall Street Journal

Coplan pressed on, lining up fresh funding from VC firms.

From The Wall Street Journal

VC built Silicon Valley, helped inflate the dot-com bubble of the ’90s, and is behind many of today’s artificial-intelligence bets.

From Barron's

Whitney, and Bain Capital, The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 7, 1989, reported that total assets under management by VC firms ended the previous year at $32 billion, having doubled in five years.

From Barron's

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