风投

風投

fēngtóu

noun

Meanings

1 venture capital (VC)
2 venture capital investment

Characters

wind; risk (abbr. 风险)

Examples

他们刚拿到一笔风投。

Tāmen gāng ná dào yī bǐ fēngtóu.

They just landed a round of VC funding.

做风投要有很强的判断力。

Zuò fēngtóu yào yǒu hěn qiáng de pànduànlì.

Doing VC requires strong judgment.

Tips

usage

Abbreviation of 风险投资 (literally 'risk investment'). Used both for the activity and for VC firms/people: 他做风投 'he's in VC'. Related: 天使投资 'angel investment', 私募 'private equity'.

Stroke Order

风 fēng

投 tóu