# Seed capital (also translated as start-up capital)

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## Definition

The financing of a technical discovery (invention) or a business idea (business idea) in order to be able to mature it and implement it with the prospect of profit (capital used for financing projects during their start-up phase, before production commences). At the successful end, a new company is usually founded (start-up company), in which case the previous investor often becomes a partner. - See business angel, third-phase financing, share capital, incubator, innovation fund, microfinancing, private equity financing, sweat equity, start-up, venture capital company, vendor financing. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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