Assertion: venture capitalist's company | /r/Synonym | portfolio companies
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text: In short, venture capital funds raise money from investors (usually called “limited partners,” which we’ll discuss below) and use that money to buy shares in private companies (called “portfolio companies”), which they hope to sell at a substantial profit in a few years, dissolve the fund, and then return money and profits to investors while keeping a chunk of it for themselves.