seed money

noun

: money used for setting up a new enterprise

Examples of seed money in a Sentence

He provided seed money for the campaign.

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Keller said it would be funded by seed money from the Legislature that supports innovation and philanthropy from the Texas Higher Education Foundation. —

Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Jan. 2024 Coors bit, giving the founders $250,000 in seed money and an annual grant of $300,000 for many years to come. —

Samantha Riedel, Them, 1 Nov. 2024 Adham and Morhaime started the company in 1991 with a little seed money from their families, some college-level programming knowledge, and a handful of artists and engineers. —

Jason Schreier, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024 The amount of money that's given to a researcher is kind of like seed money and that researcher then can start their research with their team and as a result get other research money from other places. —

Noel Burgess, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seed money