Learn in the textbookMechanisms for Commercialization Support and Venture Funding
DefinitionVC is the abbreviation formed from the initials of Venture Capital and refers to venture capital (ベンチャーキャピタル).
ExplanationVC means an investment firm that funds promising young companies, or the pool of money (a fund) raised for that purpose. How it picks companies and recovers its returns is covered next under venture capital.
Memory hookA venture is an undertaking that involves risk. Read VC as capital staked on businesses that may or may not succeed, and the meaning falls into place.