Vulture Capitalist
1. A slang word for a venture capitalist who deprives an inventor of control over their own innovations and most of the money they should have made from the invention.
2. A venture capitalist who invests in floundering firms in the hopes that they will turn around.
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Like them or not, many vulture capitalists make more money than the venture capitalists do.
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See also: Seed Capital, Venture Capital, Venture Capitalist
vulture capitalist abuse
A pejorative hackerism for "venture capitalist", deriving from the common practice of pushing contracts that deprive inventors of control over their own innovations and most of the money they ought to have made from them.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-04-14)