in this lesson we'll look at

在本課中，我們將學習

vocabulary related to company financing.

與公司融資相關的詞彙。

All companies need to raise capital to

所有公司都需要籌集資金以

begin operations. These startup companies

開始營運。這些創業公司

may choose to bootstrap the company

可以選擇啟動公司

using personal funding to provide seed

利用個人資金提供種子資金

capital for the early stages.

早期階段的資本。

Or they may seek out angel investors and venture capital

或者，他們可能會尋求天使投資人和風險投資。

by offering equity in rounds of financing called series A, B and C.

通過提供股權，進行A、B、C三輪融資。

They may also seek out strategic investors

他們還可以尋求戰略投資者

for extra capital and advice.

以獲得額外的資本和建議。

capital / to raise capital

集資/集資

capital is money or other assets used to start a business

資本是指用於創業的資金或其他資產。

company may also raise capital to fund growth or expansion

公司還可以籌集資金，為增長或擴張提供資金。

now that we've finished our business plan

現在我們已經完成了我們的商業計劃

we're looking to raise enough capital to make it happen

我們正在尋求籌集足夠的資金來實現它

start up

開創

a start up is a relatively new business that has the potential for growth

創業是一個相對較新的業務，有發展的潛力

startups focus on a service that many people want

創業公司專注於很多人想要的服務。

and aim to reach a large market by scaling up

並通過擴大規模，爭取進入一個大市場

after a couple of years at facebook

在facebook呆了幾年後

I moved to a new startup in Silicon Valley

我搬到了硅谷的一家新的創業公司。

bootstrap bootstrap

船梯

bootstrapping is when a person starts a business without a lot of capital or investors

創業是指一個人在沒有大量資金或投資者的情況下開始創業。

Bootstrapping entrepreneurs often invest their own money

創業者通常會投入自己的資金

and a lot of hard work to grow their company

併為其公司的發展付出了大量的辛勤勞動

we bootstrapped our first company

我們啟動了我們的第一家公司

because we couldn't attract any investors

因為我們吸引不了任何投資者

personal funding personal funding

個人資金個人資金

personal funding is an entrepreneur's own money and assets

個人資金是指企業家自己的資金和資產。

used to start a new company

創業

personal funding might also include

個人資助也可包括

loans or gifts from family or friends

親友借貸

i started my business with just personal funding

我只用個人資金開始創業

including $20,000 from my parents

包括我父母的兩萬塊錢

seed capital seed capital

種子資本

the money used initially by a business

開資

to begin operating is seed capital

開始經營是種子資本

Seed capital often includes personal funding

種子資本通常包括個人資金

or money from wealthy investors

或富裕投資者的錢

our seed capital came from several

我們的種子資本來自於幾個

outside investors and some personal

外部投資者和一些個人

funding from the founding partners

由創始夥伴提供資金

00:03:39,330 --> 00:03:45,140 angel investor angel investor

00:03:39,330 --> 00:03:45,140 天使投資人 天使投資人

angel investors are individuals or

天使投資人是個人或

groups who give money as well as

捐錢的團體以及

business advice and contacts

業務諮詢和聯繫

invest in the early stages of a start-up

投資初創期

and typically receive equity in the new

並通常獲得新的股權

company

公司

after getting us through the first two

在讓我們通過前兩個

years our angel investors sold off his

年我們的天使投資人賣掉了他的

stake and moved on to another startup

股權並轉投另一家創業公司

equity financing

股權融資

equity financing is when a company

股權融資是指當公司

offers a share of ownership in exchange

以股換股

for money to start or grow the company

籌錢開公司

we're looking at equity financing for

我們正在尋找股權融資

our company but we don't want to give up

我們的公司，但我們不想放棄。

more than twenty-five percent ownership

二十五％以上的所有權

venture capital, VC

風險投資

Venture capital, or VC

風險投資

is a business that invests other

是一家投資其他企業

people's money in new businesses with

民間資金在新業務中的使用

good potential for fast growth

良好的快速增長潛力

unless you can show the potential for

除非你能證明你的潛力

long-term growth you're going to have

你將會有長期的增長

trouble attracting venture capital

招商難

all

都

series a B and C

甲乙丙系列

if it is successful a new business may

成也蕭何，敗也蕭何

seek additional rounds of financing

融資

called series a B and C

甲乙丙系列

each round of financing corresponds to a

每一輪融資對應一個

different stage in the growth of a

階段性

company

公司

after a successful first year of

首年成功後

business chatbot is hoping around of

商業哈拉機器人是希望圍繞

series b financing will help them expand

B系列融資將幫助他們擴大

00:05:55,420 --> 00:06:00,330 investor strategic investor

00:05:55,420 --> 00:06:00,330 投資者戰略投資者

strategic investor lends a company not

戰略投資者借給公司不

just money but also experience knowledge

金錢和經驗知識

and business contacts

和業務往來

strategic investors

戰略投資者

normally focus on one industry

一般情況下，都是集中在一個行業

or field that they know well

熟悉的領域

we're looking for a strategic investor

我們正在尋找一個戰略投資者

with the experience and contacts to help

經驗和人脈，以幫助

us succeed in the food industry

我們在食品行業的成功

now it's your turn to practice some of

現在輪到你來練習一些。

the words we've looked at in this lesson

字詞

in a moment you'll hear a series of

一會兒你就會聽到一連串的

sentences with a word replaced with a

句子

beep repeat each sentence including the

嘟嘟嘟

missing word

漏字

for example if you here,

例如，如果你在這裡。

we were fortunate to get funding from an angel

我們很幸運地得到了來自天使的資助

early on

早期

you can say we were fortunate to get

你可以說我們很幸運地得到了

funding from an angel investor early on

早期投資

will provide

將提供

answer after each question, ready?

一問一答，準備好了嗎？

let's give it a go

試試吧

I've put over 50000 dollars of personal

我已經把超過50000美元的個人。

into this new business

進入這一新業務

answer

回答

I've put over $50,000 of personal funding into this

我已經投入了5萬多元的個人資金。

new business

新業務

many young people dream of getting rich

年輕人做夢都想發財

off their own company

脫離自己的公司

answer many young people dream of

答卷

getting rich off their own startup

創業致富

company

公司

00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,710 bob has lots of great ideas

00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,710 鮑勃有很多好主意

but no seed

無苗

to make any of them happen

達成任何一個

answer

回答

bob has some great ideas but no seed capital

鮑勃有一些偉大的想法，但沒有種子資本。

to make any of them happen

達成任何一個

that's all for this episode of video vocab

這就是本集視頻詞彙的全部內容。

be sure to check out our website

請訪問我們的網站

at www.videovocab.TV for more videos

www.videovocab.TV 查看更多視頻

on business english vocabulary

關於商務英語詞彙

thanks for watching and see you again soon

謝謝觀看，再見