investment company
noun
: a company whose primary business is holding securities of other companies purely for investment purposes compare holding company
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Davis, the former Viacom chief financial officer, took over as CEO of Univision in late 2020, after his investment company and Searchlight Capital acquired the company. 
Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 Blue Horizon, an investment company with a mission to quicken the pace to sustainable food systems, has invested in California Cultured earlier this year. K Barrett Bilali, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022 Through his investment company Thirty-Five Ventures (35V), plans to funnel funding with an aim to support women athletes. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 11 May 2022 The Romney Group, a private real estate investment company, is pushing for the creation of a 12,000-acre satellite port in Tooele County, which includes Erda. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021 David Youngblood, now the CFO of an investment company in Knoxville, Tenn., still remembers the time a worker at a prior job called him to complain. Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 Andrea co-founded AMBI Group, an investment company that provides financial backing for international films, with Monika Bacardi in 2013. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 4 Aug. 2022 His investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, became Chevron’s fourth-largest equity stakeholder in April, the value of its investment jumping to $25.9 billion, from $4.5 billion in Dec. 2021. Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 11 July 2022 Under a new excavation license granted in 2020, Allen Exploration, an investment company that partnered with the Bahamian government, finally found it. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2022 See More
Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 Blue Horizon, an investment company with a mission to quicken the pace to sustainable food systems, has invested in California Cultured earlier this year. K Barrett Bilali, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022 Through his investment company Thirty-Five Ventures (35V), plans to funnel funding with an aim to support women athletes. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 11 May 2022 The Romney Group, a private real estate investment company, is pushing for the creation of a 12,000-acre satellite port in Tooele County, which includes Erda. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021 David Youngblood, now the CFO of an investment company in Knoxville, Tenn., still remembers the time a worker at a prior job called him to complain. Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 Andrea co-founded AMBI Group, an investment company that provides financial backing for international films, with Monika Bacardi in 2013. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 4 Aug. 2022 His investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, became Chevron’s fourth-largest equity stakeholder in April, the value of its investment jumping to $25.9 billion, from $4.5 billion in Dec. 2021. Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 11 July 2022 Under a new excavation license granted in 2020, Allen Exploration, an investment company that partnered with the Bahamian government, finally found it. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1917, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
investment company
see company