A person or institution that provides monetary support for someone or something.
the financial backers of the venture
Example sentencesExamples
- The major financial backers of the foundation are making it possible to fill any critical hole we have in the development team with full-time dedicated help.
- None of the financial backers would meet with them and they seemed to be running out of ideas.
- He called his financial backers to let them know that the company now faced a serious competitive threat.
- When the cell technologist founded the company in 1999, her friends and family served as her primary financial backers.
- The film industry is rife with tales of financial backers, not the director, having final say about what appears on screen.
- In the wake of failing dot-coms, the availability of financial backers for such ventures has declined.
- The museum's main financial backers must be dependable.
- Start-ups are being bullied by their financial backers into early mergers and buy-outs.
- The officials were under obligation to financial backers who helped them obtain their auctioned offices and supplied goods to them.
- The project has been in development for 18 months, providing plenty of time for cold feet from financial backers.