

Upper Intermediate
VOCABULARY













People or groups with an interest in the decisions of a company. Suppliers, employees, members partners.

A type of private equity financing that is provided by VC firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies with high growth potential.

A high-net-worth individual who provides funding for small startups, usually in exchange for ownership equity in the company.

A research study performed on people in order to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a medical, surgical, or behavioral intervention.

A person who starts and operates a business, taking on financial risk to do so.

Overhead expense refers to the ongoing expense of operating a business.

Very complicated, detailed, complex.

Has many different and connected parts. Elaborate, complicated.

Powerful, profound, extreme, harsh, sharp, strong.

Real, actual, authentic, honest, legitimate, true.

Really, extremely, remarkably, highly, excessively.

Central, essential, imperative, necessary, high-priority.