expansion stage

expansion stage definition - finance
Financing provided by a venture capital firm to a company whose service or product is commercially available. Though the companyÂ’s revenues may look strong and show significant growth, the company may not be profitable. Typically, a company that receives an expansion stage investment has been in business three years or longer.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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