рисковое финансирование на начальной стадии осуществления проекта(Mr. Jones personally pledged more than $50,000 in seed money for a planned Jan. 6 event in exchange for a guaranteed "top speaking slot of his choice," according to a funding document outlining a deal between his company and an early organizer for the event.wsj.com)
посевной инвестиционный фонд(It also operates a seed investment fund, the ‘Millenium Entrepreneur Fund', which provides capital to individuals or teams ... – The Parliament of the Commonwealth of AustraliaTamerlane)