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Sarunnio Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Fundraising tear

From the news,

"Uber's new fundraising discussions come as many Silicon Valley startups have been on a fundraising tear. This week alone, lending startup Affirm said it had raised $275 million in debt and equity at an undisclosed valuation"

What does fundraising tear mean in the above context?
Does this hint they (startups) are enduring through getting themselves financed?
  

Top answer

Sarunnio What does fundraising mean in the above context? Asking people or companies to give them money for the business purposes. Sarunnio Does this hint they (startups) are enduring through getting them financed?

— AlpheccaStars

  • Sarunnio What does fundraising mean in the above context?
  • Asking people or companies to give them money for the business purposes.
  • Sarunnio Does this hint they (startups) are enduring through getting them financed?
  • Not necessarily.
  • Many businesses (especially new ones) fail to survive, even though they have raised a lot of money.
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SarunnioWhat does fundraising mean in the above context?
Asking people or companies to give them money for the business purposes.
SarunnioDoes this hint they (startups) are enduring through getting them financed?
Not necessarily. Many businesses (especially new ones) fail to survive, even though they have raised a lot of mon
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Thanks for the answer AlpheccaStars.

However, sorry, it was my typo in the initial post, the latter word 'tear' was accidentally left out.
The thing is I already know what fundraising mean, it means to get oneself financed.
but what I asked actually was what does "fundraising tear" mean, that's in two words?

Anybody please shed some light on me?
Thanks again.
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Sarunniowhat does "fundraising tear" mean
It means they are energetically working at fundraising, they are putting greater effort than usual into fundraising.
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SarunnioAnybody please shed some light on me?
It is an idiomatic use of the word tear as in "He's on a tear."
If your tear through a room, you run very fast with a lot of energy.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tear+around

If you are "on a tear"
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Sarunniotear
That's the one that's pronounced 'tair', by the way, not the one that's pronounced 'teer' (which comes from the eyes).

CJ
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