Venture Capitalists
Enable this feature and venture capitalists with billions in net worth join the game.
They invest only in pre-IPO rounds, commit for the long term, and do not actively trade stocks.
Paired with Realistic Money Supply, venture capital becomes indispensable — it is where funding comes from when the public investors have run dry.
Finding them in the game
A venture capitalist’s investment portfolio:
They appear on the Person report, typically at the bottom of the list.
Hover the mouse over the person list and press [End] to jump straight to the bottom.
And a company heavily backed by them:
The settings
Open the [Others] page on the Banking and Finance DLC’s new game settings menu.
Number of venture capitalists
Any value from 0 to 10. Set it to zero and the feature is disabled.
Two settings override your choice, for balance:
With Realistic Money Supply on, the game assigns a minimum of 5. That mode limits public investor funding, so without venture capital companies would have no way to fund expansion at all — which would undermine the game rather than challenge it.
With Survival Mode on, any number is allowed — companies are meant to be struggling.
VC capital size
The average capital a venture capitalist commands.
Investment diversification
How widely a VC spreads its portfolio. A single investment will not normally exceed this percentage of the VC’s total net worth.
How the two work together
Capital size and diversification together decide how many companies each VC can back and the average size of each investment.
| Example | Capital | Max per company | Largest single investment | Companies backed before fully invested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3 billion | 5% | $150M | 20 (100% ÷ 5%) |
| 2 | $5 billion | 4% | $200M | 25 (100% ÷ 4%) |