bankroll
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“The Arctic is the ultimate adversary,” said Eric Slesinger, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who now runs a venture-capital firm bankrolling defense startups, including some trying to master arctic fighting.
He said in an interview that Reiner personally bankrolled much of the legal fight because he genuinely believed it was the right thing to do.
From Los Angeles Times
When giant retailers showed interest in carrying their product, they went hunting for capital and raised another $30 million just in time to bankroll holiday orders.
Later, they bet on renewables, bankrolling enormous hydroelectric projects, solar fields and wind farms.
Just four months earlier, he had bankrolled his son David’s $8-billion acquisition of the storied Paramount Pictures.
From Los Angeles Times
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