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backer

[bak-er] / ˈbæk ər /


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Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Gazprom publicly became the IBA’s financial backer, filling its coffers with tens of millions of dollars.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

“The track record of memecoins has been rocky at best, and it was not clear that this issue had either the backer or the timing to buck that trend.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Enterprise software company Salesforce is the only new backer in the transaction, with the remaining capital coming from prior investors, including Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer Venture Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

While his backers have argued that many of the problems the nation faces are inherited, Merz himself is deeply unpopular.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Existing backers including Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund are considering participating in the round, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The war-torn country initially used its own revenues to pay for defence spending but has increasingly relied on foreign backers for these outlays.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Newsom appeared to acknowledge a desire to avoid the possibly messy fight for California backers that could ensue if both were to run, saying there would be “pure crossover” between Harris’ supporters and his.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Financial backers of both institutions—the Chemical Foundation in Columbia’s case and William Crocker, a banking and railroad magnate, in Berkeley’s case—seemed eager to pony up funds to cover Sloan’s further research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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