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VENTURE CAPITAL

Total Donated

$16,170,796

Contributions

7,964

Unique Donors

776

Donors who typed VENTURE CAPITAL as occupation account for $16,170,796 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 7,964 contributions from 776 donor records. VENTURE CAPITAL is a firm-noun used as occupation text, not VENTURE CAPITALIST and not a fund AUM figure. In compact form the occupation total is $16.2 million.

Key figures

  • VENTURE CAPITAL occupation itemizations sum to $16,170,796 from 7,964 contributions and 776 donors.
  • VENTURE CAPITALIST is a separate person-title key and is not rolled into this total.
  • Mean amounts are about $2,030 per contribution and about $20,839 per donor record.
  • The string is a firm noun used as occupation text, not fund AUM.

Firm noun, concentrated dollars

$16,170,796 is the occupation-level dollar total. 7,964 is the itemization count. 776 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $2,030. Mean dollars per donor record are about $20,839. Repeat giving is about 10 itemizations per donor record.

776 donor records is a smaller pool than VENTURE CAPITALIST in this harvest. The per-donor mean of about $20,839 is an arithmetic result on that compact set, not a typical household gift.

The packet does not name funds, check sizes as a distribution, or GP versus LP status. It only supplies the three VENTURE CAPITAL facts.

VENTURE CAPITAL is not VENTURE CAPITALIST

VENTURE CAPITALIST is the neighboring person-title key. This page cites only VENTURE CAPITAL: $16,170,796, 7,964 contributions, and 776 donors. INVESTOR and PARTNER stay outside the total unless the bulk extract normalized those words here.

Best-efforts collection records the donor’s word. Someone who listed a fund name, the industry noun, or a shorthand for VC work may all land here if the extract stored VENTURE CAPITAL. The FEC does not recode that noun into a person title.

Full analysis: What VENTURE CAPITAL donors give in federal races →

Questions

How much have VENTURE CAPITAL donors given in FEC records?
Occupation VENTURE CAPITAL is attached to $16,170,796 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 7,964 contributions and 776 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not fund AUM. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Is VENTURE CAPITALIST included in VENTURE CAPITAL?
No. VENTURE CAPITALIST is a separate occupation string. This page covers VENTURE CAPITAL only: $16,170,796, 7,964 contributions, and 776 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters.
What is the average VENTURE CAPITAL contribution?
Dividing $16,170,796 by 7,964 itemizations yields about $2,030 per contribution. Dividing by 776 donors yields about $20,839 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Is VENTURE CAPITAL an industry total?
No. Industry pages group employers. This page is the occupation string VENTURE CAPITAL: $16,170,796, 7,964 contributions, and 776 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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