The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 7 letter word VENTURE CAPITAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result VENTURE CAPITAL
- Summarise, in change of tune, vital funding for new business
- Reform never restricting trade union with excellent financial backing
- Opening on river by Paris, say, for speculative funding
- Cultivate pear hybrid to secure new funding
- Never worried, accepting trade union with excellent source of finance
- Funding from seat of government supporting undertaking
- Alternative cup devised to get money for new businesses
- Funding from volunteer’s ideal
- Guess Athens, say, should get finance for new business
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The straight part
We know that "funding" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case funding = venture capital.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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