Good point. I think the qualification is best as a note.

@@ -13,0 +13,2 @@
+<s_inf>not a venture capital firm</s_inf>
+<gloss>start-up company</gloss>
@@ -14,3 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>venture company</gloss>
-<gloss>venture firm</gloss>
-<gloss>start-up company (NOT a venture capital firm)</gloss>

Just to follow up on Rene’s comment (previous suggestion had been “venture-backed company” and “start-up company”): I do have relevant business knowledge and experience in this area, and the standard American English term for this is emphatically “start-up company/startup company”.

The 和英 dictionaries that translate it as “venture” are hewing too closely to the Japanese – in American English (both business-speak and everyday speech), “venture” generally refers to the *capital*, not to the small company.

(See longer comments at ベンチャービジネス.)

Hope this helps!

See discussion at ベンチャービジネス

@@ -17,0 +17,1 @@
+<gloss>start-up company (NOT a venture capital firm)</gloss>

these glosses are what are suggested by gg5, eijiro, Encyclopedia of Japan and 情報・知識imidas.  i don't know enough about business to know if suggested amendments are the same, and certainly the provided ref is not a J-E ref.  playing it safe by only putting in what's already in a number of J-E refs

@@ -13,2 +13,0 @@
-<gloss>venture-backed company</gloss>
-<gloss>start-up enterprise</gloss>
@@ -16,0 +14,2 @@
+<gloss>venture company</gloss>
+<gloss>venture firm</gloss>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_company

@@ -13,0 +13,2 @@
+<gloss>venture-backed company</gloss>
+<gloss>start-up enterprise</gloss>