Meaning & use
investee companies
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Meanings
nounpluralbusinessfinance
Companies in which another company or fund has put money, usually by buying shares.
Grammar: Always used in the plural; the singular is "investee company".
Patterns
- investee companies of a fund
- invest in investee companies
- list of investee companies
The fund's report lists all its investee companies by sector.
Auditors visited the main investee companies to check their accounts.
Its investee companies are mostly small technology firms in Asia.
nounbefore a nounbusinessfinance
Used before another noun to describe matters relating to such companies.
Grammar: Comes before a noun, as in "investee company accounts".
Patterns
- investee company accounts
- investee company shares
Investee company profits rose sharply last year.
The bank keeps a register of investee company holdings.
Common combinations
- a portfolio of investee companies
- The venture fund manages a portfolio of investee companies across Europe.
- investee company performance
- Quarterly reports track investee company performance.
- a stake in an investee company
- The group holds a 30% stake in each investee company.
- disclose investee companies
- New rules require funds to disclose their investee companies.
Synonyms and how they differ
- portfolio companies
- Very close in meaning, but "portfolio companies" is the usual term for firms held by a private equity or venture fund.
- subsidiaries
- Different: a subsidiary is controlled by the parent company, while an investee company may only be partly owned.
- holdings
- Refers to the shares or assets owned, not to the companies themselves.
Word family
- investee noun
- The company or person that receives the investment.
- investor noun
- The person or organization that puts money in.
- investment noun
- The money put into a company or project.
- invest verb
- To put money into something to make a profit.
Commonly confused: investee companies or investor companies?
investee companies vs investor companies
Not a standard term; "investor" is the one who invests, so "investor companies" would mean companies that invest, the opposite role from investee companies.
Practice
A private equity fund must publish a list of its ______.
Choose one answer.
"Investee companies" are the firms the fund has invested in, which is what such a list shows. "Investor companies" would mean companies that do the investing, and "investment companies" are firms whose business is investing, so neither fits the fund's holdings.
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