risk, venture
They are hoping to attract funding from venture-capital firms.

fixed
seed (esp. AmE), start-up
equity, investment, share
working
foreign, private
human, intellectual, knowledge, political, social (all figurative)

have
We don't have enough capital to buy new premises.

accumulate, acquire, amass
attract, borrow, generate, raise
He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project.

invest, provide, put, put up, sink
The company has put a lot of capital into the project.
We can't expect the government to put up the capital.
He sank vast amounts of capital in the venture.

allocate, expend
free, free up, release (esp. BrE), unlock (esp. BrE)
tie up
Our capital is all tied up in property.

assets, goods, resources, stock
costs, expenditure, investment, outlay, repayment (esp. BrE), spending
accumulation, growth
account
fund, funding, grant
He secured $175 million in capital funding from investors.

campaign (AmE), project
We are launching a capital campaign to renovate the historic building.
investment in major capital projects

gain, gains, loss
capital gains tax

flows, inflow, mobility, movement, outflow
receipt (esp. BrE)
value
the capital value of the property

market

capital and labour/labor
Both capital and labor were scarce.

an injection of capital
Inner city areas require a large injection of capital.

a return on your capital
Investors want an immediate return on their capital.

great, major
The department store has branches in all major capitals.

British, Japanese, etc.
foreign
provincial, regional, state
cultural, finance, financial, etc.

in a/the capital
the fast pace of life in the capital

capital of

the … capital of the world
Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world.