VENTURE

A 'venture' is a wonderful undertaking, synonymous with adventure. But can also refer to:
In 'automobiles':

★ Chevrolet Venture, a General Motors Corporation minivan.

★ VentureOne, a concept car by Venture Vehicles
In 'business':

★ Joint venture, a strategic alliance between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together

★ Venture (department store), a defunct discount department store operating across Australia

★ Venture capital, general term for financing startup, early stage, and "turn around" type businesses

★ Venture Management, an emerging business management discipline

★ Venture philanthropy, an emerging approach that attempts to make philanthropy more effective

★ Venture Stores, a former chain of retail stores headquartered out of O'Fallon, Missouri

★ VentureSoft, a consulting corporation
In 'entertainment':

★ Errant Venture, an Imperial Star Destroyer in the Star Wars universe

★ USS Venture, a Galaxy class starship (Star Trek) in the Star Trek universe

★ SS Venture, a ship registered in Suramata, chartered by film director Carl Denham to travel to Skull Island in the film King Kong

★ Venture (TV series), a Canadian business television show on the CBC network

★ Venture (card game), a strategic card game by Sid Sackson

★ Venture (arcade game), a video game

★ Venture Science Fiction Magazine, a US science fiction magazine published in 1957-1958 and revived in 1969-1970

★ The Venture Bros., a US animated television series airing as part of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network
In the 'military':

★ NOTC Venture, the Canadian Naval Officer Training Centre based in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia
In 'Scouting':

★ Scouting Ireland Venture Scouts, a program for youth aged between 15 and a half to 21 years of age

★ Venture patrol, a program in Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)

★ Venture Scout, a section of the Scout Movement, mostly in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations

★ Venturer Scouts (Australia), the fourth section of Scouts Australia

★ Venturing (Boy Scouts of America), a membership division of the Boy Scouts of America