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A venture is a major undertaking, synonymous with adventure. But can also refer to:

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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
• Venture Magazine a management magazine

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 Surabaya, chartered by film director Carl Denham to travel to Skull Island in both King Kong (1933 film) and King Kong (2005 film).
• Venture (TV series), a Canadian business television show on the CBC network
• Venture, 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
• "A Venture", a song by the U.K progressive rock group Yes and featured on their 1971 album The Yes Album
• 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:

• Venture Scouts (Scouting Ireland), 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
• Australian Venture, a Jamboree style event held for Venturers in Australia every 3 years

In Motorcycles:

• Yamaha Venture, links to two touring motorcycles manufactured by Yamaha.
• Yamaha Venture Royale, a touring motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha from 1983 to 1993
• Yamaha Royal Star Venture, a touring motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha from 1999 to the present

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