Fonds social

English translation: capital

17:52 Mar 10, 2017

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Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Venture capital

French term or phrase: Fonds social

Hi all,

This is taken from a commercial register extract and the title of the section is "Capital social / Fonds social" (followed by the value). The company is a venture capital firm.

Does anyone know what the difference between "fonds social" and share capital is?

Thanks,

David

David Howard KudoZ activity Questions: 159 (4 open) (3 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 26 United Kingdom
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English translation:capital

Explanation:
In this context, I would say the difference between the two is technical and, for practical purposes, irrelevant. I would be tempted to simply use "capital".

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Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:29

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Thanks Rob for your simple solution!
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3 +4

capital

Rob Grayson

3 +1

share capital

Ellen Kraus

capital funds/equity

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

capital

Explanation:
In this context, I would say the difference between the two is technical and, for practical purposes, irrelevant. I would be tempted to simply use "capital".

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:29
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PRO pts in category: 805

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Thanks Rob for your simple solution!

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

share capital

Explanation:
https://hbr.org/1998/11/how-venture-capital-works
But as the venture capital business has evolved over the past 30 years, the image .... the venture firm will be given enough shares to maintain its original equity ...

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 17:29
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German

3 hrs confidence:

capital funds/equity

Explanation:
I think the difference here is:

capital social = registered share capital (i.e. as provided for the by the Articles of Association and registered at the RCI)

fonds social = actual capital funds at a given moment (which might not necessarily be the same as the registered share capital, e.g. if capital has been increased or decreased by a resolution of the shareholders)

AllegroTrans
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8 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: Previous question

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The chosen answer was "equity", which looks convincing, though the answerer didn't give references.

Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/finance_general/...

philgoddard
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