Venture

A venture is a major 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
* Venture Magazine a managment magazineIn 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, 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