The phrase "assess a venture" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when evaluating the potential success, risks, or overall viability of a business project or investment opportunity.
Example: "Before we invest, we need to assess the venture to understand its market potential and financial risks."
Alternatives: "evaluate a project" or "analyze a business opportunity."
How they assess a planned joint venture between Sony and BMG, the music arm of the German publisher Bertelsmann, and an anticipated fresh attempt by EMI and Time Warner to team up, may depend on which deal arrives at their doorstep first.
One quickly raised more than $50 million, while the other mostly self-financed, thus creating a rare opportunity to assess the difference venture capital can make and bring new perspective to an age-old debate.
Estimates are difficult to assess, but Stein ventured a guess that about 75percentt of Kahlo's work resides in Mexico. .
Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles -- what baseball calls "makeup" and politics calls "character" -- the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture.
Eighty eight Israeli entrepreneurs working in new ventures responded to a specially designed questionnaire that included the following parts: (A) provided general data about the new venture; (B) assessed the venture type along two dimensions: Novelty and Technological uncertainty; (C) assessed the entrepreneurs' personality traits and (D) assessed the ventures' success.
Still, many big investors already have been re-assessing their venture strategies in light of last year's financial meltdown.
Often seen as a benchmark company in assessing venture company valuations, Cisco Systems went to the well in late January, picking up networking security firm Okena for $154 million.
The task of assessing the American venture in Iraq is further complicated by the fact that the United States is at once trying to snuff out sectarian violence in Iraq, rebuild the country's economy, and bring about political reconciliation.
Issues such as risk, investment opportunities, return on investment requirements, and quantifying health impact are critical in assessing venture capital's potential for supporting health innovation.
Rather like the venture capitalists behind the American software industry, Mr Gates is a venture philanthropist: he backs schemes, assesses them and dumps failures.
