English 'venture' is a shortened form of 'adventure,' from Old French 'aventure' (chance, fortune), from Latin 'adventūra' (a thing about to arrive), from 'advenīre' (to come to), from PIE *gʷem- (to come) — making a venture literally 'what is coming,' the unknown future into which one invests.
A risky or daring journey or undertaking; a business enterprise involving considerable risk.
Shortened from Middle English 'aventure' (later 'adventure'), from Old French 'aventure' (chance, fortune, what comes to one), from Latin 'adventūra' (a thing about to happen), feminine future active participle of 'advenīre' (to arrive, to come to), from 'ad-' (to) + 'venīre' (to come), from PIE *gʷem- (to come, to go). The initial 'a-' was lost by aphesis. 'Venture' and 'adventure' are doublets — the same word with and without its first syllable. Key
'Venture' is 'adventure' with the first syllable chopped off. Both words mean 'what is about to come' — from Latin 'adventūra' (a thing about to arrive). A venture capitalist is, etymologically, someone who invests money in 'what is coming' — the unknown future. And 'adventure,' 'event,' '