{{Short description|Form of equity sharing}} '''Capital participation''' (sometimes also called ''equity participation''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-equity-participation.htm|title = What is Equity Participation?| date=2 May 2023 }}</ref> or ''equity interest''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://strategiccfo.com/equity-interest-definition/|title=Equity Interest Definition • the Strategic CFO}}</ref>) is a form of equity sharing not restricted to housing, in which a company, infrastructure, property or business is shared between different parties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/equity-participation.asp|title=How Equity Participation Works}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lucanet.com/en/footer/glossary/capital_participation.html |title=Capital participation |access-date=2016-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822103650/http://www.lucanet.com/en/footer/glossary/capital_participation.html |archive-date=2016-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shareholders invest in a business for profit maximization and cost savings, e.g., through tax deduction. A visible and controversial form of capital participation can be found in public–private partnerships in which the private sector invests in public projects and usually receive a time-limited concession for ownership or operation to make profits from the acquired property.
==See also== * Risk capital * Angel investor * Shareholder * Profit sharing * Private equity * Takeover * Mergers and acquisitions * Privatization
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