backers

3 definitions • 4 examples

someone who gives financial support to something:

We need financial backers for the project.

a person who gives support to someone or something with money or words:

We'll need financial backers to do this.

a person or company that provides support for something or someone, especially financial support:

The project's backers believe that fund-raising should not be a problem.

The club was desperately seeking new financial backers.