The company needed funds, in order to exist as a corporation.

More than most organizations, the organization needed significant funds to be successful.

I speak to business owners every day who desperately need funds.

They were determined to stay in London but desperately needed funds.

They need funds, and county government should provide them with appropriate assistance.

He was going to need funds to fashion their escape from the city, perhaps a good deal of them.

Then there are those who say major institutions need public funds just as badly.

The company needed funds to survive in the long term.

As my fellow Member has also said, we still need funds.

Stood to reason they'd need funds, and he was the one with cash to spare.