Staking

verb

1. To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

   "to stake vines or plants"

2. To pierce or wound with a stake.
3. To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
4. To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.

   "His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started."