Who paid for the emigration from England to the colonies in the 17th century?

1. Sending colonists across nearly five thousand kilometers of sea cost a great deal of money. 2. They needed utensils, clothing, seed, tools, building materials, livestock, arms and ammunition. 3. Unlike the colonizing policies of other countries, this emigration was not sponsored by the government. 4. It was financed by private groups of individuals whose chief motive was profit. 5. Virginia and Massachusetts, for instance, were founded by chartered companies funded by investors. _Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section THE LAND IS SETTLED_