Angel investor

<p>An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital to a business or businesses, including <a href="/facts/Startups/9lsjFELt">startups</a>, usually in exchange for <a href="/facts/Convertible_debt/Bug5u1Ve">convertible debt</a> or <a href="/facts/Ownership_equity/K5fBPIfS">ownership equity</a>. Angel investors often provide support to startups at a very early stage (when the risk of their failure is relatively high), once or in a consecutive manner, and when most investors are not prepared to back them. In a survey of 150 founders conducted by Wilbur Labs, about 70% of entrepreneurs will face potential business failure, and nearly 66% will face this potential failure within 25 months of launching their company. A small but increasing number of angel investors invest online through <a href="/facts/Equity_crowdfunding/bhfXlDpv">equity crowdfunding</a> or organize themselves into angel groups or angel networks to share <a href="/facts/Investment_capital/lLkzDdoB">investment capital</a> and provide advice to their portfolio companies. The number of angel investors has greatly increased since the mid-20th century.
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Angel investor