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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

However, those angels constitute only about 4% of the estimated 7.1 million households in the US with a net worth of $1 million or more. Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Q: What is the typical profile of angel investors?

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

Over the next two years, I made 40 angel investments with the money I made from the sale of the company. At one point in the process, I was down to under $100,000 in the bank – with the vast majority of our net worth tied up in these angel investments and a house that we bought in Boulder.