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Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Returns Overall

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In addition, angels were up against a selection problem: All the best entrepreneurs and opportunities would naturally gravitate to the best venture capital funds, leaving only the “scraps” for angel investors. This is absolutely competitive with venture capital returns. So which is it? Only they’re not.

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5 Good Reasons Not to Seek Angel Investment

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It was not a great business decision, at that time (2000); but it was what I wanted and it felt good. I remember deciding on my own that I wasn’t going to abandon the Mac market as Windows swept it away, and enjoying the fact that I didn’t have to convince anybody except my wife, who is also my co-owner, and who happened to agree with me.

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