Many first angel investments are sad stories. The rookie angel investing cautionary tale After a significant liquidity event (e.g. the sale of a business), a new angel decides to make a substantial investment in a startup company which sounds promising. This investment will often be the only significant source of funds for the startup. When the company starts to struggle, the investor gets actively involved to “save” their investment. To rub salt into the wound, the angel goes all-in with a...

If you are an investor with a risk appetite and love to tell investment stories at dinner parties, you might be a good candidate for Angel Investing. So why choose Angel Investing over other forms of investment? Angel investing is “for-profit philanthropy”, and “it’s cheaper and more fun than buying a yacht!” There is always the chance to win the angel investing lottery, leading to a lifetime of dinner table conversations. There are many reasons to become an angel investor. Angel investing is...

2021 has been a boom year for technology capital raising, with a notable uptick in initial public offerings (IPOs), direct listings and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). A massive COVID-induced liquidity bubble has driven many private venture-backed companies to finally make it onto the public markets. Many of these companies have ridden the decade long mobile, cloud and SaaS wave as private companies. The wealth crystallisation from these public listings has been spectacular,...