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angel investor

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noun

  1. same as business angel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hays was an angel investor; he founded the fundraising and banking platform Capital, formerly known as Party Round, and the advertising network Branded Native.

From MarketWatch Apr. 3, 2026

Surniak says within three days of creating their campaign, they found an angel investor who offered them the funds to secure the building.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

They have tapped AI legends Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI founding member, and Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google DeepMind, as an adviser and an angel investor, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

As an angel investor, Peter Shankman has made millions investing in startups, yet it wasn’t easy getting to the top of the ladder.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2025

"Byju's failed at holding itself to the standard expected of a company its size," said K Ganesh, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who founded one of India's largest online grocers, BigBasket.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2023

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