business angel


Also found in: Financial, Encyclopedia.
Related to business angel: Angel investors

business angel

n
(Commerce) informal an investor in a business venture, esp one in its early stages. Also called: angel investor
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Minerva Business Angels, part of the University of Warwick Science Park and one of the most successful business angel networks in the UK, is joining forces with Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham in a partnership aimed at improving access to finance for innovative local companies.
Keywords: Business Angel; Investment Rejection Reason; Opportunities; Entrepreneur.
The funding will be used to identify suitable investment opportunities and investors, as well as provide grants to businesses to deliver innovation projects with a view to longer term business angel involvement and future commercial success.
HBAN Business Angel Syndicate has been formed by the Halo Business Angel Network to bring private investors together to back early stage ventures which are considered to have high potential.
Summary: Insure and Match Capital celebrated the graduation Friday of its business angel groups -- Seeders and the Lebanese Women Angel Fund -- the Class of 2017-18.
A NEW fund to support business angel investment in Wales could create and safeguard hundreds of jobs.
Economy Secretary, Ken Skates said: "I am pleased to launch the development bank's new business angel network, along with the new [pounds sterling]8mWales Angel Co-investment Fund, which will be an important and valuable addition to our business and wider entrepreneurial support system in Wales.
The Business Angel Institute and Ertyad have teamed up for the former's launch in the MENA region.
While there is still much work to be done to educate potential angel investors on the concepts and best practices of early stage investing, according to the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) '2016 was a firm step in the right direction for angel investing across Africa, and the level of activity suggests the angel investing landscape has come-of-age on the continent' as the number of angel groups in Africa almost doubled from 25 at the end of 2015 to 40 spread across 25 African countries by the close of 2016.
The competition gives participants a platform for attracting business angel investment with at least two finalists securing a trip to California next April.
Investors included Oxford Technology and leading business angel networks Cambridge Capital Group, London Business Angels, Envestors, Ruffena Capital, and crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom.
The business angel network, aimed at assisting small and new business and all those who have an idea or business plan, is still not developed enough in Macedonia.

Full browser ?