TY - JOUR T1 - Angel Investors: <em>Who They Are and What They Do; Can I Be One, Too?</em> JF - The Journal of Wealth Management SP - 55 LP - 60 DO - 10.3905/jwm.2010.13.2.055 VL - 13 IS - 2 AU - Ramon P. DeGennaro Y1 - 2010/07/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/13/2/55.abstract N2 - Angel investors go by many definitions. By all definitions, however, angel investors act as informal venture capitalists and collectively invest billions of dollars in thousands of entrepreneurial projects annually. Despite their importance to small businesses and entrepreneurs, angel investments have received comparatively little attention from investment managers and writers. This article describes the advantages and disadvantages of angel investing and suggests ways for investors to extract the maximum benefits—both pecuniary and nonpecuniary—from angel investing.TOPICS: Wealth management, real assets/alternative investments/private equity ER -