Venture Financing   Raising Funds for a Startup   Business Angels     Types of Business Angels Adapted from Where to Go When The Bank Says No: Alternatives for Financing Your Business by Evanson, D.R.       Corporate angels These private investors use their severance or early-retirement pay from former senior management positions at large corporations to make entrepreneurial investments. Typically, they seek a new senior management job in the investment, want to be involved in one investment at a time.   What Every Investor Wants To Know Successful Startup 7 Characteristics Management Team     Entrepreneurial angels The most active of the angel investors, they invest the largest amounts, often over $1M. They tend to have been successful entrepreneurs themselves, now looking for ways to diversify their portfolio or expand their current business, rather than looking for a new job.   Venturepreneur Disruptive Innopreneur Innotheus Innopreneurial Journey A-to-Z     Enthusiast angels Less professional than their entrepreneurial counterparts, these angels invest in firms more as a hobby now that they are in their later years. They tend to invest smaller amounts (from $20,000 to a few hundred thousand dollars) across a number of companies, but they do not actively participate in their investments.   Venture Financing Funnel Ideas for Funding Your Startup Business Real Ways To Finance Your Startup     Micromanagement angels These business angels prefer great control over their investments, often micromanaging them from a seat on the company board rather than through active participation. They may invest in as many as four companies at a time, adding value as well as money to each... More   Check out Potential Investors Investor Return Options   Professional angels As investors from backgrounds in professional careers (doctors, lawyers, accountants), these angels prefer to invest in firms that offer a product or service with which they have experience, frequently offering their sector expertise to the investee firm, although they're usually not too actively involved. Generally investing in a number of firms simultaneously, they tend to invest from $30,000 to $300,000 each and prefer to co-invest with their peers (syndicates of business angels).   Angel Investors Funding Application Criteria Search for Angel Investors How to Reach Business Angels Investment Opportunity Selection by Investors