what s the difference between an angel investor and a venture capitalist 
venture capitalists deploy vast sums of cash pooled from many investors they have big money to spend and tend to spend it only on existing businesses that they think have an opportunity to turn a substantially bigger profit for example they might buy a moribund retail chain with the goal of revitalizing it over the next two years angel investors are a different breed they are individuals who are looking to put their own money into good ideas at their earliest stages of becoming successful businesses they are committing their own money in hopes of making a good idea a reality 