angel investor noun [C]

(Finance , informal)

a private person who invests their own money in a project, especially a new business:

The majority of small businesses receive money from friends, family and angel investors.

⇨ VENTURE CAPITALIST

angel investment noun [U,C]

• bargain
• operating expense
• operating expense ratio
• operating income
• operating lease
• operating loss
• operating margin
• operating profit
• operating strategy
• operating system
• operation
• operational
• operation process chart
• operations management
• operations manual
• operations research
• operative
• operator
• opinion leader
• OPM
• opportunism
• opportunist
• opportunity
• opportunity cost
• opportunity to see