A business angel (Swedish: affärsängel), sometimes called an angel investor, is a private individual who invests their own capital in a company at an early stage, often also contributing experience, for example as a board member. It is a form of venture capital.
The investment is usually made through a new share issue or a share purchase, with terms often set out in a shareholders' agreement. The angel is entered in the share ledger and appears in the cap table..
Venture capital is capital invested in high-risk, high-growth companies, often unlisted and early-stage.
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A new share issue is when a limited company issues new shares for payment to increase its capital.
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A shareholders' agreement is an agreement between shareholders governing how they should act in the company.
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A cap table is an overview of how ownership in a company is distributed among its shareholders.
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