An individual who invests in a company during its start-up phase; a financial supporter in the early stages of a corporation's existence.
An 'angel' is a winged creature from heaven who is supposed to help you when you are in danger. An 'angel investor' is someone who provides money for young businesses that really need it. The phrase was first used to describe wealthy patrons who kept Broadway plays on stage despite a lack of profits.
An 'angel' is a winged creature from heaven who is supposed to help you when you are in danger. An 'angel investor' is someone who provides money for young businesses that really need it. The phrase was first used to describe wealthy patrons who kept Broadway plays on stage despite a lack of profits.
by VAKI5 May 10, 2005
Get the angel investor mug.Guy who gets up about 11 and settles on the patio overlooking the ocean, with his laptop, (in his terry-cloth robe). His 19-year-old assistant brings him a bloody Mary. He says "thanks" in a tone of benign abstraction while he scrolls through his portfolio.
I talked to my bathrobe investors and they had never heard of this guy so I figure he must be a fake.
by Buce October 1, 2005
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An investor who trades shares on an exchange through a third party, typically a brokerage firm with direct access to the market(s) ECN networks. This term is often used in a derogatory sense to describe various middle-of-the-road people who attempt to amass great wealth with little to no research beforehand, often resulting in the complete loss of their "invested" money.
Being a retail investor is not a sign of incompetence, however; there are many who are quite able and consistently beat indices and funds with their returns.
Being a retail investor is not a sign of incompetence, however; there are many who are quite able and consistently beat indices and funds with their returns.
Noob trader: "Hey! This stock just fell 50%; there's gotta be a short squeeze soon! I'm buying!"
Experienced trader: "Don't be a retail investor, man!"
Experienced retail investor: "Bag holder would be a better phrase for that, buddy!"
Experienced trader: "Don't be a retail investor, man!"
Experienced retail investor: "Bag holder would be a better phrase for that, buddy!"
by Alex Koik-Cestone January 2, 2009
Get the retail investor mug.Someone who makes financial decisions while having some sort of insight of the near or far future. Any form of investment trading stocks seeing the direction of a company etc.
Ruso1 said he remembers when Netflix was only $5 dollars a share! He was to young to buy company shares but he told everyone they should! What an visonary investor!
by One World Anarchy July 23, 2019
Get the visonary investor mug.Someone who makes financial decisions while having some sort of insight of the near or far future. Any form of investment trading stocks seeing the direction of a company etc.
Ruso1 said he remembers when Netflix was only $5 dollars a share! He was to young to buy company shares but he told everyone they should! What an visonary investor!
by One World Anarchy July 23, 2019
Get the visonary investor mug.term describing a "sugar daddy" and/or "sugar momma" that sounds less degrading than flat out claiming that person gives you money essentially to breathe and/or end up in compromising situations. Easiest way to decide a girl has a life investor: no job with lots of travel pictures alone i.e. Dubai, expensive purses, shoes, and the words 'public figure' any where on her Instagram.
Friend: Wow Jill, how do you get to take all these vacations and have all of these lovely handbags?? You don't even have a job!
Jill: Easy answer! I found a life investor online and he's all I'll ever need. And no, you won't see any pictures of him, he's wayyyy to camera shy. Plus he's always working so you won't be able to hang out with him.
Jill: Easy answer! I found a life investor online and he's all I'll ever need. And no, you won't see any pictures of him, he's wayyyy to camera shy. Plus he's always working so you won't be able to hang out with him.
by blue donk June 29, 2017
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An investor (Typical of an Ashkenazi Jew) who will act aggressively pushy and uncompromising towards an entrepreneur, almost to the point to being offensive/rude, but will ultimately commit funds to kickstart the founder's startup.
A Yiddish Investor is the direct opposite of a WASP Investor
An investor (Typical of an Ashkenazi Jew) who will act aggressively pushy and uncompromising towards an entrepreneur, almost to the point to being offensive/rude, but will ultimately commit funds to kickstart the founder's startup.
A Yiddish Investor is the direct opposite of a WASP Investor
VC: So why should we trust you? Why shouldn't we just fund your competitors? This seems really risky and illiquid, how do you plan to mitigate these factors? We don't really see the potential for an exit in an IPO with this idea at all, what do you think?
Entrepreneur: (Answers Uncomfortably but Truthfully)
VC: ALTHOUGH this seems extremely risky and prone to failure, here is my money nonetheless.
Entrepreneur to his Co-Founder: They may be tough and straight to the point, but we are grateful to have a Yiddish Investor onboard.
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Entrepreneur: (Answers Uncomfortably but Truthfully)
VC: ALTHOUGH this seems extremely risky and prone to failure, here is my money nonetheless.
Entrepreneur to his Co-Founder: They may be tough and straight to the point, but we are grateful to have a Yiddish Investor onboard.
~Word created by Woodrow @ Decheque
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