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		CoffeeOnWrite 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Angel Investors, a Field Guide What? The scout doesn’t risk capital, of course they get only limited return.

bix6 73 days ago [–]

Yeah as mvkel said it’s just being a VC with shittier terms.

Why not just be an actual angel? Presumably the author has the capital for it now. And if they’re confident enough to risk someone else’s capital why not risk their own?

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