Angel Investors

[Troll]

Troll are you a property developer ?

Milan.

Inherited the family mansion in the country - trying to work out what to do with it... every little helps

[milanbenes]

I put some cash into Funding Circle as an experiment. Does that count?

guess so

we're talking pre-ipo or aquisition here

Milan.

[tomtomagain]

guess so

we're talking pre-ipo or aquisition here

Milan.

Actually it's just a way of loaning money to companies. So I don't think that qualifies me as an Angel.

I think I'd like to be one though .... maybe .... are you after some funding?

[SunnyInHades]

I had an account with Funding circle until one of the companies I had loaned to defaulted and wiped out all the interest I'd made on the other loans...

Might have a look at Crowdcube over the summer depending on how things go.

From companycheck.co.uk

Looks like there's money to be made charging fees for introducing lenders to borrowers (pay to use the dragons den lift) ....

FUNDING CIRCLE LTD
Age 4 years (Incorporation date 21/07/2009)
Assets £6,797,508
Liabilities £577,555
Net Worth £6,555,453

CROWDCUBE LIMITED
Age 4 years (Incorporation date 10/09/2009)
Assets £215,841
Liabilities £45,181
Net Worth £232,708

[KentPhilip]

I put some cash into Funding Circle as an experiment. Does that count?

I don't think it does.
To be an angel investor means to be an investor not a lender. To gain an equity stake in the business that you own rather than just hold as collateral against a loan that you have made.