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The short answer is virtually never. While there are, indeed, individuals who have put $1 million or more into one company, the vast majority of serious angel investors play with much smaller numbers. This is because investing at the seed and early stages of a company's life cycle is risky—the large majority of such investments fail completely. Ang

Angels therefore try to invest in at least 20 to 80 companies, thereby limiting the amount that will be lost on any one.

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I know angels (including some who didn't even serve on the company's board) who meet weekly with startup CEOs for executive coaching sessions. And others who facilitate off-site management meetings, provide a much-needed perspective from outside the company, or keep the entrepreneur focused on real-world metrics and financials.