注意：这里的VC包括了专业天使投资者，他们靠此为生。
Note: the term "VC" is used here to include the professional angel investors who do this for a living.
什么是天使投资者？
安山后来在成立安山好瑞前，也做过一段时间的天使投资者。
Mr Andreessen then spent some time as an angel investor before launching Andreessen Horowitz.
天使投资者在过去的30年中每年平均赚27%。
Angel investors have earned an average of 27% annually for the last 30 years.
企业资本家和天使投资者(和公司)拥有大量待以使用的资源。
Venture capitalists and angel investors (and companies) are sitting on huge reservoirs of capital that they have to put to use.
然而，一千个潜在天使投资者中只有一个实际行动。
And yet only one in a thousand potential angel investors actually participates.
企业家们如果定位他们自己的正确的天使投资者呢？
How can Entrepreneurs position themselves with the right Angel?
在美国，过渡的资金通常来自于非正式的天使投资者。
In America, intermediate sums tend to come from informal angel investors.
对商业天使投资者方面的研究特别适合于探究风险和价值创造的过程。
Research in the business angel domain would be especially suited to exploration of the processes of venture and value creation.
在过去，有两种截然不同的投资者：天使投资者与风资投资者。
There used to be two sharply differentiated types of investors: angels and venture capitalists.
监管政策的改变对风投、天使投资者和金融资产管理人有很大影响。
That regulatory change figures to have a large impact on VCs, angels investors, and financial asset managers.
然而，对商业天使投资者的研究数量只是机构风险资本领域研究数量的一小部分。
Yet the amount of research conducted on business angels is but a fraction of that conducted in the institutional venture capital arena.
潜在的投资者可以延伸从家庭成员和冒险的企业资本家朋友或天使投资者。
Potential investors can range from family members and friends to venture capitalists or angel investors.
因此，除了资金，天使投资者往往可以提供有价值的管理咨询和重要的联系。
Thus, in addition to funds, angel investors can often provide valuable management advice and important contacts.
与风险投资者或者成功的天使投资者不同，大众投资者不会指导你或者帮你建立联系。
Unlike venture capitalists or successful business angels, the crowd isn't likely to offer much in the way of mentoring or connections.
他声称自己已经与天使投资者进行了商洽，但该公司是否成功筹集到了资金还暂不明确。
He claims that he's already talking to angel investors, but it's unclear whether the company has managed to raise funds or not.
杰夫·贾维斯说，2009年公司在家人，朋友和天使投资者帮助下筹集约一百万美元。
Jeff Jarvis in 2009 said the incorporation was made with the help of family, friends, and the angel investors who helped both to raise approximately one million dollars.
正如在本书的其他章节里所提到，众多关于天使投资者的文献是存在的(详见第12至14章)。
As is evidenced in the other chapters of this Handbook of Research on Venture Capital, a thriving literature on business angels does exist (see chapters 12 to 14).
通常创业者会用“电梯游说”来向风险投资家和天使投资者推销自己的生意理念，以筹得资金。
An elevator pitch is often used by an entrepreneur pitching an idea to a venture capitalist or angel investor to receive funding.
这次经济泡沫部分是被富有的天使投资者推高，他们中有些人在90年代末的首次公开募股中赚到了财富。
The bubble is being pumped partly by wealthy “angel” investors, some of whom made their fortunes in the late-1990s IPO boom.
有些天使投资者，尤其是那些有技术背景的人，可能会只凭一个测试版的软件或者一次口头说明就相信你的创业计划。
Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do.
举例而言，Osnabrugge(1998)曾发现商业天使投资者会在“开发”或“指导”创业者的过程中仔细考虑不同的动机。
For example, Van Osnabrugge (1998) has found that business angels explicitly consider a range of motives in 'developing' or 'mentoring' entrepreneurs.
举例而言，Osnabrugge(1998)曾发现商业天使投资者会在“开发”或“指导”创业者的过程中仔细考虑不同的动机。
For example, Van Osnabrugge (1998) has found that business angels explicitly consider a range of motives in 'developing' or 'mentoring' entrepreneurs.
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