Abdul GoldenChairman at Ajo Angels Collective

Shocking secrets about angel investing

Name: Shocking secrets about angel investing
Uploaded: 2025-10-19T22:01:40+00:00
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Channel: Abdul Golden
Description: In this segment of the YouTube video, the speaker highlights two striking facts about angel investing in the United States. First, roughly 90% of…

19 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video, the speaker highlights two striking facts about angel investing in the United States. First, roughly 90% of Americans have never made a private (angel) investment, yet angels collectively invest about $25 billion in startups each year—a massive amount contributed by a tiny minority (around 5% of the population). This disparity is presented as surprising and mind‑boggling. Second, the speaker points out that the potential returns from successful angel investments can be extraordinarily high, which further astonishes listeners. The overall message is that while angel investing is accessible, most people are unaware of its scale and profit possibilities.

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We talked about the stat earlier of, you know, 90% of Americans have never made a private investment. But the flip side of that is even though that's the case, about $25 billion of startup investments are made every single year by angels. Right. So these are private individuals. So that means it's a very small percentage of of people and these are US based figures, a small percentage of US citizens spending that $25 billion a year because 95% of Americans are not participating. Right. And so they're surprised that this is happening all around us but by a very, very, very small kind of subset of the population that anybody can do it but most folks aren't doing it. That's kind of mind boggling to people. The other thing that they find surprising is the type of returns that can be had from angel investing. That's also mind blowing to folks as well that there's so much money that can be made if you hit some of these picks correctly.