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This chapter has discussed a number of the issues which you need to think about if you are considering either becoming a business angel for the first time or a more serious investor than you are now.

I would urge you to carefully think through my list of requirements to be an angel. This is not an activity to be undertaken lightly. It involves great risks, though these are coupled with the possibility of large profits – both of which can be helped by tax reliefs.

Even serial angels might consider some of the alternative approaches to investing in unquoted companies, such as VCTs or EIS funds, as a means of balancing their overall portfolio.

Throughout the chapter, I have emphasised the critical importance of understanding the risks of angel investing, of controlling those risks and of diversifying to reduce them. I make no apologies for repeating that angel investing is a dangerous game but with great scope for fun and satisfaction.