angel group

noun

: a group of wealthy investors who pool their resources to invest in new businesses : an organized group of angel investors

The clouded environment … has caused some angel groups to take a look at the cost of coaching entrepreneurs and listening to their pitches.

—James Flanigan, International Herald Tribune, 21 Aug. 2009

called also angel network

Word History

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for angel group

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe