Business angels and value added: what do we know and where do we go?

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Trust Between Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (2014, background): “One of the main roles of angels in moving their portfolio ventures forward consists of offering expert advice and acting as a sounding board for the entrepreneur (Mason, 2006; Politis, 2008).”
A comparison of the effect of angels and venture capitalists on innovation and value creation (2016, background): “12 interviews and surveys reveals that similar to VCs, angel-group members are active investors with industry networks that facilitate the recruitment of human capital (Politis, 2008).”
Governance, ownership structure, and performance of IPO firms: The impact of different types of private equity investors and institutional environments (2009, background): “Thus, one can expect BAs to utilize their longer-term commitment and trust relationship to influence management and ensure the performance of the venture (Politis, 2008).”
Career motives and entrepreneurial decision-making: examining preferences for causal and effectual logics in the early stage of new ventures (2011, background): “experience from investing their own money as risk capital in unlisted firms in which they had no previous family connections, thus meeting the criterion of being informal investors ( Politis 2008 ).”