An angel investor is a rich person who injects a lot of money into a young company to help it grow and become successful. In the movie The Social Network, Justin Timberlake’s character tries to find an angel investor who will give Facebook owners some money in exchange for stocks. This way, the company will be able to move to nicer offices.
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