Should we reduce the restrictions on who can angel invest?
petercooper: Here in the UK there are no restrictions at all (that I'm aware of) over investing into private companies. There's also a 30% tax break on doing so through the venture capital trust scheme (with the restrictions that implies) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_Capital_Trust - and there's no capital gains or income tax to be paid on VCT gains! (Note: I am not your financial advisor!)Despite this, the UK isn't known as a hotbed of angel investment (at least, not in tech) and it hasn't "hurt" us.. so why not?