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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I invested 500$ in 2019. 5 years later, my investment is worth $149 with no possibility of recovering anything. I tried several time to contact the customers service ti get back the rest of my mo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

More non-starters than the Grand National! Been in this club virtually since it’s inception, but they fail to deliver on literally every promise they make! Goalposts move all the time! Seriously DO NO... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Angel Business Club = Viral Angels = VC Crowd. Those people are con artists scammers. Put your money in and never see it again. Be delighted as long as you read numbers on your dashboard. Try to se... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

JUST AS WELL CALL ANGEL BUSINESS CLUB,,,PPI,,FULL OF FALSE LIES 6 YERAS OF INVESTMENT, 6 YEARS ON THEY ARE STILL SPILLING LIES, ALL THE EARLY MEETINGS - THEY TOLD EVERYONE 5 YEARS TO MAKE MONEY - 6 YE... See more

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Welcome to the Angel Business Club, a member’s private equity community, focussed on curating, investing in and developing businesses with outstanding potential on behalf of its members.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've been a member since October 2018…

I've been a member since October 2018 and my shares portfolio is growing nicely in a range of serious companies that are handpicked by the Angel Business Club. Furthermore, there is a great opportunity to build a substantial recurring monthly income on the affiliate plan. So, there are two potential income streams.

Thus far I have been nothing but impressed by the Angel Business Club and would not hesitate to recommend it to others.

5 May 2020
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Hi Neil, thank you very much for your review. We are delighted you enjoy being a Member of the Club. We are happy to count you as a Member.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is a scam

This is a scam. I invested €400 for 6 years ago, and I have tried to get the money out for last 5 years now, but without any success. I've even been in touch with support several times, but nope, it's not possible to sell the shares. So I assume this money is stolen.

3 February 2020
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Reply from Angel Business Club

We are sorry that you are disappointed with our Club.

For the record we are not shy of constructive criticism – we welcome it. We strive at all times to improve and perfect our offering. We aim to be fully transparent and available to our Members. We are however fiercely protective of our community, employees and associated businesses.

You are accusing us of being a scam. Before I provide you with factual evidence that this is not the case, I would like to explain our structure and business model so you can understand how the Club actually works.

Our Structure and People

The Club itself is effectively controlled by its Members – it is an unincorporated association domiciled in Gibraltar which is managed by Angel Business Services Limited also in Gibraltar. The Club is not regulated and it does not have to be as it does not carry out any regulated activity.

The Club is independently advised by Capital Plus Partners Limited (CPP) which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom. All investments made by the Club, as principal, are reviewed and arranged by Capital Plus Partners. Please note that the Club itself does not have an investment policy in place.

The Club offers to its Members the opportunity to participate in the development of businesses with exciting potential, not to mention that the Club has built a strong sense of community allowing its Members to truly engage with such Companies to drive business growth.

From time to time, Members of the Club are invited to invest in approved Companies over and above their membership fees – this activity is arranged by Capital Plus Partners in its fully regulated platform www.360equity.com. Please note that 360equity.com is not available to US citizens or residents as Capital Plus does not promote investment opportunities in the USA.

The Club uses an independent nominee company to hold all the shares it acquires in Companies as a bare trustee. This company is called Premium Nominees Limited. As a bare trust it does not register the shares on its balance sheet as it does not own any shares – it will always be a dormant company as it does not generate any revenue from the services of a nominee. Its directors were changed to maintain further independence from the Club. The costs of running the nominee are covered by the Club. The Nominee also holds some of its shares that are held publicly or electronically with regulated nominees and custodians. At present, the Club has shares held through its account with Novum Securities Limited and Global Prime Partners Limited and Pershings. Therefore, some shares are held in the names of the above or in the name of any other Nominee or Custodian as may be appointed from time to time.

How it works

Members pay a non-refundable membership fee for access to the Club, its services (including an educational program) and diversified events, as well as free share entitlements in the Companies that the Club invests in. The Club does not offer its Members any guaranteed financial returns or a preordained entitlement to share in a net asset value (unlike in a collective investment scheme), although we recognize that this is perfectly achievable.

The Club openly discloses that 50% of all membership fees covers the costs of running the Club - circa 30% on Club overhead and circa 20% for its affiliate marketing program. That leaves 50% of the membership fees that could be used as investment in outstanding business, from early stages to pre-IPO Companies. The Club, through its regulated corporate finance advisers (CPP), curate’s investment opportunities where the Club always looks for a minimum 50% discount to value in the investee Company with the right to acquire further shares at the same price over a period of time – otherwise known as an option. This allows the Club to invest further as the Company in theory increases in value. Please note that we also recognize that not all Companies succeed and that very much forms a part of our membership narrative.

The Companies that the Club invests in are always independently valued and the main reason the Company is willing to accept the discount is that they see the positive impact a network of business angels can have on the growth of their business.

Therefore, the alchemy here is to secure on behalf of Members investments in Companies where the Members get the shares allocated at the fair independent Company valuation while the Club is able to acquire the shares as a discount.

The Club describes itself as a private equity community, and it takes a very active role in all of its investee Companies, if required. The Club’s investment agreements allow for intervention, including the appointment of directors in said Companies. Lastly, the Club uses a variety of private equity strategies and legal agreements to protect its investments, including loans with security charges / debentures and warrants / options. In fact, some of the biggest successes of the Club have come from its failures and active intervention.

Proof that Angel Business Club, through its designated nominees, holds shares in its investee Companies is a matter of public record and its UK investments can be verified online at Companies House or indeed on some websites. Please find below two public record examples and many more can be found on Companies House – although please note Companies House is not necessarily always up to date.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11465800/filing-history

Shares held at Pershing

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10843995/filing-history

You can clearly see Angel Business Club owns the shares as disclosed and in turn our Members have the right to these shares. Any opinion that the Club is a scam is completely false.

In summary, we hope this letter serves to provide you with the necessary information to adjust your views on the Club.

We welcome open and constructive factual criticism and readily admit that the Club is not for everyone and that we are always looking to improve our offering. We are completely unique in the sector, but we do believe we have a compelling, transparent and ethical business that is focused on curating quality investment opportunities our Members would not be able to access on their own. In just over 4 years we have delivered three IPOs and we have at least two more IPOs planned for 2020, which when compared to the sector as a whole is a solid performance. The Club’s portfolio is in our opinion in incredibly good shape with great potential for the future. Do not be mistaken, our Club is not some fanciful ‘get rich quick scheme’ (these do not exist), our focus is to curate Companies with outstanding potential over a 5 to 10 year period.

If you would like to ask any questions or wish to clarify anything, please feel free to contact our outstanding Support Team.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

***** Highly Recommended For Your Wealth Creation Portfolio *****

I live in Dubai, and I was looking for a good, lower risk way to invest some of my money in some good startups in their angel or very early stages. However, a small investor, like myself could not get access to such angel investment opportunities, as the very large investors usually have access to such opportunities. That has changed with Angel Business Club.

I have been a member of Angel Business Club since 2017, and I love it. I like the transparency and the ability to obtain shares in a wide range of good startups by just paying the monthly fee in Angel Business Club.

I am very happy with the increase in the strike price of some of the shares I have, and I am confident that we will see a huge increase In the strike price of some of the companies in my portfolio.

Angel Business Club is run very professionally, and the team puts in a lot of efforts to reduce the risks of its members.

I would highly recommend you to review and add Angel Business Club to your wealth creation portfolio - you will not be disappointed.
You could visit angelbizclub (dot) com to review and/or email me for more information.

I would be happy to answer your queries and add value.

Ancel
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passiveincomeopps (at) gmail.com

12 December 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A Fantastic Opportunity!

Where do I start!!!!

Having been a member of this Club for nearly 2 years, I can highly recommend being an Angel Investor with this "Professional" and "Transparent" Private Equity Club. It allows you to get into Private Equity and Angel Investing for a "VERY AFFORDABLE" Monthly subscription. In return the Club allocates you shares in some fantastic companies which have been identified as having accelerated growth.

The Club is very supportive and heavily involved by means of coaching and mentoring the companies throughout the growth process. The Clubs Target is 20% annual return on members monthly contributions and its goal is 40% or more!!!!

There is a very Transparent process by means of weekly webinars (Monday and Wednesday) giving you the opportunity to ask any questions LIVE. There is also vast amounts of information and regular updates on the companies you and the club invest in.

The Clubs "Senior Team" along with the members "Support / Helpdesk" are very helpful, efficient and Fun (when appropriate!)

One thing to note - This is not a get rich quick scheme (I would be very sceptical of anyone who offered you such a thing!) I'm in it for the long haul and I believe its a 7 - 10 year plan! It will certainly out-do any lousy Pension scheme!!

Both my wife and I, along with family and friends have seen our portfolio grow and increase beyond our expectations!! I can highly recommend the Angel Business Club and can see that this is going to be a "missed opportunity" for many! I'm so happy and proud to be part of this growing community!

The affiliate scheme is also fantastic! You can soon earn very good money, simply by being rewarded for introducing other new members!!

There is a very simple internal trade platform where members can buy and sell shares internally up to the point of an IPO (Stock market floatation), trade sale or other.

We had a fantastic Global Convention in Kensington (London) in June, where both my wife attended. We met 12 CEO's of companies which we have interest in and were given the opportunity to see live presentations and updates regarding figures, order books / contracts etc along with being able to ask any question at all! It was a VERY SUCCESSFULL Event!

Join the Club now! See what its about and see your investments grow, all for less than the price of a coffee a day!! There is also a 14 Day Money Back Guarantee! There is nothing about this club - not to like and in my view will surpass everyone's expectations! You are in control with regards to payments / upgrades of subscriptions etc. The club also awards "Loyalty Bonuses" direct to you and your account! I don't know of any other platform that honours this.

Thank you Joao (CEO) and all the Team! Excellent!

3 July 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A private equity club

A private equity club, where everyone and all the companies are truly
transparent from the start, great value to be able to get in at the start on amazing companies. Highly affordable and recommended.

30 June 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Champagne Next Time.

The Convention Was Fabulous But Harlington Wine Made Me Look Religious.

Alcohol Free Wine.

The Taste Was As Normal Wine But I Was Sober.

69% Alcohol Next Time Please.

29 June 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Well done !

Many great informations and very nice organization. Nice to meet other members and have nice discussions. Very opened answers to our questions

9 August 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Private investment club opportunity

I joined Angel Business Club over 12 months ago as I was interested in one particular investment opportunity. However after attending the convention in London I was blown away by the quality of the investments on offer. I will definitely be investing in several more and I am extremely happy with the membership fee returning me shares in the full spectrum of businesses that ABC supports every month.

28 June 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nice doing business with the Angel Business Club!

João, thank you for an amazing day, your team and the CEO’s certainly made the conference a great day and worth more than the £99 to attend. I had conversations with Deon Gerber from Saxon Oil and before dinner, the charismatic Kent Vorland from Smart Trader thanked me for attending and for investing in his company. (I think Kent meant all of the members!) ha!ha!

It was good to hear Ian Milton from Skinny Tonic Ltd, being humble and very grateful for all the help and assistance he had and still receives from the Club. This was evident when I was talking with Oliver Hutley, the Founder & Chief Operating Officer of TECS, who spoke very highly about his company's association with the club and it’s management.

I left the conference thinking what an incredible and special club we are members of and why would anyone want to invest in crowdfunding sites? After all, they are interested in raising money for any business and they are not interested in nurturing those businesses to success. It struck me that the Angel Business Club, the Management, us the investors and the hand-selected companies we invest in are all getting a fabulous deal. What a great formula for everyone's success!

28 June 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

best investing for me!

my experience is that investing in the Angel Business Club is the best thing I ever did because my savings get every year more and more value! It's not a quick riche thing, because you must give your investings a few years to grow.

9 May 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I joined Angel Business Club at its…

I joined Angel Business Club at its inception and have been pleasantly surprised at the success I have achieved in a short time.
Through the unique way the club operates it is now possible for anyone to drip feed a small amount of their monthly income into a building a portfolio of growing businesses, I personally have grown a substantial portfolio, some will undoubtably perform better than others, a fact the club is very forward in communicating to all involved, the transparency is exceptional throughout, and any concerns can be addressed at weekly meetings, or through their excellent communication links.
The team behind this idea already had an excellent record of investing in successful businesses, before launching the Club, through their skill and knowledge now everyone has been given an open door to profits that they were locked out of before.
I sincerely hope that if you are reading this you will take some time to check out this excellent opportunity for you to grow a substantial income in the months and years ahead.

18 April 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend you join

Highly recommend you join. I have only been a member for 2 years and I'm very happy to say that the club has exceeded my expectations. My account is growing and would encourage anyone looking for a club that puts the best interest of it's members above everything else, then the Angel Business Club would be for you.

17 April 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My Angel Business Club review,

My Angel Business Club review,

Nothing better than this company where everything is clear and where I have been a member since 2015 .
Excellent moment during meetings and trips ; very nice people to discover in this Club . A lot of work done for the members by the staff and always somebody on line to answer to your questions .
Globally we are together working on a long time plan to get results because we must not forget that the concept is new and we help very small companies to grow which means patience .There are many things to know and we have lessons in ABC School ; it helps a lot. Now we look forward exiting moment in 2019 .

10 April 2019
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Reply from Angel Business Club

Hi Aude,

Thank you for this positive review. Glad you like the Club!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

***** 5 Star Review ***** Highly Recommended

I have been a member of Angel Business Club since the start. The Club is professional and transparent. The results so far have been very encouraging and impressive even though it is still early days.

The Club invests in early stage businesses, giving access to opportunities that would normally be out of reach of the everyday investor. Think along the lines of Dragon's Den (UK) or Shark Tank (USA).

The Club is very thorough in choosing which businesses it invests in and my own portfolio has grown substantially (+50%) over the last couple of years. The future looks very positive and I am quietly confident it won't be long before we see some major gains as some of these businesses start to accelerate their growth.

I feel very informed and in touch with what is going on. The Club holds regular weekly webinars, often with invited special guests such as the CEO's and founders of businesses the Club has invested in.

Before the Angel Business Club was formed, these sorts of investments were normally only available to high net worth individuals.

It's simple, it's affordable and it's got the potential to deliver massive results in the medium to long term.

I have no hesitation - The Angel Business Club gets 5 stars from me.

8 April 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome Club....

What can I say about Angel Business Club? I really think they are awesome club. I am very surprised what they did well with their professionalism, well ahead planning, provide regular information and meetings.

If you are looking for a long term investment then this is the right place for you. If not, then please don't do it. I have a feeling that some of the investments will go bang to massive profits one day. This is what you invest in like putting in seeds at the very early stage and wait for them to grow up like a tree.

This is truly exciting opportunity company and I definitely recommended you to get in this great club.

PS: ABC is a registered under FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) which it is great things. They are also follow the law and legal which it is also other good things.

7 April 2019
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Reply from Angel Business Club

Hi Jono,

Thank you very much for your positive review. Happy to hear you enjoy ABC. One point: ABC is not regulated by the FCA. This is a membership based club. Via your membership you receive free share entitlements. The Club uses the Members's membership to support, curate oustanding companies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

On the way of excellence

Hello . Now it's the for the fourth year that I had joined this club . It's an excellent wayl to receive financial opportunities of investments in nice , young , or promising start up before their admission on the stock exchange . In my mind the only way to invest but also, build a human community who can learn , meet , follow , speak with each manager of ABC or leader of all the selected companies . It's a real model to access with small savings the future earnings ! This club in on the way of excellence !

6 April 2019
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