The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 made it so that anyone can be a startup investor today.
But how does startup investing work?
In the past several decades, startups have produced revolutions in U.S. business, from personal computers to hotels to public transport.
And they've made their investors very wealthy.
While angel investing used to be the domain of institutional investors and the super-wealthy, this is no longer the case.