It would be much better for civilians to be able to invest in ETFs that invest in VC firms. That way they're investing in baskets of startups picked by (hopefully) professionals. The odds of a single startup succeeding big are small, especially if it's picked by people who don't have a lot of domain expertise.<p>I sort of fear this will turn AngelList and similar into scam hellholes since the average person will be snowed more by flash than by substance. Why spend time building a product when you can spend your time building videos of a rendering of a product...