What are the types of investors?

As you probably know that Investing is simply the act of committing money or capital to a business, project, real estate, etc. with the expectation of obtaining an additional income or profit, and an investor is a person that allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return. In this article, we will go through the types of investors.


There are 2 types of investors which are the Retail investor and Institutional investors.

Retail investor
A retail investor is a non-professional investor who buys and sells securities, mutual funds or exchange-traded funds through traditional or online brokerage firms or savings accounts.

• Individuals gambling in games of chance.
• Collectors of art, antiques, and other things of value
• Sweat equity investor
• Angel investors
• Individual investor

Institutional investor
An institutional investor is a nonbank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that it qualifies for preferential treatment and lower commissions.

• Venture capital and private equity funds, which serve as investment collectives on behalf of individuals, companies, insurance reserves, pension plans, or other funds.
• Businesses that make investments, either via a captive fund
• Investment trusts or directly, including hedge funds, real estate investment trusts, Mutual funds and other funds, ownership of which may or may not be publicly traded.
• Sovereign wealth funds