Easy is maybe overstating it...
Unless can you fund my startup? (Seriously if anyone is a VC dm me and I'll send you my pitch deck)
I could fund a startup's seed round, yes. Maybe several. Would I? Probably not. My ROI would be crap and take too long, compared to just buying stocks. But if I had maybe 5 times more money? Absolutely, wouldn't even care. And best of all, because of the social circles I frequent, I could name at least three others who could do the same.
After about a year as long as you have revenues that are growing each month you can get a Series A.
Series B and beyond will be harder but by that point you’ll bring all the right consultants on board for how to do it.