Cambridge Angels
Cambridge Angels is a UK business angel network providing smart capital to entrepreneurs.
Industry | Angel Investing, Private equity |
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Founder | Robert Sansom and David Cleevely[1][2] |
Headquarters | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Key people | Pam Garside (Chair) |
Website | cambridgeangels |
They are a Cambridge-based group.
Their members, most of whom are successful entrepreneurs, invest in a wide range of start-up and scale-up businesses with a particular focus on deep-tech, and tools and technologies supporting healthcare.
The group was founded[3] in 2001 by Robert Sansom and David Cleevely.[4][5][6]
Investee companies
A list of their portfolio companies can be found here: https://cambridgeangels.com/portfolio [7]
Members and previous Chairs
The current chair of Cambridge Angels is Pam Garside. Previous Chairs include Robert Sansom,[8] David Cleevely, John Yeomans,[9] Peter Cowley[10] and Simon Thorpe.
Cambridge Angels is a group of more than 60 high-net worth investors who have been entrepreneurs. Members invest in and mentor start-up and early-stage companies in Cambridge, London, Oxford and throughout the UK.
Typical funding requirements that Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £150k to £1.5m - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have raised significant follow-on funding from their Members and their venture capital partners over several funding rounds.
References
- "Cambridge angels invest £1.3m in solution to mobile phone traffic jams". cambridge-news.co.uk.
- "Robert Sansom: Camfed International Board - Member". Camfed.org.
- "Bloomberg: Company Overview of The Cambridge Angels". Bloomberg.com.
- "Cambridge Science Centre: Dr. David Cleevely CBE, FRENG, FIET". www.cambridgesciencecentre.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- "Institute for Policy Research Advisory Board: David Cleevely". www.bath.ac.uk.
- "Cambridge Ahead: Dr David Cleevely CBE".
- "Current Portfolio".
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a376ea66-7b0c-11d9-a8c9-00000e2511c8.html?ft_site=falcon&desktop=true#axzz4lEq2vKlc%5B%5D
- "John Yeomans - Chairman of Cambridge Angels". fig.vc.
- "Peter Cowley profile".