Peter Cowley

Peter Cowley (born 1955, Kingston upon Hull, England) is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor and speaker based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is co-founder of Cambridge, UK based VC Martlet Capital.[1] and was President of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN).[2]

Peter Cowley
Occupation(s)Tech entrepreneur and angel investor
Board member ofCambridge Angels
Websitewww.petercowley.org

He has been suffering from late stage cancer since late 2021 and is helping other sufferers and their carers.[3]

Career

Among the technology and property development businesses he has founded are Camdata, and Ept Computing, which was acquired by Redgate Software in 2009.[4]

Cowley has invested in over 75 technology startups[5] and was chair of the Cambridge Angels. He is President Emeritus of the European Business Angels Network EBAN and a board member of the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN), part of Global Entrepreneurs Network.

A member of the Investment Committee of the Angel CoFund, a £100 million UK Government-backed fund for supporting and growing British SMEs.[6][7] and was on the board of the UK Business Angels Association, where he was awarded UK Angel of the Year in 2014.[8]

A Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School,[9] Cowley is also a council member of the Cambridge Computer Lab Ring, and chair of supporters and a member of the Steering Committee of ideaSpace, the Cambridge University incubator.[10] In 2016, he co-founded CAMentrepreneurs , which supports business and social entrepreneurship among Cambridge University students, alumni and others worldwide in 2016, and serves as its Chair.

Education

Cowley attended Hymers College, Hull and then gained an MA in Engineering and Computer Science from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, Cowley gained qualifications from the Open University and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. In July 2023, Cowley was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration from Anglia Ruskin University. [11]

Publications

In 2018, Peter Cowley authored a book on angel investment titled The Invested Investor and in 2019, a second titled Founder to Founder. He tells the story of his Cancer journey via Project Cancer [12] and its associated Youtube Channel.

References
  1. Quested, Tony (21 October 2015). "Marshall launches follow-on large equity fund". Business Weekly. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. EBAN new president
  3. How to cope with cancer
  4. "Peter Cowley, Camdata founder and investment director of Martlet, the new angel investment vehicle launched by Marshall of Cambridge". Business Weekly. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  5. Cowley's Portfolio
  6. "Angel CoFund Grows Investment Committee". www.angelcofund.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. Quested, Tony (24 June 2014). "Cambridge angel's investment role for 100m fund". Business Weekly. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. UK Business Angels Association. "Peter Cowley wins Angel Investor of the Year". ukbaa.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  9. University of Cambridge Judge Business School. "Fellows & Associates in Entrepreneurship". www.jbs.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  10. University of Cambridge. "Our Community". www.ideaspace.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  11. Anglia Ruskin University hononary doctorates
  12. Project Cancer

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