Peter Cowley, a Cambridge University technology graduate, founded and has run a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 40 years.  He has built up a portfolio of 76 angel investments with 20 positive exits (including one that yielded 107x his original investment and returned all the cash he has ever invested in one go!) and 21 failures. 

He is a former board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), and a former chair of Cambridge Angels.  Over the years, he has reviewed thousands of business plans, mentored thousands of fellow early-stage investors and entrepreneurs and has been on the board of over 40 companies. 

Peter is also a fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School, is on the investment committee of the UK Angel Co-fund, and has had 16 years experience as chair, treasurer and trustee of the boards of seven charities.

He is proud to hold an honorary Doctor of Business Administration from Anglia Ruskin University and to have been named UK Angel of the Year and been awarded Angel Exit of the Year (both in UK and in Europe).

He co-founded The Invested Investor with his late son, Alan, and together they published two books and produced more than 80 podcasts, sharing Peter’s and others’ experiences and anecdotes to educate angels and entrepreneurs. 

Peter is a public speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing and has appeared regularly on technology-focused radio programmes and podcasts throughout the world, with content appearing in 40 countries.

More information can be found at: www.petercowley.org