| Cambridge Angels | |
| Location: | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Industry: | Angel Investing, Private equity |
| Founder: | Robert Sansom and David Cleevely[1] [2] |
| Key People: | Pam Garside (Chair) |
Cambridge Angels is a UK business angel network providing smart capital to entrepreneurs.
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]
A list of their portfolio companies can be found here: https://cambridgeangels.com/portfolio [7]
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.