Peter Cowley
Peter Cowley was a British tech businessman, angel investor and speaker based in Cambridge, England. He was co-founder of VC Martlet Capital, President of the European Business Angels Network. and was chair of the Cambridge Angels.
Cowley suffered from late stage cancer from late 2021, and helped other sufferers and their caregivers. His book about his experience of personal tragedy, terminal illness and business successes: Public Success Private Grief was published in April 2024. It was featured in The Times in January 2024.
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.Career
Among the technology and property development businesses he has founded are Camdata, and Ept Computing, which was acquired by Redgate Software in 2009.Cowley invested in over 75 technology startups. He was President Emeritus of the European Business Angels Network EBAN and was a board member of the Global Business Angels Network, 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 and was on the board of the UK Business Angels Association, where he was awarded UK Angel of the Year in 2014.
A Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School, Cowley was 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.
In 2016, he co-founded CAMentrepreneurs, which supports business and social entrepreneurship among Cambridge University students, alumni and others worldwide, and served as its Chair.