Who we are

CAMentrepreneurs is a University Alumni Group, formed to support business and social entrepreneurship among Cambridge University alumni, current students and others. Since its launch in 2016, chapters have been founded in Cambridge, Dallas, Dubai, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Helsinki, Houston, Lisbon, London, Oxford, Paris, New York, Sydney, Vancouver and Warsaw. We have thousands of members via our Linkedin group, a private social network, a mentoring platform and a newsletter. If you want to get a new group going, use this form.

 

We started in Edinburgh in 2016 and quickly expanded to London and New York.

“Our organisation exists to serve and help others by providing a structure that allows them to share their experiences, knowledge and networks.”

- Richard Lucas, Founder of CAMentrepreneurs

Our Purpose

CAMentrepreneurs was created to support business and social entrepreneurship among Cambridge University alumni, current students and others.

We aim to inspire and assist our members to start, grow and invest in outstanding businesses by providing a structure that allows them to share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

What we stand for

 
 

Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are our top priority

We recognise the role of investors, professional service providers, the alumni office, speakers, sponsors, venues and partners.

We bring together positive-minded people

We are a group of Cambridge alumni and others who want to work together to support enterprise - whether as entrepreneurs, investors or service providers.

We pride ourselves on our network

CAMentrepreneurs wants to inspire and assist its members to start, grow, invest in, buy and sell outstanding businesses by providing a structure that allows them to share their knowledge, experience and networks.

We are an outward-looking organisation

We aim to support entrepreneurship outside our organisation, whether with entrepreneurship support societies among current students or in partnership with external organisations and individuals. We want to broaden and deepen the Cambridge Alumni network of entrepreneurs and others.

Celebrating success is a part of our identity

We want to highlight and spread the word about the entrepreneurial successes of Cambridge Alumni and encourage others to either support or emulate them.

Our People

 

Our core team consists of a group of Cambridge Alumni and others who dedicate their skills to creating a successful incubator for the flourishing of entrepreneurial ideas and connections. You can learn more about our people by clicking on their images.

 

Richard Lucas

CamEntrepreneurs Founder

Peter Cowley

Chair/Founder

Rabia Shirazi

London Chapter Lead

Andrew Shailer-Smith

London Chapter Lead

 

Alena Gorb

Cambridge Chapter Lead

Robert Howells

New York Chapter Lead

Sue Corbett

Oxford Chapter Lead

Tom Nolan

Warsaw Chapter Lead

 

Eugenia Fan Boswell

Texas Chapter Lead

Brooke Bornick

Texas Chapter Lead

Akshay Sharma

Finland and India Chapter Lead

Oleg Korolov

CamEntrepreneurs Digital Lead

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