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Oxford Entrepreneurs
Company typePrivate
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Headquarters
Oxford, United Kingdom
Websiteoxfordentrepreneurs.co.uk

Oxford Entrepreneurs is an Oxford-based British student society which was founded in 2002 to encourage entrepreneurship among students at University of Oxford.[1] It is self proclaimed as one of the larger entrepreneurship societies in the UK although in the past two years only ran 5 events of its own and had several scandals which the University had to investigate particularly with regards to misconduct on the part of its advisory board members and their Presidents.[2][3] Its alumni have founded some of Britain's most successful startups, including Monzo, GoCardless, Onfido, Quid, and PlinkArt (acquired by Google).[4][5][6][7][8]

History

Oxford Entrepreneurs was initiated in 2002 by Fiona Reid, former Executive Director of the University of Oxford’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (OxCEI). It supports entrepreneurs at University of Oxford by running events and assisting with the development of ideas.[9]

Companies founded by its members

Companies founded by Oxford Entrepreneurs alumni include Auctomatic (founded by Kulveer Taggar and Harjeet Taggar, acquired by Live Current Media),[10] Quid (founded by Bob Goodson),[11] GroupSpaces (founded by David Langer and Andy Young),[12][13] Oxford BioLabs (founded by Thomas Whitfield),[14][15] and Onfido (founded by Husayn Kassai and Eamon Jubbawy)[16].

Leadership

  • Alex Hearn (2002–03; non-sabbatical)
  • Bob Goodson (2003; sabbatical)
  • Tahsin Choudhury (Hilary & Trinity Terms 2004; non-sabbatical)
  • Kulveer Taggar (2004–05; non-sabbatical)
  • Kirill Makharinsky (2005–06; non-sabbatical)
  • Rajeeb Dey (2006–07; sabbatical)
  • Alasdair Bell (2007–08; sabbatical)
  • Victoria Lennox (2008–09; sabbatical)
  • Jordan Poulton (2009–10; sabbatical)
  • Ashvir Sangha (2010–11; sabbatical)
  • Husayn Kassai (2011–12; sabbatical)
  • Christopher Pruijsen (Trinity Term 2012; non-sabbatical)
  • Sean Stevens (June 2012 - June 2013; sabbatical)
  • John Stringfellow (June 2013 - June 2014; sabbatical )
  • James D May (June 2014 - June 2015; sabbatical)
  • Alex M P Davies (June 2015 - June 2016; sabbatical)
  • Christopher Williams (June 2016 - June 2017; sabbatical)
  • Linda Sarfo-Gyamfi (June 2017 - September 2017; non-sabbatical)
  • Ilona Budapesti (September 2017 - September 2018; non-sabbatical)
  • Miriam Pfister and Cyrus Jones (Co-Presidents; September 2018 - June 2019; non-sabbatical)
  • Miriam Pfister (July 2019 - July 2020; non-sabbatical)

References

  1. ^ Blundel, Richard; Lockett, Nigel; Wang, Catherine (16 October 2017). Exploring Entrepreneurship. SAGE. ISBN 9781526418579.
  2. ^ "Oxford university looks to raise its game with start-up hub". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ^ Piesing, Mark (16 January 2015). "Oxford aims for 'number one tech hub' title". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. ^ "London startup Onfido: background checks for the 21st century". Tech.eu. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. ^ Kiss, Jemima (12 April 2010). "Google buys UK startup Plink". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Student entrepreneurs frustrated by lack of funding". London: guardian.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Tech disruptors, Tom Blomfield, founder of Monzo Bank: his story". Information Age. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. ^ Hamilton, Isobel Asher. "This 32-year-old CEO went from having little awareness of tech to raising $122 million for a pioneering fintech, while also overcoming a life-changing bike crash". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  9. ^ Moules, Jonathan (14 October 2015). "How MBA courses offer fresh thinking for students". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  10. ^ Taggar, Kulveer (26 March 2008). "From Oxford to Silicon Valley". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  11. ^ Vu, Thuy (15 December 2016). "Quid CEO Bob Goodson on Having A Backup Plan". Business Rockstars. Nasdaq. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "UK tech firm GroupSpaces secures $1.3m". growingbusiness.co.uk. 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "GroupSpaces Raises Six Figure Funding to Revolutionise Group Management Systems". oxei.co.uk. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Tyler, Richard (16 January 2009). "Thomas Whitfield: The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  15. ^ Tyler, Richard (9 January 2011). "Thomas Whitfield's German roots help hair loss product launch". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  16. ^ "TechCrunch: UK's Onfido raises $25M as it brings its background checking platform to the US".
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Entrepreneurs&oldid=915134690

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