The Invested Investor 

Peter Cowley

Peter Cowley, a Cambridge University technology graduate, founded and ran over a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 40 years.  He has built up a portfolio of 76 angel investments with 13 positive exits (including one that is 107X his investment and returned all the cash he has invested) and 17 failures.  He is a board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), former chair of the Cambridge Business Angels and was UK Angel of the Year 2014.  He has reviewed thousands of business plans, mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and is on the board of eight startups. 

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

With his son, Alan, Peter is sharing his and others’ experience and anecdotes in order to educate angels and entrepreneurs via  The Invested Investor which publishes two books and 75+ podcasts.  Peter is a public speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing throughout the world.

Alan Cowley

Alan is a co-founder of the Invested Investor. A start-up helping start-ups, the Invested Investor is utilising people’s experiences to educate others. He has an unrivalled passion for the company, not simply because it is a family run venture, but because from his own experiences he knows all too well that learning from mistakes leads to greater success and honesty is paramount in any relationship. His varied background consists of ski instructing to FMCG market research, via exploratory gold mining.

Karin Flintoff

Karin is an experienced accountant who has been working with Invested Investor for over a year now. She provides financial support to the business. She enjoys cooking, travelling and exercise classes.