Oxford Entrepreneurs
{{Short description|Student society}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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| formation = {{start date and age|2002}}
| type = Private
| headquarters = Oxford, England
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| affiliations = University of Oxford
| website = {{URL|http://oxfordentrepreneurs.co.uk}}
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Oxford Entrepreneurs is an Oxford-based British student society which was founded in 2002 to encourage entrepreneurship among students at University of Oxford.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJc3DwAAQBAJ|title=Exploring Entrepreneurship|last1=Blundel|first1=Richard|last2=Lockett|first2=Nigel|last3=Wang|first3=Catherine|date=2017-10-16|publisher=SAGE|isbn=9781526418579|language=en}} It is the largest entrepreneurship society in Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/db2684b2-b28a-11e7-a398-73d59db9e399|title=Oxford university looks to raise its game with start-up hub|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-12}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/digital-oxford|title=Oxford aims for 'number one tech hub' title|last=Piesing|first=Mark|date=2015-01-16|work=Wired UK|access-date=2019-05-12|issn=1357-0978}} Its alumni have founded some of Britain's most successful startups, including Monzo, GoCardless, Onfido, Quid, and PlinkArt (acquired by Google).{{Cite web|url=https://tech.eu/features/4365/onfido/|title=London startup Onfido: background checks for the 21st century|date=2015-04-23|website=Tech.eu|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-12}}{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2010/apr/12/google-buys-uk-startup-plink | title=Google buys UK startup Plink | work = The Guardian |accessdate=12 April 2010 | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | date=12 April 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/05/student-entrepreneurs-uk-lack-business-angel |title=Student entrepreneurs frustrated by lack of funding |work=The Guardian |year=2012 |accessdate=5 May 2012 |location=London }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.information-age.com/tech-disruptors-tom-blomfield-founder-monzo-bank-123484411/|title=Tech disruptors, Tom Blomfield, founder of Monzo Bank: his story|date=2019-07-31|website=Information Age|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-hiroki-takeuchi-built-pioneering-fintech-firm-gocardless-2019-3|title=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|last=Hamilton|first=Isobel Asher|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-09-04}}
History
Oxford Entrepreneurs was founded in 2002. It supports entrepreneurs at the University of Oxford by running events and assisting with the development of ideas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/41851362-5712-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2|title=How MBA courses offer fresh thinking for students|last=Moules|first=Jonathan|date=2015-10-14|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-12}}
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),{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7315598.stm | title=From Oxford to Silicon Valley | publisher = BBC |accessdate=26 May 2008 | first=Kulveer | last=Taggar | date=26 March 2008}} Quid (founded by Bob Goodson),{{cite news|url=http://www.businessrockstars.com/2016/12/15/quid-ceo-bob-goodson-on-having-a-backup-plan/|title=Quid CEO Bob Goodson on Having A Backup Plan|last1=Vu|first1=Thuy|date=15 December 2016|work=Business Rockstars|accessdate=18 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220224953/http://www.businessrockstars.com/2016/12/15/quid-ceo-bob-goodson-on-having-a-backup-plan/|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead|publisher=Nasdaq}} GroupSpaces (founded by David Langer and Andy Young),{{cite web|url=http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/uk-tech-firm-groupspaces-secures-1-3m.html|title=UK tech firm GroupSpaces secures $1.3m|year=2010|publisher=growingbusiness.co.uk|accessdate=7 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328055824/http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/uk-tech-firm-groupspaces-secures-1-3m.html|archive-date=28 March 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oxei.co.uk/news.php?item=4&sl=10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909105540/http://www.oxei.co.uk/news.php?item=4&sl=10|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2012|title=GroupSpaces Raises Six Figure Funding to Revolutionise Group Management Systems|year=2008|publisher=oxei.co.uk|accessdate=25 February 2008}} Oxford BioLabs (founded by Thomas Whitfield),{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/brightideas/4268434/Thomas-Whitfield-The-Oxford-student-who-plans-to-make-baldness-a-thing-of-the-past.html|title=Thomas Whitfield: The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past|last=Tyler|first=Richard|date=16 January 2009|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=23 July 2012|location=London}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8248046/Thomas-Whitfields-German-roots-help-hair-loss-product-launch.html|title=Thomas Whitfield's German roots help hair loss product launch|last=Tyler|first=Richard|date=9 January 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=23 July 2012|location=London}} Onfido (founded by Husayn Kassai and Eamon Jubbawy),{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/14/uks-onfido-raises-25m-as-it-brings-its-background-checking-platform-to-the-us/|title=TechCrunch: UK's Onfido raises $25M as it brings its background checking platform to the US}} GoCardless (founded by Hiroki Takeuchi, Tom Blomfield and Matt Robinson).