Oliver Woolley | Chief Executive Officer
Envestors

Oliver Woolley. CEO and Co-founder Envestors. Envestors is a FCA regulated digital investment platform connecting entrepreneurs with investors.  Envestors has a network of 4,000 investors and was ranked one of the UK’s most active Angel Network 2011-21 by independent research agency, Beauhurst.   Envestors is also one of three companies approved by the Home Office to endorse under the Innovator Business Founder and Scale-Up visa categories. https://envestors-visa-endorsement.co.uk/apply. Extra info

• Oliver is an Expert-in-Residence (entrepreneurship/investment) at Imperial College, London, providing regular drop-in sessions for university entrepreneurs.
• He was a Board Member of the UK Crowdfunding Association (2017 to 2021) and the UK Business Angel Association (2008 to 2014)
• Oliver created and delivers a 6 week entrepreneurship programme for students aged 16-18 called “The Jungle or the Zoo” on how to survive and thrive in the entrepreneurial jungle. Delivered at Latymer Upper School, W London. Proceeds go towards The Magic Bus Charity educating those living in extreme poverty in Mumbai https://magicbusuk.org/
• Prior to co-founding Envestors in 2004, Oliver built a healthfood business (Woolleys Healthfoods) comprising three retail catering outlets in central London and three organic sausage shops and a factory in the south-east of England, which wholesaled to 200 establishments including Harrods. In 1997 he sold the business to Northern Foods and moved into early-stage investing.
• Oliver is married and lives in Putney, South London where he bakes his own sourdough and keeps wicket for the local cricket team whilst still trying to beat his two grown-up sons at Padel.
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/woolleyoliver/  www.envestors.envestry.com https://envestors-visa-endorsement.co.uk/apply.