Oxford Foundry

The Oxford Foundry, entrepreneurship centre, University of Oxford, was opened by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple in 2017. The Foundry supports all 24,000 students at Oxford, as well as all alumni, to better society through entrepreneurship. The Foundry does this through knowledge exchange, multi-disciplinary collaboration and experiential skills training.

The Foundry is building a new generation of ventures that, whilst commercial, are focused on people first. To date, the 32 ventures on the Foundry’s L.E.V8 accelerator have raised £27m, created 104 jobs globally, and are creating positive impact around the world across all sectors and industries. The Foundry has 3,400+ members from all four divisions and 38 colleges of the University, representing 103 nationalities. The Foundry has delivered over 7,500 hours of learning. www.oxfordfoundry.ox.ac.uk