Open Coffee Cambridge
CAMentrepreneurs and Innovate Cambridge invite you to the next Open Coffee Cambridge event on 5 December 2025. Following a successful launch in October, where we are delighted to announce the second in the OCC series.
Jeremy Leong Linkedin Founder, Rainbow Rocket and part of the CAMentrepreneurs Cambridge team will be hosting the event. He will lead a fireside chat with Richard Lucas, Linkedin, About - Open Coffee and CAMentrepreneurs Founder about the history, purpose and mission of Open Coffee & CAMentrepreneurs in Cambridge and beyond.
It’s geared up to be a warm, festive, and thought-provoking close to the year, the discussion will be followed by informal networking, a relaxed opportunity to ask questions, share ideas, and connect over coffee. Whether you’re a founder, researcher, investor, or simply curious about the ecosystem, Open Coffee is your space to connect, collaborate, and be inspired.
8:00 - 8:30 - Registration/Networking
8:30 - 9:10 - Open Coffee Style Introductions
09:10 - 9:40 - Fireside Chat with Jeremy Leong & Richard Lucas
9:40 - 09:50 - Audience Q+A and closing remarks
09:50 - 10:25 - Networking
10:25 - 10:30 - Tidy up
Open Coffee Cambridge is an informal networking event for entrepreneurs, professionals, students, and members of the startup community in collaboration with Innovate Cambridge, it’s a place to find mentors, investors, clients, collaborators, and inspiration through combining the CamEntrepreneurs network and the members of Innovate Cambridge’s The Glasshouse.This event is based on the Open Coffee Ericeira/ Krakow/ Lisbon/ Sydney /Warsaw format, run by Richard Lucas and others in since 2013.
CAMentrepreneurs is a University of Cambridge alumni group supporting business and social entrepreneurship among alumni, students, and others. Since its launch in 2016, more than 25 chapters have been founded worldwide, holding events across cities including Athens, Boston, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, New York, and Sydney. The network now includes over 5,000 members across LinkedIn, a private mentoring platform, and a newsletter community.
CAMentrepreneurs Cambridge Linkedin page
Innovate Cambridge is leading an inclusive, forward looking and ambitious innovation roadmap for Cambridge. The Innovate Cambridge strategy, underpinned by a partnership with over 200 organisations and Charter Signatories and over 500 key stakeholders, aims to ensure that Cambridge’s science, innovation and business communities have what they need to be successful, maximising economic and social return and sharing that growth with the wider community and the UK. This includes nurturing people who will deliver pioneering discoveries; translating ideas into successful businesses; collaborating outside and within the region to amplify impact; and leading on sustainable, inclusive and green growth.
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