Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First

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Investment Firm

Overview

Entrepreneur First is the place where the ambitious come together to build globally important technology companies. Through our platform running in 6 cities across 3 continents, we invest in high-potential individuals to help them meet their co-founder, develop their ideas and secure funding from leading investors in the shortest possible time.

We have built over 300 companies from scratch; have over 5000 alumni worldwide; and our portfolio is valued at over $5bn.

EF companies include Tractable (Computer Vision, currently valued at $1bn as of June 2021), Magic Pony Technology (AI, acquired by Twitter for a reported $150m), Represent (social commerce, acquired by CustomInk), BloomsburyAI (acquired by Facebook), Cleo (fintech), OpenCosmos (space), CloudNC (manufacturing), Transcelestial (satellite communications) and many more.

We're backed by some of the world's best tech founders and investors, including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind) and Taavet Hinrikus (Wise). For more information about Entrepreneur First, visit www.joinef.com.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

101-250

Investment

442

Lead Investment

118

Exits

29

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity

Investor Type

Accelerator, Venture Capital

Location

Europe

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Entrepreneur First, established in 2011 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity investments across Celebrity, Charity, Non Profit, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Augmented Reality, Finance, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Software. The organization boasts a portfolio of 441 investments, with an average round size of $2.9M and 29 successful exits. Their recent investments include Prizeo, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Battery Ventures, Promus Ventures. The highest investment round they participated in was $57.1B. Among their most notable exits are Prizeo and Y Combinator. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Matt Clifford

Co-Founder & CEO

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Joe White

General Partner & CFO

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Chris Mairs

Venture Partner

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Alex Crompton

Managing Director Asia

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Alice Bentinck

CPO & Co-Founder

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Anthony Finkelstein

Science Partner

Investment portfolio

Entrepreneur First has made 442 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 02, 2024, when Tuza raised $5.0M.

Entrepreneur First has made 9 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on May 02, 2024, when Deltablock raised $1.3M.

investments

442

Diversity investments

9

Lead investments

118

Number of exits

29

Investments

442

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
May 02, 2024
Tuza Tuza
Financial Services5.0M
May 02, 2024
Deltablock Deltablock
Financial Services1.3M
Jun 06, 2024--2.5M
Jun 28, 2024--6.4M

Exits

29

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

442

Investors

37

Funds

4

Funding Rounds

442

Entrepreneur First has raised 442 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 28, 2024 from a Series A - Feather round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
May 02, 2024
Seed Round - Tuza Seed Round - Tuza
-5.0M-
May 02, 2024
Venture Round - Deltablock Venture Round - Deltablock
-1.3M-
Jun 06, 2024
Pre Seed Round - Cube AI Pre Seed Round - Cube AI
-2.5M-
Jun 28, 2024
Series A - Feather Series A - Feather
-6.4M-

Investors

18

Entrepreneur First is funded by 18 investor(s). Sequoia Capital and SoftBank Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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