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    Entrepreneur First

    London, United KingdomFounded 2011

    Entrepreneur First (EF) is a talent investor and startup accelerator that focuses on identifying and investing in ambitious individuals with exceptional potential, often before they have a co-founder or a fully developed idea. Their strategy involves a structured program to help these founders form teams, develop innovative technology startups from scratch, and secure initial funding, particularly in deep tech areas like AI and machine learning.

    Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (14 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.7M (across 75 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    75

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    14

    Team

    MC

    Matt Clifford

    CEO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    75 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    MMutable TacticsPre-Seed$2.1MMar 2026
    SSeamflowSeed$4.5MFeb 2026
    Automata logoAutomataSeries C$45MJan 2026
    AgileRL logoAgileRLSeed$7.5MJan 2026
    Biographica logoBiographicaSeries A$8.8MJan 2026
    PPeripheral LabsSeed$3.6MDec 2025
    CoMind logoCoMindSeries C$60MOct 2025
    Jack & Jill logoJack & JillSeed$20MOct 2025
    Phagos logoPhagosSeries A$25MOct 2025
    Genomines logoGenominesSeries A$45MSep 2025
    Tracelight logoTracelightSeed$3.6MAug 2025
    Kyron.bio logoKyron.bioSeed$5.5MMay 2025
    sensmore logosensmoreSeed$6.5MMay 2025
    CodeAnt AI logoCodeAnt AISeed$2MMay 2025
    WilsonAI logoWilsonAIPre-Seed$1.6MFeb 2025
    Level Zero Health logoLevel Zero HealthPre-Seed$6.9MFeb 2025
    BBriefcaseSeed$2.8MDec 2024
    Synthera logoSyntheraPre-Seed$1.7MDec 2024
    TTheremiaSeed$3MNov 2024
    Round Treasury logoRound TreasuryPre-Seed$1.9MOct 2024
    Allozymes logoAllozymesSeries A$15MMay 2024
    TTORTUSSeed$4.2MFeb 2024
    RRightbotSeed$6.3MDec 2023
    Worldover logoWorldoverSeed$3MSep 2023
    Worldover logoWorldoverSeed$3.8MSep 2023
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    Top Co-Investors

    LocalGlobe11 shared
    Y Combinator5 shared
    Chalfen5 shared
    SOSV4 shared
    Episode 13 shared
    Atomico3 shared
    Rebel Fund2 shared
    Soma Capital2 shared
    Demeter2 shared
    Xora Innovation2 shared
    SuperSeed2 shared

    Last updated: 12 April 2026