Entrepreneurs First (formerly Entrepreneur First) is a global talent investor and accelerator founded in 2011 by Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford. It brings together exceptional individuals to find co-founders and build technology startups from scratch, investing up to $250K per company at the pre-seed stage with up to $5M in follow-on funding.
Deal activity increased 150% year-over-year (15 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (49% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.6M (across 79 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
92
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
14
Team
IB
Isabel Bescos
Partner
JR
Joseph Ros
Partner
EM
Elian McCarron
Investor
WY
William Y.
Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
109 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mutable Tactics | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Mar 2026 |
 Seamflow | Seed | $4.5M | Feb 2026 |
 Automata | Series C | $45M | Jan 2026 |
 AgileRL | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Biographica | Series A | $8.8M | Jan 2026 |
 Squaremind | Series A | $18M | Jan 2026 |
 Uncovr | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 Asterix Health | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 Peripheral | Seed | $3.6M | Dec 2025 |
 Comind | Series C | $60M | Oct 2025 |
 Jack & Jill | Seed | $20M | Oct 2025 |
 phagos | Series A | — | Oct 2025 |
| MMimica | Series B | $26.2M | Sep 2025 |
 Genomines | Series A | $45M | Sep 2025 |
 Tracelight | Seed | $3.6M | Aug 2025 |
 Kyron.bio | Seed | — | May 2025 |
 Sensmore | Seed | — | May 2025 |
 CodeAnt AI | Seed | $2M | May 2025 |
 WilsonAI Company | Pre-Seed | — | Feb 2025 |
 Level Zero Health | Pre-Seed | $6.9M | Feb 2025 |
 Briefcase | Seed | — | Dec 2024 |
 Synthera AI | Pre-Seed | — | Dec 2024 |
 Round Treasury | Pre-Seed | — | Oct 2024 |
 Allozymes | Series A | $15M | May 2024 |
 Tortus | Seed | $4.2M | Feb 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
Phoenix Court Group9 shared
Transpose Platform8 shared
Octopus Ventures7 shared
Y Combinator6 shared
Chalfen Ventures5 shared
SOSV4 shared
Khosla Ventures4 shared
Sands Capital4 shared
Index Ventures4 shared
Wavemaker Partners4 shared
Episode 13 shared
Founders Fund3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Hoxton Ventures3 shared
Atomico3 shared
Backed VC3 shared
T. Rowe Price3 shared
Ascension Ventures3 shared
Anthemis3 shared
Northzone3 shared
Last updated: 7 September 2026