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    Playfair Capital

    London, United KingdomFounded 2013
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    Playfair Capital is a London-based, sector-agnostic venture capital firm focused exclusively on pre-seed investing across the UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the firm takes a high-conviction, low-volume approach to backing technology-driven startups, investing from its $70 million Fund III.

    Average disclosed round size is $8.5M (across 36 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    47

    Fund Size

    $70M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Chris Smith

    Chris Smith

    Managing Partner

    Henrik Wetter Sanchez

    Henrik Wetter Sanchez

    General Partner

    Andrew Sheffield

    Andrew Sheffield

    Principal

    Felix Neubeck

    Felix Neubeck

    Associate

    Lucia Polverino

    Lucia Polverino

    Associate

    Alex Jundi

    Alex Jundi

    Visiting Analyst

    Anouska Moss

    Anouska Moss

    Executive Assistant

    Deanne Saunders

    Deanne Saunders

    Receptionist & Office Manager

    Edward Anders

    Edward Anders

    Visiting AI Engineer

    Matt Gill

    Matt Gill

    Chief Financial Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    56 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Refute logoRefuteSeed—Feb 2026
    Jack & Jill logoJack & JillSeed$20MOct 2025
    Yaso logoYasoSeries A—Sep 2025
    StackOne logoStackOneSeries A—May 2025
    Refute logoRefutePre-Seed$2.9MDec 2024
    NetFabric logoNetFabricPre-Seed$2.2MJul 2024
    Passionfruit logoPassionfruitSeries A$9MJul 2024
    Nory logoNorySeries A—May 2024
    Qureight logoQureightSeries A—Apr 2024
    Sprout.ai logoSprout.aiUnknown$6.8MOct 2023
    Spotted Zebra logoSpotted ZebraSeries A—Oct 2023
    Spotted logoSpottedSeries A—Oct 2023
    Continuum Industries logoContinuum IndustriesSeries A$10MSep 2023
    Umed logoUmedUnknown$12.5MJul 2023
    material evolution logomaterial evolutionSeries A$19MJun 2023
    Trezy logoTrezySeed—Jun 2023
    Nory logoNorySeed—May 2023
    Sourcerie logoSourceriePre-Seed—Apr 2023
    Aerocloud logoAerocloudSeries A$12.6MFeb 2023
    Recycleye logoRecycleyeSeries A$17MFeb 2023
    Spotted logoSpottedSeries A—Jan 2023
    WWorldrSeed—Nov 2022
    PProtexSeed$18MAug 2022
    PProtexSeries A$18MAug 2022
    Cauldron logoCauldronSeed$6.6MJul 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

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    Techstars3 shared
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    Triple Point Ventures3 shared
    Nauta Capital3 shared
    Index Ventures2 shared
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    Atomico2 shared
    Angel Invest2 shared
    Cherry Ventures2 shared
    CASSIUS2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026