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    Playfair Capital

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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.

    Their most common stage is seed (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.9M (across 49 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    56

    Fund Size

    $70M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    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

    83 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Jack & Jill logoJack & JillSeries A—Sep 2026
    Wassist logoWassistPre-Seed$1.1MJun 2026
    Refute logoRefuteSeed—Feb 2026
    Jack & Jill logoJack & JillSeed$20MOct 2025
    Goyaso logoGoyasoSeries A—Sep 2025
    Yaso logoYasoSeries A—Sep 2025
    StackOne logoStackOneSeries A—May 2025
    Yaso logoYasoSeries A—Jan 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
    Starship Technologies logoStarship TechnologiesSeed$25MJan 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
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    Top Co-Investors

    Amadeus Capital Partners12 shared
    Techstars9 shared
    Episode 18 shared
    Entrepreneurs First8 shared
    Portfolio Ventures7 shared
    Octopus Ventures6 shared
    Seedcamp6 shared
    Notion Capital5 shared
    Passion Capital5 shared
    Molten Ventures5 shared
    Nauta Capital5 shared
    London Co-Investment Fund4 shared
    Praetura Ventures4 shared
    Guinness Ventures4 shared
    I2BF Global Ventures4 shared
    Atomico3 shared
    Sequel3 shared
    Puma Growth Partners3 shared
    Koro Capital3 shared
    BlackFin Capital Partners3 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026