Entrepreneur First
Investments
597Portfolio Exits
30Funds
8Partners & Customers
4About Entrepreneur First
Entrepreneur First (EF) operates as a company-building platform. It invests in technical entrepreneurs and helps them build deep technology startups from scratch. It was founded in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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Latest Entrepreneur First News
Aug 23, 2023
The investment was led by BACKED VC and includes backing from angel investors including Charlie Songhurst and Chris Mairs CBE Share: The investment was led by BACKED VC, with support from Entrepreneur First and Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company. The Borderless platform was founded in January 2023 by Matthew Bond and Jonathan Raphael to support the care sector with persistent workforce challenges. The pair met at Entrepreneur First in 2022. After seeing the extortionate prices charged to employers and candidates by third parties, they founded Borderless to provide a better solution to international hiring. Bond said: “Jonathan and I started Borderless because we believe there needs to be a better solution for everything related to international hiring and sponsorship. “Many sectors already face challenging workforce dynamics and without better solutions, these shortages will get worse over time. “We’re building Borderless to be multiple times faster, easier and cheaper than the status quo. Thanks for the awesome team we’ve assembled so far, and to our earliest customers and adopters for their support and ongoing engagement with the platform. “We’re delighted to be partnered with BACKED VC, one of the UK’s fastest growing and most innovative firms. What (cofounders) Alex Brunicki and Andre de Haes have achieved in just eight short years is incredible, and we’re excited to work closely together going forward. “Combined with the ongoing support from the team at Entrepreneur First we couldn’t have got off to a better start. “We’re equally excited to be joined by some of Europe’s leading angel investors, entrepreneurs and care sector industry veterans including Charlie Songhurst and Chris Mairs CBE.” Borderless’ technology platform is to support employers and candidates end-to-end, for every aspect of their international employment journey. As the care sector relies heavily on international workers, Borderless supports companies looking to sponsor foreign staff coming to the UK with background information, documents and an in-house immigration team to review the application. Borderless then submits the application on behalf of the company.
Entrepreneur First Investments
597 Investments
Entrepreneur First has made 597 investments. Their latest investment was in Worldover as part of their Seed VC on September 9, 2023.
Entrepreneur First Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/5/2023 | Seed VC | Worldover | $3.8M | No | 4 | |
8/31/2023 | Seed VC | Floworks | $1.5M | No | 2 | |
7/27/2023 | Seed VC - II | Thymia | $2.7M | No | 1 | |
5/22/2023 | Series A | |||||
5/9/2023 | Seed VC |
Date | 9/5/2023 | 8/31/2023 | 7/27/2023 | 5/22/2023 | 5/9/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC - II | Series A | Seed VC |
Company | Worldover | Floworks | Thymia | ||
Amount | $3.8M | $1.5M | $2.7M | ||
New? | No | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Entrepreneur First Portfolio Exits
30 Portfolio Exits
Entrepreneur First has 30 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Friday Finance on September 04, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/4/2023 | Acquired | 2 | |||
6/23/2023 | Acquired | 2 | |||
6/15/2023 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 9/4/2023 | 6/23/2023 | 6/15/2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Entrepreneur First Fund History
8 Fund Histories
Entrepreneur First has 8 funds, including Nadav Rosenberg I.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/16/2020 | Nadav Rosenberg I | $0.5M | 1 | ||
2/19/2019 | Entrepreneur First (Global) | ||||
10/27/2017 | Entrepreneur First (Singapore) | ||||
9/21/2016 | Entrepreneur First Next Stage LP | ||||
9/6/2016 | Entrepreneur First Next Stage Fund |
Closing Date | 12/16/2020 | 2/19/2019 | 10/27/2017 | 9/21/2016 | 9/6/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Nadav Rosenberg I | Entrepreneur First (Global) | Entrepreneur First (Singapore) | Entrepreneur First Next Stage LP | Entrepreneur First Next Stage Fund |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $0.5M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Entrepreneur First Partners & Customers
4 Partners and customers
Entrepreneur First has 4 strategic partners and customers. Entrepreneur First recently partnered with Tezos on November 11, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/15/2021 | Partner | Switzerland | Entrepreneur First launches partnership with Tezos to spin up Web3 startups – TechCrunch Entrepreneur First , an accelerator-come-company builder , is partnering with the Tezos crypto platform to attract new potential founders to web3.EF specializes in putting together early-career co-founders , developing their ideas , and putting them in front of investors.Technical training and guidance will be provided by experts from the Tezos new venture is called Entrepreneur First Web3 and will accept applications until the end of May 2022 , selecting two cohorts of 40-50 founders to participate in an in-person six months programme in London.Matt Clifford , co-founder and CEO at Entrepreneur First said : `` This platform is ideal for founders who already have a clear conviction to build for a decentralized future , and want to do it as part of a tight-knit community of potential co-founders and collaborators . '' | 2 | |
10/6/2021 | Partner | ||||
6/25/2020 | Partner | ||||
7/13/2017 | Partner |
Date | 11/15/2021 | 10/6/2021 | 6/25/2020 | 7/13/2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | ||||
Country | Switzerland | |||
News Snippet | Entrepreneur First launches partnership with Tezos to spin up Web3 startups – TechCrunch Entrepreneur First , an accelerator-come-company builder , is partnering with the Tezos crypto platform to attract new potential founders to web3.EF specializes in putting together early-career co-founders , developing their ideas , and putting them in front of investors.Technical training and guidance will be provided by experts from the Tezos new venture is called Entrepreneur First Web3 and will accept applications until the end of May 2022 , selecting two cohorts of 40-50 founders to participate in an in-person six months programme in London.Matt Clifford , co-founder and CEO at Entrepreneur First said : `` This platform is ideal for founders who already have a clear conviction to build for a decentralized future , and want to do it as part of a tight-knit community of potential co-founders and collaborators . '' | |||
Sources | 2 |
Entrepreneur First Team
9 Team Members
Entrepreneur First has 9 team members, including current Founder, Chief Product Officer, General Partner, Alice Bentinck.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Alice Bentinck | Founder, Chief Product Officer, General Partner | Current | |
Name | Alice Bentinck | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||||
Title | Founder, Chief Product Officer, General Partner | ||||
Status | Current |
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