Entrepreneur First

company

About

Entrepreneur First brings ambitious founders together to build globally important technology companies.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series C
Last Funding Money Raised
$158M
Industries
Artificial Intelligence,Finance,Financial Services,FinTech,Venture Capital
Founded date
Sep 1, 2011
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Accelerate,Venture Capital

Entrepreneur First is the place where the ambitious come together to build globally important technology companies. Through our platform running in 6 cities across 3 continents, we invest in high-potential individuals to help them meet their co-founder, develop their ideas and secure funding from leading investors in the shortest possible time.

We have built over 300 companies from scratch; have over 5000 alumni worldwide; and our portfolio is valued at over $5bn.

EF companies include Tractable (Computer Vision, currently valued at $1bn as of June 2021), Magic Pony Technology (AI, acquired by Twitter for a reported $150m), Represent (social commerce, acquired by CustomInk), BloomsburyAI (acquired by Facebook), Cleo (fintech), OpenCosmos (space), CloudNC (manufacturing), Transcelestial (satellite communications) and many more.

We're backed by some of the world's best tech founders and investors, including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind) and Taavet Hinrikus (Wise).
For more information about Entrepreneur First, visit www.joinef.com.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$158M
Entrepreneur First has raised a total of $158M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 28, 2022 from a Series C round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jun 28, 2022 Series C $158M 1 Detail
Mar 1, 2016 Series Unknown 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
42
9
Entrepreneur First has made 42 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 23, 2022, when Hadean raised $30M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Sep 23, 2022 Hadean
Series A $30M Cloud Computing
Jun 9, 2022 Papercup
Series A $20M Artificial Intelligence
Apr 25, 2022 Exogene
Pre-seed $2M Artificial Intelligence
Apr 19, 2022 Flippy
Seed $1.15M Cryptocurrency
Mar 21, 2022 Gensyn
Seed €5.80M Blockchain

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
Entrepreneur First is funded by 2 investors. Sequoia Capital and ACE & Company are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Sequoia Capital Series C
ACE & Company Series Unknown