Meet the European startups that pitched at EF’s 13th (and first virtual) Demo Day Entrepreneur First (EF), the the London-headquartered company builder and “talent first” investor, unveiled its latest cohort of “deep tech” companies in a first virtual Demo Day, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Presenting startups, in the format of a slick pre-recorded video, […]

EF’s Matt Wichrowski is joining Berlin enterprise and ‘deeptech’ seed firm Fly Ventures as partner Entrepeneur First, the London headquartered “talent investor” and company builder backed by Silicon Valley’s Greylock, is losing long-time employee Matt Wichrowski to a career in venture capital. TechCrunch has learned that Wichrowski, who is currently running EF’s “Launch” programme in […]

Entrepreneur First, the ‘talent investor’, to launch in Toronto, Canada early next year Entrepreneur First (EF), the London-headquartered “talent investor” that recruits and backs individuals pre-team and pre-idea to enable them to found startups, has announced its plans to expand to Canada. It marks the first time EF has entered North America. Along with London, […]

Musiio raises M to let digital music services use AI for curation Musiio, a Singapore-based startup that uses AI to help digital music companies with discovery and creation, has pulled in a $1 million seed round. The capital comes from Singapore’s Wavemaker Partners, U.S. investor Exponential Creativity Ventures and undisclosed angels. The deal represents the first […]

Entrepreneur First, the company builder backed by Greylock, expands to Paris Entrepreneur First (EF), the London-HQ’d company builder that invests in individuals “pre-team, pre-idea” to help those individuals found new startups, is continuing to expand internationally. After adding an outpost and program in Singapore, Berlin and Hong Kong, in addition to London, the so-called talent-first […]

Meet the startups that just pitched at EF’s 8th Demo Day in London  Entrepreneur First (EF), the company builder and “talent first” investor, has just held Demo Day for its eighth London cohort, seeing 14 newly-formed startups pitch their wares onstage to investors, press and other actors in the European tech scene. What’s particularly interesting […]

Company builder Entrepreneur First raises .4M led by Greylock, Reid Hoffman joins board  Well, this is quite a coup. Entrepreneur First (EF), the London headquartered company builder that invests in individuals “pre-team, pre-idea” to help create new technology startups, has raised $12.4 million in new funding led by Silicon Valley’s Greylock Partners. Read More Source: […]

Company builder Entrepreneur First hires ex-Yahoo and Googler as new London head  In a recent conversation I had with a London VC, the topic of Entrepreneur First came up, as we compared notes on how far the company builder has come since its early days when the jury was well and truly out. Read More […]

Onefinestay and Space Ape Games founders join Entrepreneur First as Venture Partners Entrepreneur First, the company builder and early-stage investor, has recruited two new Ventures Partners, each of whom have exited a London startup in the last couple of years. Read More Source: {$feed_title) Onefinestay and Space Ape Games founders join Entrepreneur First as Venture […]