Founded in 2011 by Matthew Clifford and Alice Bentinck, as of 2019 the company has had 1000+ people go through its programme, creating 200+ companies worth a combined $2bn. Again, we care most about the size of your ambition. We’re most excited by applications of new and emerging technologies applied to hard or underserved problems. We have companies based in the US, South Africa, Netherlands and China as well as many other locations.Entrepreneur First funds you as an individual from Day 1, and if you form a company, we are your first investor. in 2016, just 18 months after the founders met on Entrepreneur First.You will gain invaluable founder experience which will equip you with many transferable skills for whatever you choose to do next. These check ins are a critical part of your development throughout Entrepreneur First. Yes, approximately 20% of our cohort is non-technical.
She has published more than 50 papers with 1000 citations and an entire book on generative networks. We deal with these situations on a case-by-case basis and you should email Yes, but each co-founder will have to apply as an individual, as we admit people to the programme on an individual basis instead of on their team/idea.We recommend that you apply to the cohort located nearest to you, or where you have an existing connection, as relocation can be difficult, but ultimately it should be determined by what makes the most sense for your business.Yes – Entrepreneur First is based in London, Singapore, Toronto, Bangalore, Paris and Berlin (whichever is closest to you). They are encouraged to join prestigious corporates, or top academic institutions and make slow and steady progress. She has a PhD and a BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a dual degree in Biomedical Engineering.
London-based Entrepreneur First (EF) has expanded its Asia footprint. Most, if not all mentors have either co-founded their own startups, sold their companies or have been working in … We’ve also had companies achieve early success, like Magic Pony Technology, who were acquired by Twitter for $150m just 18 months after the founders met on the programme.Discovering better drugs, quicker and at half the cost.Kheiron’s Machine Learning technology makes cancer diagnoses faster, easier, cheaper and more accurate.A space data network using lasers to transfer data at up to 1000x faster than what is currently available.Technology that can automate the work of any expert that’s paid to inspect things, in any domain, at near zero marginal cost. We bring together an extraordinary collection of people, from experienced industry experts to top technologists and academics – and even extraordinary people right at the start of their careers.
Entrepreneur First is an international Talent Investor, which supports individuals to build technology companies.
Neel started his career at Rothschild and holds a first class degree in Financial Mathematics & Statistics from LSE/Harvard. By integrating APIs for banks and other financial service providers, Cleo aims to become a hub for each user’s banking activity.Entrepreneur First is backed by Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn), the founders of DeepMind and PayPal, and some of the top investors in the world.Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP (807367) is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.We run cohorts twice a year, in six different countries around the globe.Twice a year we select up to 100 people to join our programme, from thousands of applicants.The first part of the programme focuses on finding the right co-founder, and developing your idea. EF has managed to bring together some of the top-notch advisors and entrepreneurs in the UK and worldwide in order to be able to give their startups the right support and advice. Entrepreneur First is the world’s leading talent investor. I applied online. Absolutely – we’re strong believers that technically-skilled individuals can make some of the best founders. Dave holds a first class Master’s in Computer Science from Oxford and previously ran the algorithmic trading quantitative strategies team at Deutsche Bank where his algorithms traded >5% of the European stock market volume.Noor joined EF8 where she met her co-founder Vid and founded GTN, a company that offers a quantum leap in drug discovery. We also commit to invest in your seed round where our local fund structures permit – so your future investors know we’re “all in” on you.Yes – most cohort members use the pre-seed funding from Entrepreneur First to cover their costs of living.Absolutely – we can share with you a list of roles our companies are hiring for and make introductions where appropriate. If you leave Entrepreneur First at the end of Form or Launch the stipend is yours to keep.If your company is offered a place on Launch we invest £80,000 in London, Paris and Berlin, and S$75,000/US$55,000 in Singapore and Bangalore, in return for a 10% equity stake in your company.
You can view our full portfolio of companies To date Entrepreneur First has built over 200 companies which have gone on to be collectively valued at $1.5bn. We call this and helps you grow your company – with investment from us – culminating in a demo day in front of the world’s best investors.We bring together an extraordinary collection of people, from experienced industry experts to top technologists and academics – and even extraordinary people right at the start of their careers. Prior to joining EF, Neel has over 7 years of deep finance experience having worked at 3 top-tier investment funds managing >$150bn.
Entrepreneur First does not own any IP that belongs to your company, and does not take a proportion of your profits. We exist to remove that limit.We offer these Outlier individuals the opportunity to start a technology company and use their ambition to have a lasting, powerful impact.Dave rejected a PhD offer from Princeton to join EF and found Optimal Labs (EF7).