Entrepreneurs First
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Entrepreneurs First is a VC fund in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Entrepreneurs First provides programs that identify individuals interested in building technology companies and support them through the early stages of company formation. The organization evaluates applicants as individuals and brings selected participants into cohorts where they explore ideas, connect with potential cofounders, and form startupteams. Participants receive guidance on idea development, product validation, and company creation while preparing to seek venture funding. Entrepreneurs First also provides financial backing and structured programs that include workshops, mentorship, and networking with investors. Through these activities, the organization facilitates the transition from individual participants to newly formed startup companies.
- Total investments:
- 485
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
- Fund size:
- $133M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Entrepreneurs First invests in
Stages Entrepreneurs First invests in
Countries Entrepreneurs First invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $54k–$6.7M
- Pre-Seed
- $55k–$2.7M
- Series A
- $5.1M–$41M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 132 (27%)
- Software 119 (25%)
- Machine Learning 68 (14%)
- Information Technology 51 (11%)
- Biotechnology 35 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 205 (42%)
- Pre-Seed 181 (37%)
- Series A 36 (7%)
- Convertible Note 7 (1%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (1%)
Country
- United Kingdom 141 (29%)
- Singapore 69 (14%)
- United States 36 (7%)
- France 33 (7%)
- India 31 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alice Bentinck
CEO and co-founder
|
CEO and co-founder | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Chris Mairs
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 26 | Find email | |
Coralie Chaufour
Partner, General Manager & Founder - EF Paris
|
Partner, General Manager & Founder - EF Paris | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joseph Ros
Investment Strategy Lead
|
Investment Strategy Lead | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Matt Clifford
Co-Founder & CEO
|
Co-Founder & CEO | Total investments: 42 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derisk your AI agents | $1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2026 | ||
| Open Cosmos is a space technology company that designs, builds, and operates satellites to simplify access to space. The company also delivers end-to-end telecommunications, Earth Observation (EO), navigation, and scientific missions. It designs, builds, launches and operates advanced satellites through its OpenOrbit offering, that enablesorganizations to access and share data via its mutualized OpenConstellation infrastructure and offers AI-powered data analysis from a growing range of satellite sources and analytic partners through its DataCosmos platform. | $346.4M / Series C / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| HelmGuard develops an AI-driven trust infrastructure platform for security, compliance, and third-party risk management. The company provides an operational risk infrastructure layer that centralizes fragmented security, compliance, and vendor data into a structured repository. Its platform coordinates autonomous, domain-specific AI agents thatperform continuous data indexing, compliance mapping, automated vendor assessments, and real-time security tracking. HelmGuard includes a risk operating system, a zero-knowledge verification engine for selective disclosure and cryptographic-style proofs, and persona-specific risk intelligence reporting. These capabilities support first-party, third-party, and customer-facing workflows across sectors such as financial services, SaaS, and healthcare. The platform is used by security, risk, and compliance teams to maintain continuous oversight of internal controls, vendor posture, and regulatory obligations while generating tailored, natural-language reports for business stakeholders. | $7.3M / Seed / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| CloudNC develops advanced software that enables factories to autonomously manufacture precision parts. Precision manufacturing is fundamental to every aspect of modern life - without it, there are no cars, aircraft, or ships. No mobile phones or computers. No houses or hospitals, no factories or power plants. No food. In the modern world,virtually nothing can be made without precision parts. And yet, the manufacturing industry has been slow to modernize and adopt the innovations that are shaping the future. CloudNC's mission is to automate manufacturing and create a clean and sustainable industrial revolution that accelerates humanity. They’re building the autonomous factories of the future to make manufacturing 10x more efficient, sustainable and faster than anything today.They’re reimagining manufacturing, making it more efficient and productive than ever before, and opening a unique opportunity for investors to transform a $150bn industry.CloudNC elevates an entire industry and put manufacturing back at the cutting edge. | $20M / Series B / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Jack & Jill AI is the creator of an AI-powered recruiting tool that aims to automate the job search process. It provides job offers and interview assessments, allowing users to locate jobs without the inconvenience caused by traditional techniques. | $40.6M / Series A / Sep 07, 2026 | ||
| Pharosyn is an AI-powered competitive intelligence and decision-making platform developed for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. | $3M / Seed / Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| MyPip provides an AI-based development tool for creating mobile games and apps from text prompts. The platform generates user interfaces and React Native code, allows users to preview and edit projects, and supports export for device use or app-store submission. It also provides integrations for backend services, analytics, in-app purchases,subscriptions, and push notifications. Users can manage and monetize published mobile applications through the platform. | $267K / Pre-Seed / Aug 30, 2026 | ||
| Dirac Robotics is a robotics technology company that develops simulation technology for robot training. It converts camera video of real-world sites and objects into physics-accurate simulations. The technology enables robots to be trained in virtual environments that represent their intended operating conditions. | $250K / Pre-Seed / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Peripheral Labs provides technology for live media and spatial intelligence. | $8.7M / Seed / Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| Juno Bio uses machine learning and state of the art bioinformatics to analyse and predict how best to manipulate microbiomes, significantly reducing the time and resources needed to improve their functionality. | $3.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 16, 2026 | ||
| See all 485 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Entrepreneurs First invest in?
Entrepreneurs First invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 485 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Entrepreneurs First's check size?
Entrepreneurs First typically joins rounds of $54k–$6.7M at Seed, $55k–$2.7M at Pre-Seed and $5.1M–$41M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Entrepreneurs First participates in.
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Who are the partners at Entrepreneurs First?
The team at Entrepreneurs First includes Alice Bentinck (CEO and co-founder), Chris Mairs (Venture Partner) and Coralie Chaufour (Partner, General Manager & Founder - EF Paris), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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