# First Equity Private Clients

> First Equity Private Clients is a seed investor backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/FirstEquityLtd

First Equity Private Clients is a seed investor focused on Software and Financial Services. First Equity is a London-based independent stockbroking firm born from entrepreneurial beginnings as London’s first equity inter-dealer broker. Est. 1986, the FCA-licensed firm provides execution-only, advisory and discretionary management services, to private clients, asset management firms, hedge funds, pension schemes and other institutional andcorporate investors. The corporate broking division provides corporate finance and advisory to both public and private companies. It’s executive management are owner-operators and its other shareholders are successful entrepreneurs and corporate professionals and investors operating across relevant industries. From our own experiences as entrepreneurs we are able to genuinely help corporate clients achieve their objectives from early in their growth cycle through to sizeable liquidity events such as a stock market listing and beyond.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$815k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Banking | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 75% |
| Israel | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wasteless | Wasteless help supermarkets slash their food waste by utilizing its Deep-ML (AI) markdown optimization solution. With Wasteless, grocery stores can offer consumers a better pricing based on product's expiration dates and perishability. Wasteless HQ are based in Tel Aviv, Amsterdam and New York | $200K | Seed | Mar 26, 2021 | https://www.wasteless.com/ |
| Checkfer | Checkfer is an easy-to-use platform that is changing the way restaurants operate. Checkfer's powerful digital tools enable restaurants to streamline operations, increase efficiency, and, ultimately, increase revenue. The platform includes a plethora of features ranging from online ordering and payment processing to menu management and loyaltyprograms. Its user-friendly interface allows customers to easily place orders and restaurant owners to manage their businesses from a single dashboard. Checkfer is also completely customizable, allowing restaurants to tailor their platform to their specific brand and needs. Restaurants can use Checkfer to take their business to the next level and provide an exceptional customer experience. | $815K | Seed | Jan 18, 2021 | https://www.checkfer.com/ |
| Zapp Electric Vehicles | Zapp is a UK company that designs, manufactures and sells high performance electric vehicles. Our founders are automotive professionals from all over the world who share a commitment to sustainability, a long passion for electric vehicles, motorcycles, and believe in the choice of personal urban mobility. In 2017, we assembled a team of talenteddesigners and engineers to help us realize this vision to design and manufacture electric vehicles. Superbike Performance. Scooter Accessible. Simply Electric. No Compromise. |  | Seed |  | https://x.com/zapp_ev |
| Railsr | Railsr is a financial services company. They provide the creation of digital ledgers, connecting digital ledgers to bank accounts, receiving money, sending money, converting money, issuing cards, and managing credit through the API that enables banks and corporate customers to transact digitally. |  | Seed |  | http://www.railsbank.com |

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## FAQ

### What does First Equity Private Clients invest in?

First Equity Private Clients invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 First Equity Private Clients's check size?

First Equity Private Clients typically joins rounds of $200k–$815k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds First Equity Private Clients participates in.

### How do I contact First Equity Private Clients?

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### When did First Equity Private Clients last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for First Equity Private Clients closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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