Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First Operations Limited is a London-based accelerator that focuses on seed funding for technology startups. Established in 2011, the firm operates in various locations including Singapore, Berlin, Paris, Bangalore, and Hong Kong. Entrepreneur First specializes in supporting individuals who are "pre-team, pre-idea," selecting applicants based solely on technical talent. The firm offers a six-month program designed to provide essential support during the critical early stages of startup development. Participants receive a stipend for three months, with varying amounts depending on the location. Entrepreneur First aims to develop approximately 30 participants in each cohort and typically takes a 10 percent equity stake in the startups it funds. The firm has successfully launched over 100 startups, collectively valued at over $1 billion, and is backed by prominent investors such as Y Combinator and Index Ventures.

Michael Baumgartner

Founder - Cohort BE7

Clémence Bellanger

Principal, Paris

Alice Bentinck

CPO and Co-Founder

Jonny Clifford

Partner and General Partner, London

Matt Clifford

Co-Founder and CEO

Philipp Herkelmann

Partner and General Manager

Elspeth Lawson

Partner and Deputy CPO

Chris Mairs

Venture Partner

Venkat Raju

Venture Partner

Rahul Samat

Partner and General Manager, Banglore

Tom Shinner

Partner and COO

Past deals in Software

Digger

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a low-code platform designed for cloud infrastructure. The company automatically generates infrastructure for code in the cloud account, so that one can build on AWS without having to learn it through infrastructure-as-code, enabling businesses to get the code customized as per their needs.

Mimica

Series A in 2021
Mimica Automation Limited is a London-based company that specializes in developing machine learning software designed to automate repetitive tasks. Founded in 2018, the company's key product is an automated process mapping solution that observes users over a few weeks to understand their workflows. By tracking clicks and keystrokes, the software derives the intent behind these actions and generates an automation process accordingly. The technology cleans, analyzes, and consolidates the recorded data into a comprehensive process map, streamlining task execution. This innovative approach to automation is supported by Entrepreneur First, a prominent accelerator and seed fund in Europe.

byways

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of logistics and supply chain software designed to improve the loading and unloading process between trucks at logistics hubs. The company's software offers a simplified truck scheduling system, improved visibility in the supply chain, and decreased transportation costs and provides a fully automatic planning system for logistics and supply chain management, and connects logistics centers and forwarders/transporters, enabling clients to increase goods turnaround times and improve on cost savings and increase in warehouse and vehicle efficiency with the help of AI.

ModelMe

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ModelMe is a company that specializes in generative AI technology aimed at producing visual marketing content specifically for the fashion industry. By offering affordable and user-friendly B2B software, ModelMe enables businesses to harness advanced generative algorithms for the creation of entirely digital fashion visuals. This innovative approach allows clients to streamline their marketing processes and enhance their creative capabilities, making the production of fashion content more efficient and accessible.

Semana

Seed Round in 2021
Semana is a developer of a workforce management system designed to support hybrid work environments for businesses. The company's platform streamlines the transition to hybrid work by simplifying space management and enhancing social interactions among employees. It provides tools for managing office presence and space allocation while considering company constraints and employee preferences. Additionally, Semana's system emphasizes data privacy and security, offering actionable insights and data-driven dashboards to help organizations optimize telework policies and empower team autonomy. By integrating with existing tools, Semana enables businesses to effectively manage workforce dynamics across multiple locations.

UnboxRobotics

Seed Round in 2021
UnboxRobotics Labs Pvt Ltd. provides automated flexible parcel sorting solutions for logistics industry. The company develops a technology platform that powers a fleet of robots that can sort, add and remove packages. Its platform also enables these robots to sort parcels by destinations. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Pune, India.

Scarlet

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of medical software designed to bring accessible and affordable healthcare to everyone. The company leverages artificial intelligence to create a new framework for software companies and regulators, enabling clients to build and surveil products in a continuous and scalable way.

Papercup

Funding Round in 2020
Papercup is a London-based company that specializes in software designed to automatically translate voice tracks in videos using advanced machine learning techniques, including bayesian neural networks and speech synthesis. This innovative technology enables video creators to produce content in their original language while allowing users to translate the videos into their preferred languages. By making video content accessible to a global audience, Papercup empowers media companies, content creators, educational institutions, and international businesses to enhance the value of their content and reach an extensive audience of up to seven billion people.

ThinkSono

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ThinkSono Ltd is a London-based company that specializes in developing software for diagnosing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at the point of care. Founded in 2016, the company has created an automatic diagnostic system that utilizes deep learning technologies. This innovative system guides healthcare professionals in placing a portable ultrasound scanner on the skin to capture images of underlying blood vessels. The software then analyzes these images, allowing doctors to make a DVT diagnosis within ten minutes, significantly enhancing the efficiency of patient care.

UnboxRobotics

Seed Round in 2020
UnboxRobotics Labs Pvt Ltd. provides automated flexible parcel sorting solutions for logistics industry. The company develops a technology platform that powers a fleet of robots that can sort, add and remove packages. Its platform also enables these robots to sort parcels by destinations. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Pune, India.

UnboxRobotics

Pre Seed Round in 2019
UnboxRobotics Labs Pvt Ltd. provides automated flexible parcel sorting solutions for logistics industry. The company develops a technology platform that powers a fleet of robots that can sort, add and remove packages. Its platform also enables these robots to sort parcels by destinations. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Pune, India.

Staple

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Staple AI Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence software aimed at automating accounting, finance, and paperwork. Founded in 2018, the company employs advanced technologies such as natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, and optical character recognition to read and interpret contracts, orders, and agreements, transforming unstructured data into structured formats. Its platform enhances data extraction efficiency, enabling processing speeds that are significantly faster and more cost-effective than traditional manual methods. The software features a user dashboard that provides real-time insights into financial position, performance, and risk exposure, while also facilitating robotic process automation to manage tasks related to delivery and job completion. Staple primarily serves data-intensive industries, including banking, financial services, professional services, healthcare, and industrial sectors, helping businesses streamline workflows and reduce the burden of repetitive tasks.

Musiio

Seed Round in 2018
Musiio Pte. Ltd. designs and develops artificial intelligence based digital music software, which discovers music by comprehending and identifying the characteristics and patterns of a track. The platform also streams music. It serves the music industry. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Singapore.

Metomic

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Metomic is a London-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in developing application programming interface (API) software focused on data privacy. The company offers a data privacy platform that provides a privacy-by-design infrastructure, allowing businesses to meet modern data privacy standards. Metomic's solutions can be seamlessly integrated with software as a service (SaaS) applications to detect and safeguard sensitive data in real time, thereby helping developers protect their data against digital breaches.

Mimica

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Mimica Automation Limited is a London-based company that specializes in developing machine learning software designed to automate repetitive tasks. Founded in 2018, the company's key product is an automated process mapping solution that observes users over a few weeks to understand their workflows. By tracking clicks and keystrokes, the software derives the intent behind these actions and generates an automation process accordingly. The technology cleans, analyzes, and consolidates the recorded data into a comprehensive process map, streamlining task execution. This innovative approach to automation is supported by Entrepreneur First, a prominent accelerator and seed fund in Europe.

ThinkSono

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ThinkSono Ltd is a London-based company that specializes in developing software for diagnosing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at the point of care. Founded in 2016, the company has created an automatic diagnostic system that utilizes deep learning technologies. This innovative system guides healthcare professionals in placing a portable ultrasound scanner on the skin to capture images of underlying blood vessels. The software then analyzes these images, allowing doctors to make a DVT diagnosis within ten minutes, significantly enhancing the efficiency of patient care.

PetaGene

Seed Round in 2016
PetaGene Ltd develops genomics data compression and acceleration software. It offers PetaGene Suite, a software that helps to decrease the size of genomic data, reducing storage costs, and data transfer times without compromising data quality; FasterQ, compresses fastq files for data reduction and transfers; BayesCal, quality score refinement tool for fastq, bam and cram files; and PetaView, a tool for accelerating storage input and output. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

LoopPerfect

Seed Round in 2016
LoopPerfect specializes in developing tools and software for C and C++ engineers, focusing on enhancing the efficiency of C++ code development. The company's platform employs a just-in-time compiler, allowing users to update their program logic without the need to close the running application. This capability enables developers to iterate on their ideas quickly, facilitating a more agile development process and leading to the delivery of robust code. Through its innovative approach, LoopPerfect aims to streamline the programming workflow for C++ developers.
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