Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First Operations Limited is an accelerator focused on seed funding for technology startups, founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Singapore, Berlin, Paris, Bangalore, and Hong Kong. The firm specifically invests in individuals at the "pre-team, pre-idea" stage, selecting participants based solely on their technical talent. Its intensive six-month program aims to provide comprehensive support during the critical early stages of startup development. Entrepreneur First offers stipends to participants during the program, with varying amounts based on location. The firm typically invests in startups in London, Singapore, Bangalore, Berlin, Paris, and Hong Kong, taking a 10 percent equity stake. Over the years, it has successfully launched more than 100 startups, collectively valued at over $1 billion, and is backed by notable investors such as Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and Octopus Ventures.

Alex Crompton

Managing Director

Tim Davey

Venture Partner

Allister Furey

Managing Director

Joe White

Chief Financial Officer and General Partner

Madison Wright

Advisor

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Adelántalo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Adelántalo empowers the weakest link on the supply chain, in one of the most unbanked regions. We give quick payments to the small trucking companies that can't access any loan or when they do, is at stratospheric interest rates. We give them the opportunity to liquidate one of their most valuable assets today, instead of waiting for 30 or more days. We use technology to bring back an ancestral financial product, by digitizing industry-specific documents and making the process non-bureaucratic, and tailored-made for our target market.

Opply

Seed Round in 2022
Opply digitizes supply chain for food and beverage brands globally.

Waste Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Waste Labs is a Singapore-based Artificial Intelligence company that helps to optimise waste collection and enable recycling and circular supply chains. Waste Labs’ AI platform provides cities and waste managers with data-driven insights and prescriptive recommendations to map out waste flows and to design and operate efficient, sustainable and scalable waste collection systems anywhere in the world. Waste Labs serves leading waste management companies and sustainable producers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and the UK.

Unbox Robotics

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.

Freshflow

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste.

Freshflow

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste.

Waste Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Waste Labs is a Singapore-based Artificial Intelligence company that helps to optimise waste collection and enable recycling and circular supply chains. Waste Labs’ AI platform provides cities and waste managers with data-driven insights and prescriptive recommendations to map out waste flows and to design and operate efficient, sustainable and scalable waste collection systems anywhere in the world. Waste Labs serves leading waste management companies and sustainable producers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and the UK.

Unbox Robotics

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.

QuantShip

Pre Seed Round in 2020
QuantShip helps shipping companies make superior commercial decisions through proprietary machine learning algorithms. The company provides Predictive analytics solutions leveraging Machine Learning and AI for stakeholders of the maritime industry. QuantShip also provides AI-powered predictive analytics for shipping companies to deliver actionable and tailored intelligence, so important decisions are data-driven rather than sentiment driven. Quantship's vision is to transform the fundamental decision-making process in the maritime industry from slow sentiment-driven to efficient data-driven decision making. QuantShip was founded in 2019 and is based in Singapore.

Flowlity

Seed Round in 2019
Flowlity SAS is a Paris-based company that specializes in supply chain management through its artificial intelligence-driven software as a service (SaaS) platform. Founded in 2018, Flowlity's platform facilitates synchronization planning among manufacturers, suppliers, and customers by collecting and analyzing data from all parties involved. This enables Flowlity to provide recommendations on optimal ordering, production, and inventory levels, effectively reducing shortages and excess stock. The platform integrates with existing IT systems and offers real-time inventory analysis and cost optimization strategies, ensuring companies can visualize their order status and planning more effectively. Flowlity is supported by prominent organizations such as Entrepreneur First, Agoranov, and Station F.

Unbox Robotics

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.

Portcast

Seed Round in 2018
Portcast makes logistics profitable with accurate demand forecasts. Our proprietary data analytics engine is custom-designed for the logistics industry. The engine ingests combines historical data with real-world uncertainties, continuously identifies patterns in the supply chain that disrupt demand and applies comprehensive machine learning models to dramatically improve prediction results. Portcast is a route-based SaaS platform which provides the customers with both a web interface and an API for easy integration. In short, we turn market volatility into competitive advantage for logistics companies.

TransferFi

Seed Round in 2018
TransferFi Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in developing a Wireless Power Network (WPN) designed for long-range and efficient power transfer. Established in 2017, TransferFi manufactures both large and small receivers and transmitters, utilizing patented signal optimization and beamforming algorithms to extend the range of wireless power transfer safely beyond 100 meters. The technology is particularly beneficial for powering Industrial IoT sensors, thereby reducing wiring complexity and facilitating high-power applications. This innovative approach provides convenient access to primary sources of energy, including remote and offshore renewable resources, transforming traditional methods of power access and delivery.

CargoMate Technologies

Convertible Note in 2017
CargoMate Technologies is the world’s first platform dedicated to monitoring container ships in port. By enabling container ships to sail early from port, they can sail slower to their next port, saving shipping companies millions in reduced fuel consumption. The company equip ships with a mobile device and CargoMate app. The ship’s crew monitor cargo operations using our intuitive app, which makes logging and analysing cargo operations even faster and more accurate than the current method.