Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First is a London-headquartered platform and early-stage technology investor that helps ambitious individuals form technology startups by connecting them with potential co-founders, helping develop ideas, and accelerating funding from leading investors. The organization operates across six cities on three continents, supporting high-potential founders to build globally important tech companies. Since inception it has supported hundreds of ventures and built a network of thousands of alumni, with a portfolio valued in the billions. It is backed by prominent tech founders and investors who provide mentorship and capital to accelerate growth.

Milad Alucozai

Venture Partner

Sam Barnett

President

Clémence Bellanger

Principal, Paris

Alice Bentinck

General Partner

Jonny Clifford

Partner and General Partner, London

Matt Clifford

Investor

Philipp Herkelmann

Partner and General Manager

Elspeth Lawson

Partner and Deputy CPO

Christopher Mairs

Venture Partner

Rahul Samat

Partner and General Manager, Banglore

Tom Shinner

Partner and COO

Madison Wright

Advisor

Past deals in Computer Vision

Rightbot

Seed Round in 2023
Rightbot develops AI-driven robotics technology for warehouse automation. Their autonomous mobile robots specialize in bin-picking, automating tasks such as order fulfillment, inventory replenishment, cycle audit, and consolidation.

Vivid Machines

Seed Round in 2023
Vivid Machines is a startup that builds a precision crop management platform for fruit and vegetable producers. The system combines advanced vision sensors, multispectral imaging, and machine learning to deliver real‑time analytics. It quantifies fruit size distribution, detects pests and diseases, and assesses plant health, enabling growers to digitize the physical and chemical attributes of their fields. By providing plant‑specific insights and predictive tools, the platform helps farmers optimize resource use, improve yield and product quality, and increase the proportion of crops that reach grocery stores.

BabylonAI

Pre Seed Round in 2023
BabylonAI develops analytics solutions for medium-sized computer vision teams.

Retail Pulse

Seed Round in 2023
Retail Pulse leverages AI to provide real-time insights from millions of Kirana stores, empowering businesses and retailers.

Lytehouse

Seed Round in 2021
Lytehouse develops AI-powered security monitoring systems that enhance control room capabilities. Its platform transforms fragmented video data into intelligent alerts, reducing false alarms, increasing operator efficiency, and improving service quality through targeted threat management.

Vivid Machines

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Vivid Machines is a startup that builds a precision crop management platform for fruit and vegetable producers. The system combines advanced vision sensors, multispectral imaging, and machine learning to deliver real‑time analytics. It quantifies fruit size distribution, detects pests and diseases, and assesses plant health, enabling growers to digitize the physical and chemical attributes of their fields. By providing plant‑specific insights and predictive tools, the platform helps farmers optimize resource use, improve yield and product quality, and increase the proportion of crops that reach grocery stores.

Powerhouse AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Powerhouse AI offers automated processes that turn warehouses into powerhouses, such as counting pallets and boxes, supporting cycle counting, reading bar- and qr-codes, checking correct placement, supporting stocktakes and audits, supporting goods received, and providing audit reports.

ShareID

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ShareID offers advanced multi-factor authentication using government-issued IDs. It ensures the user's liveness and validates personal data securely without storing biometrics or personal data, complying with international privacy laws.

Rightbot

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Rightbot develops AI-driven robotics technology for warehouse automation. Their autonomous mobile robots specialize in bin-picking, automating tasks such as order fulfillment, inventory replenishment, cycle audit, and consolidation.

Retail Pulse

Seed Round in 2021
Retail Pulse leverages AI to provide real-time insights from millions of Kirana stores, empowering businesses and retailers.

Retail Pulse

Seed Round in 2020
Retail Pulse leverages AI to provide real-time insights from millions of Kirana stores, empowering businesses and retailers.

Phantasma Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Phantasma Labs Limited is a London-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in developing a simulation platform aimed at enhancing the training of autonomous vehicles. The company focuses on creating crucial data sets and models of human behavior to improve the understanding of self-driving cars in various scenarios, particularly in extreme situations. By immersing real humans in virtual environments, Phantasma Labs enables artificial intelligence systems to learn from realistic interactions with pedestrians, cyclists, and other road users. This innovative approach facilitates the generation of large-scale data sets that simulate real-life conditions, allowing clients to benefit from advanced decision support without the need for extensive big data. Through its technology, Phantasma Labs contributes to safer and more effective autonomous vehicle operations by training AI to navigate complex human behaviors.

See-Mode Technologies

Series A in 2020
See-Mode Technologies operates an AI-driven platform that empowers clinicians to predict strokes more accurately. Its core product, AVA (Augmented Vascular Analysis), uses medical image analysis and computational fluid dynamics to enhance stroke prediction capabilities. The company partners with healthcare institutions and has offices in Singapore and Australia.

Retail Pulse

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retail Pulse leverages AI to provide real-time insights from millions of Kirana stores, empowering businesses and retailers.

Verchable

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Verchable Limited is an artificial intelligence company based in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2019. It specializes in video understanding through advanced computer vision technology. Verchable's software detects people, places, and actions within videos, automatically generating metadata tags that enhance the searchability and readability of video content. This innovative approach enables users to better comprehend the contents of their videos, making it easier to identify relevant information at scale.

UpStride

Seed Round in 2020
UpStride is a technology company that specializes in enhancing deep learning performance, particularly in the field of computer vision. It offers an application programming interface platform that leverages advanced techniques from signal processing and performance computing. By focusing on data efficiency and power consumption, UpStride's platform is designed to improve the accuracy of neural networks, allowing clients to extract more information from images while utilizing less data. This innovative approach enables the amplification of artificial intelligence algorithms, positioning UpStride as a key player in the optimization of deep learning technologies.

Milky Way AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Milky Way AI develops computer vision-powered AI software that provides marketing insights for FMCG/CPG companies. Its platform offers real-time store analytics, enabling sales, marketing, and operations teams to act swiftly on insights related to marketing and distribution.

Lytehouse

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lytehouse develops AI-powered security monitoring systems that enhance control room capabilities. Its platform transforms fragmented video data into intelligent alerts, reducing false alarms, increasing operator efficiency, and improving service quality through targeted threat management.

SixSense

Seed Round in 2019
SixSense is an AI-powered industrial visual inspection platform for smarter manufacturing. SixSense uses cutting-edge technologies in the field of AI such as deep learning and computer vision to automatically identify defects on the manufacturing floor. They are building the future of self-intelligent factories by enabling automation for image-based industrial applications.

Interviewer.AI

Seed Round in 2019
Interviewer.AI is a company that specializes in revolutionizing the hiring process by integrating AI-driven assessments into early recruitment stages. The platform uses natural language processing, computer vision, and voice analytics to evaluate soft skills and other critical factors in job candidates. This approach helps recruiters and hiring managers quickly identify top talent from large applicant pools, reducing screening time by up to 80%. By automating repetitive tasks and minimizing bias, Interviewer.AI allows recruiters to focus on human connection and decision-making. The company has gained significant traction, with a growing user base of recruiters and thousands of candidates engaging monthly. Backed by industry leaders from prominent tech companies, Interviewer.AI is transforming the global hiring market by making it more efficient and fair.

Unitary

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Unitary Ltd is a company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2019, that specializes in developing artificial intelligence software utilizing graph-based technology. The company focuses on creating context-aware AI and multimodal machine learning approaches to analyze online content. By interpreting the context of videos and other visual material, Unitary's software enables users to detect and manage inappropriate content effectively. The primary aim of the company is to enhance online safety by providing tools that allow communities to identify harmful content swiftly and accurately, thereby fostering a safer Internet environment.

UpStride

Pre Seed Round in 2019
UpStride is a technology company that specializes in enhancing deep learning performance, particularly in the field of computer vision. It offers an application programming interface platform that leverages advanced techniques from signal processing and performance computing. By focusing on data efficiency and power consumption, UpStride's platform is designed to improve the accuracy of neural networks, allowing clients to extract more information from images while utilizing less data. This innovative approach enables the amplification of artificial intelligence algorithms, positioning UpStride as a key player in the optimization of deep learning technologies.

Scape Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Scape Technologies, established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in developing a mobile platform for city-scale augmented reality (AR) solutions. The company's core offering is a cloud-based vision engine that enables camera devices to comprehend their surroundings using computer vision. Unlike traditional methods, Scape's engine builds and references 3D maps in the cloud, fostering a shared understanding of environments among devices. As of 2020, Scape operates as a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc.

Interviewer.AI

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Interviewer.AI is a company that specializes in revolutionizing the hiring process by integrating AI-driven assessments into early recruitment stages. The platform uses natural language processing, computer vision, and voice analytics to evaluate soft skills and other critical factors in job candidates. This approach helps recruiters and hiring managers quickly identify top talent from large applicant pools, reducing screening time by up to 80%. By automating repetitive tasks and minimizing bias, Interviewer.AI allows recruiters to focus on human connection and decision-making. The company has gained significant traction, with a growing user base of recruiters and thousands of candidates engaging monthly. Backed by industry leaders from prominent tech companies, Interviewer.AI is transforming the global hiring market by making it more efficient and fair.

Staple

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Staple is a technology company that specializes in cognitive AI solutions for document processing. It develops a deep learning platform capable of reading, interpreting, and extracting structured data from various documents, regardless of their layout or language. By integrating advanced technologies such as computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, and optical character recognition, Staple's platform significantly enhances data processing efficiency, operating 25 times faster and at 80% lower costs compared to manual methods. The company primarily serves data-intensive sectors, including banking, financial services, professional services, healthcare, and industrial sectors, aiming to automate data extraction and liberate employees from repetitive tasks.

Onkolyze

Seed Round in 2018
Onkolyze is a technology company focused on enhancing the personalization of chemotherapy treatment for cancer patients. By leveraging data already collected during clinical workflows, Onkolyze's software utilizes a combination of computer vision, artificial intelligence, and computer simulations to help oncologists simulate patient-specific outcomes for various chemotherapy options. This innovative approach enables medical professionals to predict the effectiveness of treatments in shrinking tumors before they are administered. The software is designed to be hardware-agnostic, ensuring compatibility with all major PACS vendors, which enhances the quality of medical reporting. By optimizing cancer treatment on an individual level, Onkolyze aims to improve patient outcomes while also reducing costs within the healthcare system.

AIMLedge

Seed Round in 2018
AIMLedge is a technology company focused on creating a software platform that automates the development and deployment of customized deep learning solutions for edge devices, particularly low-end commodity cameras. By optimizing these solutions, AIMLedge significantly reduces development time by 80% and facilitates plug-and-play deployment. The platform also offers video and behavior analytics capabilities, allowing businesses to analyze customer preferences and buying patterns. This enables organizations to effectively evaluate their visual merchandising and marketing strategies. AIMLedge aims to democratize access to advanced artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technologies for businesses of all sizes and across various industries.

It’s Next Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
It’s Next Technologies is an international and ambitious deep-tech start-up that is bringing Artificial intelligence to the world of animation and Visual Effects. Through technologies, aim to provide seamless and much-needed solutions to the Animation and VFX industry. It’s Next will make the animation and VFX content-development process more automated, efficient and effortless to help artists and businesses save time and cost by bringing down days of manual work into hours, without compromising on the quality of their work.

See-Mode Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
See-Mode Technologies operates an AI-driven platform that empowers clinicians to predict strokes more accurately. Its core product, AVA (Augmented Vascular Analysis), uses medical image analysis and computational fluid dynamics to enhance stroke prediction capabilities. The company partners with healthcare institutions and has offices in Singapore and Australia.

Lumenora

Seed Round in 2017
Lumenora, Inc. is a manufacturer based in Sunnyvale, California, that specializes in developing headsets for augmented and virtual reality applications. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on creating compact headsets equipped with custom optics, enabling multi-functional app development. Lumenora's product offerings include computational reality glasses that leverage machine learning, computer vision, and various sensors. These innovations aim to enhance human capability through smart technology, allowing clients to effectively manage and interact in augmented environments. Additionally, Lumenora has partnered with Genesis Development Collaborative to improve resolution and facilitate multi-user interaction within their augmented reality platform.

Agrosight

Seed Round in 2017
Agrosight Limited is a data analytics company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, which specializes in crop surveying services. Founded in 2017 and formerly known as Aerial Technologies Limited, Agrosight utilizes hyper-spectral alerts to detect plant ailments early, significantly reducing the cost of food production. The company's platform integrates various data streams from sensors in farm machinery and soil with advanced farm management software, enabling agronomists and farm units to analyze crop-specific data effectively. By enhancing decision-making processes with valuable insights, Agrosight aims to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability.

Tractable

Series A in 2017
Tractable Ltd. is a London-based software company founded in 2014, specializing in artificial intelligence solutions for accident and disaster recovery. The company develops advanced algorithms that automate the visual appraisal of damage to vehicles and properties, utilizing deep learning to analyze images and predict repair costs. By partnering with major insurers globally, Tractable enhances the efficiency of claims processes, enabling quick settlements and facilitating faster repairs, which ultimately supports individuals in restoring their livelihoods. Its products, such as Tractable AI Review and AI Estimating, streamline traditional workflows by transforming how damage assessments are conducted, allowing for real-time, end-to-end estimates. Through its innovative platform, Tractable effectively automates image recognition tasks, driving improvements in accuracy and speed within the insurance industry.

Calipsa

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in London in 2016, Calipsa develops an AI-powered video monitoring platform that processes hours of feeds to provide alerts and reports for traffic enforcement, accidents, and public disorder management. Its platform offers features like free health checks, site scheduling, camera management, and ptz/video loss detection, aiming to enhance operator efficiency and reduce installation costs by leveraging existing cameras.

Keypla

Seed Round in 2016
Keypla is automating human valuations using computer vision and machine learning.

Xihelm

Seed Round in 2016
Xihelm Limited, founded in 2016 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in developing advanced technology solutions for city infrastructure management and agriculture. The company creates software for producing detailed city maps using artificial intelligence. Additionally, Xihelm is pioneering the development of an automated handwork robot designed to address labor shortages, particularly in farming. This robot utilizes a proprietary 3D AI computer vision platform to harvest crops in industrial greenhouses, providing a reliable solution for unpredictable organic environments.

Kheiron Medical Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Kheiron Medical Technologies is a London-based medical technology company that develops Mia, an AI-powered mammography screening tool designed to help radiologists detect breast cancer. The system combines deep learning with radiology insights to improve detection efficiency, consistency, and accuracy across imaging workflows. Incorporated in 2016 and formerly known as Maesterai, the company maintains an international presence with offices in London, San Francisco, Budapest, and Amsterdam, aiming to advance precision radiology and improve outcomes for cancer patients.

Calipsa

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Founded in London in 2016, Calipsa develops an AI-powered video monitoring platform that processes hours of feeds to provide alerts and reports for traffic enforcement, accidents, and public disorder management. Its platform offers features like free health checks, site scheduling, camera management, and ptz/video loss detection, aiming to enhance operator efficiency and reduce installation costs by leveraging existing cameras.

Tractable

Venture Round in 2015
Tractable Ltd. is a London-based software company founded in 2014, specializing in artificial intelligence solutions for accident and disaster recovery. The company develops advanced algorithms that automate the visual appraisal of damage to vehicles and properties, utilizing deep learning to analyze images and predict repair costs. By partnering with major insurers globally, Tractable enhances the efficiency of claims processes, enabling quick settlements and facilitating faster repairs, which ultimately supports individuals in restoring their livelihoods. Its products, such as Tractable AI Review and AI Estimating, streamline traditional workflows by transforming how damage assessments are conducted, allowing for real-time, end-to-end estimates. Through its innovative platform, Tractable effectively automates image recognition tasks, driving improvements in accuracy and speed within the insurance industry.

Magic Pony Technology

Venture Round in 2014
Magic Pony Technology Ltd. is a London-based company, established in 2014, that specializes in developing advanced technologies for video compression and enhancement using machine learning and computer vision techniques. The firm focuses on delivering innovative solutions for video upscaling, compression, and visual processing, with applications across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. With a strong research and development team boasting over 30 years of combined experience and more than 100 publications in major international conferences and journals, Magic Pony Technology has positioned itself at the forefront of its field, holding over five patents pending. The company operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc. since June 2016.
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