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.

Clémence Bellanger

Principal

Alice Bentinck

General Partner

Jonny Clifford

Partner and General Partner, London

Matt Clifford

Investor

Elspeth Lawson

Partner and Deputy CPO

Past deals in Recruiting

Spotted Zebra

Series A in 2023
Spotted Zebra is a workforce management platform focused on aligning organizational talent with the skills necessary to meet future challenges. The company provides clients with access to detailed, employee-level data through its Skills Cloud, allowing senior executives to evaluate their workforce's capabilities and identify critical skill gaps. This insight supports informed decision-making in hiring, talent development, and internal mobility. Additionally, Spotted Zebra's platform offers tools that enhance performance, promote diversity, and foster a positive workplace culture, enabling organizations to build a skilled and agile workforce capable of adapting to evolving demands.

Spotted Zebra

Seed Round in 2023
Spotted Zebra is a workforce management platform focused on aligning organizational talent with the skills necessary to meet future challenges. The company provides clients with access to detailed, employee-level data through its Skills Cloud, allowing senior executives to evaluate their workforce's capabilities and identify critical skill gaps. This insight supports informed decision-making in hiring, talent development, and internal mobility. Additionally, Spotted Zebra's platform offers tools that enhance performance, promote diversity, and foster a positive workplace culture, enabling organizations to build a skilled and agile workforce capable of adapting to evolving demands.

Betafi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Betafi is a product research and feedback platform designed to assist companies in gathering insights on their designs, beta software, and websites during development. The platform offers features such as product validation, tester recruitment, interview scheduling, and prototype sharing, facilitating effective communication and collaboration among product teams. It also includes tools for note-taking, cross-referencing insights, and multi-language automated transcription, enhancing the feedback process. Additionally, Betafi integrates with widely used design tools such as Figma and Adobe XD, enabling companies to refine their products based on user feedback and ultimately align their offerings with customer needs throughout the development cycle.

Expertia.AI

Seed Round in 2022
Expertia is a platform that provides Deep Learning, Natural language processing (NLP) and Explainable AI to predict the right candidate.

Expertia.AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Expertia is a platform that provides Deep Learning, Natural language processing (NLP) and Explainable AI to predict the right candidate.

Spotted Zebra

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Spotted Zebra is a workforce management platform focused on aligning organizational talent with the skills necessary to meet future challenges. The company provides clients with access to detailed, employee-level data through its Skills Cloud, allowing senior executives to evaluate their workforce's capabilities and identify critical skill gaps. This insight supports informed decision-making in hiring, talent development, and internal mobility. Additionally, Spotted Zebra's platform offers tools that enhance performance, promote diversity, and foster a positive workplace culture, enabling organizations to build a skilled and agile workforce capable of adapting to evolving demands.

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.

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.

Adaface

Seed Round in 2018
Adaface develops an AI-driven platform for automating first-round technical interviews. Its conversational AI, Ada, engages candidates in discussions about algorithms, architecture design, programming languages, and tech frameworks, mimicking a hiring manager's approach to accurately evaluate skills.

Cyra

Seed Round in 2016
Cyra is an innovative company that specializes in developing a smart AI-based recruiting assistant designed to transform the recruitment industry. By leveraging principles of machine learning and natural language processing, Cyra offers an application-enabled platform that automates the hiring workflow for employers. This platform connects employers with job seekers more efficiently, addressing the inefficiencies and high costs traditionally associated with recruitment. Through its advanced technology, Cyra enables employers to identify and hire the most suitable candidates, streamlining the entire recruitment process.
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