When was Entrepreneur First founded?

Entrepreneur First was founded in 2011.

Where is Entrepreneur First's headquarters located?

Entrepreneur First's headquarters is located in London (United Kingdom).

How big is Entrepreneur First's investment team?

Entrepreneur First has a team of 78, including 19 partners.

How many companies has Entrepreneur First invested in?

Entrepreneur First has invested in 638 companies, including Deliveroo & Cleo AI.

Which companies has Entrepreneur First invested in lately?

Hadean & Mutable Tactics are the latest investments by Entrepreneur First.

How many exits has Entrepreneur First been involved in?

Entrepreneur First's portfolio has seen 56 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Entrepreneur First's portfolio?

There is 1 unicorn in Entrepreneur First's portfolio.

Entrepreneur First - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

Entrepreneur First, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2011, is based in London, United Kingdom. With a presence in 19 countries, it has supported around 638 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, High Tech. As of Apr 2026, Entrepreneur First has 1 unicorn under its belt and has witnessed 56 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in its portfolio include Deliveroo, Cleo AI and Aztec. The program is backed by a team of 78 people who primarily support Seed startups based in United Kingdom. Its latest investment was a Undisclosed Series A round in Hadean on Mar 11, 2026, which also saw participation from Booz Allen Hamilton and British Business Bank.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2011

Location

London, United Kingdom

Portfolio Companies

Deliveroo, Cleo AI & 636 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 36 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Series A & 5 more

Locations of Investment

United Kingdom, Singapore & 17 more

Unicorn in Portfolio

Tractable

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Entrepreneur First has a portfolio of 638 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Hadean and AI Motion Sports.Their portfolio spans across United Kingdom, Singapore, United States and 16 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and 35 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 5 more. Here is the list of top investments by Entrepreneur First:

1. Deliveroo

Platform offering food and grocery delivery services. It allows users to discover multiple restaurants and track the food orders. The platform also allows users to order groceries such as fruits, vegetables, meals, seafood, meat, eggs, and more. The mobile app is available for both Android and iOS users.

Key facts about Deliveroo

Founded Year: 2013
Location: London (United Kingdom)
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $2.95B
Employee Count: 10,472 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Colt Ventures, Fidelity Investments and 130 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 15, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

2. Cleo AI

Provider of cloud and AI-based chatbots for personal finance. It helps users in expense management. It knows when user's bills need to be paid and how to optimize spending each day. It provides real insights into user's spending. It analyzes spending habits to make smart recommendations of how they can save money. It also provides salary advances to users. It provides an app-based platform that is available on iOS & Android devices.

Key facts about Cleo AI

Founded Year: 2015
Location: London (United Kingdom)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $175M
Employee Count: 608 as on Feb 28, 2026
Investors: TriplePoint Capital, Balderton Capital and 53 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Apr 13, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Aztec

Blockchain-based network for digital security token management. It provides users with to ultimate security shield for the internet of money, protecting the user & business data, and more. It offers identity privacy, balance privacy, code privacy, private assets management, and more.

Key facts about Aztec

Founded Year: 2018
Location: London (United Kingdom)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $119M
Employee Count: 118 as on Feb 28, 2026
Investors: A.Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and 28 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 13, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Unbox Robotics

Provider of software-defined robotics system for warehouse operations. It offers robotic systems that provide logistics services or solutions to sort and consolidate parcels. It also provides solutions that include automated robotic systems, operations management, and more. It helps in managing warehouse space utilization.

Key facts about Unbox Robotics

Founded Year: 2019
Location: Pune (India)
Annual Revenue: ₹14.9Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $28.2M
Employee Count: 105 as on Jul 31, 2025
Investors: ICICI Venture, F-Prime Capital and 53 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 05, 2026, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Ai Palette

AI-powered platform for CPG innovation, trend discovery, and product development. It is a SaaS platform that helps consumer packaged goods brands discover emerging trends in real-time, create new product concepts, and virtually validate them. The platform offers solutions for marketing, R&D innovation, and consumer insights, catering to various industries like flavor and fragrance houses, and ingredient companies. It provides tools like Foresight Engine, Concept Genie, Screen Winner, FoodGPT, and Brand SAY to monitor brand equity and accelerate innovation. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide data-driven insights for faster, cost-effective brand discovery, launch, and growth. It helps in innovation, renovation, and optimizing product portfolios. The platform offers resources like blogs, reports, webinars, and case studies. It is a cloud based platform that offers subscription based services.

Key facts about Ai Palette

Founded Year: 2018
Location: Singapore (Singapore)
Annual Revenue: 3.98M SGD as on Dec 31, 2024
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $12.7M
Employee Count: 69 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: Anthill Ventures, C9 Capital and 10 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 24, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

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Entrepreneur First has invested in 638 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 26 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 19 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 8 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Mutable Tactics and most recent follow-on round was in Hadean.

Here are Entrepreneur First's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	5	3	8
2025	15	4	19
2024	10	5	15
2023	18	9	27
2022	33	15	48
2021	44	11	55
2020	34	8	42
2019	48	8	56
2018	20	3	23
2017	21	5	26

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Entrepreneur First has made 245 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.93M, 21 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $23.7M and 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $31.2M.

Here are Entrepreneur First's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	245
Series A	21
Series B	3
Conventional Debt	1
Post IPO	1
Others	2

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Entrepreneur First has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Vertical SaaS and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 571 Tech companies, 504 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 410 Software companies and at least 208 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are Entrepreneur First's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	164
High Tech	98
FinTech	48
Vertical SaaS	44
Consumer	36
Others	362

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Entrepreneur First has made most investments in United Kingdom (104), followed by Singapore where it has made 62 investments.

Here are Entrepreneur First's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United Kingdom	104
Singapore	62
India	39
France	21
United States	20
Others	33

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Entrepreneur First has made 8 investments in 2026 so far. Hadean and Mutable Tactics are the latest among them.

Here are the most recent investments by Entrepreneur First:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Mar 11, 2026	Hadean	United Kingdom	Series A	8136	Booz Allen Hamilton [+2]
Mar 04, 2026	Mutable Tactics	-	Seed	1065	Seraphim [+3]
Feb 12, 2026	Olix	United States	Series A	8686	Hummingbird Ventures [+3]
Feb 11, 2026	Seamflow	United Kingdom	Seed	2020	Northzone [+4]
Feb 10, 2026	The Bland Company	United Kingdom	Seed	3629	Initialized Capital [+4]

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Entrepreneur First has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Tractable. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Tractable which became a unicorn in 2021, 5 years after Entrepreneur First first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Entrepreneur First's portfolio:

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Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
58	Tractable	Developer of AI solutions for damage assessment and part identification	2014	Auto Tech [+3]	London	Series E	fkqh{vk

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56 companies from Entrepreneur First's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Rightbot in Jan 2026 by Amazon.

Here are Entrepreneur First's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Rightbot	Jan 07, 2026	Jul 23, 2020	Seed	4399
Faculty	Jan 06, 2026	-	-	4553
Heba Care	Dec 11, 2025	-	-	4257
Atlas Metrics	Oct 07, 2025	-	-	7145
See-Mode Technologies	Jun 09, 2025	Aug 20, 2020	Series A	9434

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Entrepreneur First has a team of 78 members including 19 Partners, 13 Venture Partners and 21 Principals located in United Kingdom, India and 7 more locations. Entrepreneur First's team sits on the board of 3 companies.

Here is a list of top team members in Entrepreneur First:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact Details
Reid Hoffman	Partner	San Francisco	Zynga	5 Emails
Matt Clifford	Partner	United Kingdom	-	-
Isabel Bescos	Partner	United States	-	-
Suresh Bavisetti	Partner	-	AsknBid Tech and Dstreet Games	3 Emails, 1 Phone number
Coralie Chaufour	Partner	France	-	1 Email
Jonny Clifford	Partner	United Kingdom	-	-
Alice Bentick	Partner	United Kingdom	-	1 Email
Daniel Gonzalez	Partner	Canada	-	-
Joseph Ros	Partner	Singapore	-	1 Email
Mike Phillips	Partner	United Kingdom	-	-
Will Neale	Partner	United Kingdom	-	1 Email

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Over the past 13 years, 1450 investors have co-invested in Entrepreneur First's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Entrepreneur First: HAX, SGInnovate and 84 others have invested in rounds before Entrepreneur First. There are 6 companies where HAX has invested before Entrepreneur First and 4 companies where SGInnovate has invested before Entrepreneur First.
Top Co-investors of Entrepreneur First: 535 investors entered a company along with Entrepreneur First. These include investors like SGInnovate (12 companies).
Invested after Entrepreneur First: A total of 829 investors have invested in Entrepreneur First's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include LetsVenture (9 companies) and SEEDS Capital (7 companies).