Entrepreneur First (EF) is a London-based talent investor founded in 2011 by Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck. It invests in individuals before they have a company, running cohort-based programmes that help ambitious technical and commercial people find co-founders and build a startup from scratch. EF has run programmes in London, Paris, Berlin, Bangalore, Singapore, Toronto and New York, and its alumni companies include Tractable, Cleo, Magic Pony Technology, Aztec and Omnipresent.
Investment thesis
Talent investor that backs exceptional individuals pre-team and pre-idea, forming companies out of cohorts.
Entrepreneur First invests at Series B. Sesamers tracks 2 portfolio companies across 2 rounds. Its most recent tracked deal: Scarlet, Oct 2026.
Portfolio
Past investments
| Company | Round | Role | Date | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet London, United Kingdom Read the announcement → | Series B | Participant | Oct 2026 | €44.7M |
| CloudNC London, United Kingdom | Series B | Participant | Sep 2026 | €17.3M |