Accelerator
United Kingdom
Last Deal Sept 2026

Entrepreneur First

Check Size
€250K – €1.5M
Outreach
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Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

United Kingdom
Europe
India

Investment Thesis

The world's leading talent investor. Recruits exceptional individuals before they have a team or idea and helps them build companies. 800+ companies, $10B+ collective valuation.

How to Pitch Entrepreneur First

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Who To Contact

Elspeth Lawson
Partner and Deputy CPO
Isabel Bescos
Partner and General Manager, San Francisco
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Portfolio Highlights

Magic Pony Technology - AI video (acquired by Twitter)
Tractable - AI damage assessment (unicorn)
Cleo - AI financial assistant
Omnipresent - global employment platform

Team

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Alice Bentinck
Cofounder and CEO

Cofounder and CEO of Entrepreneurs First, author of 'How to be a Founder', awarded MBE for services to business.

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Ali Susskind
Principal, North America

Principal in U.S. since 2023, worked with founders on Gensyn, Unitary, Omnea, and Peripheral.

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Carl Bishop
Head of Funds

Head of Funds managing follow-on investments and portfolio management up to Series B.

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Elspeth Lawson
Partner and Deputy CPO

Partner and Deputy CPO at EF since 2016, led program teams across London and Paris.

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Isabel Bescos
Partner and General Manager, San Francisco

Partner in San Francisco leading SF Launch program, former founder and VC investor at Balderton Capital.

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Joe Ros
Partner and General Manager, North America

Partner in San Francisco since 2017, EF alum, involved in building Eigen, Scarlet, and Peripheral.

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Jonny Clifford
Partner and General Manager, London

Partner in London, involved in building companies including Papers with Code and Sonantic.

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Julia Denoly-Lepic
Principal, The Bridge

Principal Investor based in Paris since 2024, former founder of Newtone AI, leads EF's U.S. residency product.

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Matt Clifford
Cofounder and Chair

Cofounder and Chair of Entrepreneurs First, Chair of ARIA, awarded CBE for services to AI, TIME100 2024.

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Max Mugnaioni
Principal, London

Principal in London investment team, former in-house counsel, helped build Scope and Level Zero Health.

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Mike Phillips
Partner, London

Partner running The Bridge since 2019, helped build Omnipresent, Gensyn, and Opply.

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Rahul Samat
Partner and General Manager, Bangalore

Partner in Bangalore, built companies that raised from Felicis and Matrix Partners, former Swiggy executive.

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Tom Shinner
Partner and COO

COO of Entrepreneurs First, former UK Civil Service director, McKinsey alumnus.

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