Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First is the world's leading company builder.

We invest in the world’s most ambitious technologists to help you build world-class deep technology startups from scratch in London, Singapore and Berlin. We help you find your co-founder and commercialise your technology through our intensive programme to give you the best possible support in the first years of your startup’s life. Since 2011, we’ve created over 80 startups worth over $1 billion including Magic Pony Technology, Tractable, StackHut, Pi-Top, OpenCosmos, Status Today and CloudNC.

Our major exits to date include Magic Pony, which was acquired by Twitter for a $150m. Rob Bishop and Zehan Wang, both studied at Imperial College London but didn't meet until they joined the EF3 cohort. Their research-led video compression software company was acquired in 2016.

EF is backed by Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn) and Greylock Partners, Mosaic Ventures, Founders Fund, Lakestar and some of the world's best entrepreneurs.

Apply now to join our next intake.