Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First is where Europe’s most ambitious technical founders build their companies from scratch.

You don’t need to apply with a team or fixed idea. We’ll help you find a co-founder, customers and raise from Europe’s top investors.

But it’s not going to be easy – welcome to your steepest ever learning curve.

Entrepreneur First recruits Europe’s best technical individuals. You don’t need a team to apply as we believe  that we are the best place to find your co-founder.

You’ll have the opportunity to co-found with some of the brightest technologists in Europe. 55% of our portfolio were educated at Oxford, Cambridge or Imperial College London.

Entrepreneur First recruits Europe’s best technical individuals. You don’t need a team to apply as we believe  that we are the best place to find your co-founder.

You’ll have the opportunity to co-found with some of the brightest technologists in Europe. 55% of our portfolio were educated at Oxford, Cambridge or Imperial College London.

We have some of Europe’s top exited founders, who have built businesses worth billions, as part of our team .

You will be able to build a close relationship with one of these Venture Partners who you’ll see on a weekly basis.They will encourage you to stretch your technical ambition and to support you this, we’ll connect you with our Science Partners; these include Zoubin Ghahramani from the University of Cambridge, or Phil Blunsom from DeepMind.

Your investors will include those who have been behind Europe’s biggest companies. These include Alex Chesterman (Zoopla), Robin Klein (Index Ventures) and Simon Murdoch (Amazon).

We’ve built and helped secure funding for 50 of the  fastest growing startups in Europe. They are backed by the Europe’s most prestigious VCs including Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, Octopus Investments and Y Combinator.