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Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP
Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP
We turn exceptional individuals into funded founders. We back you first, then give you a bridge to Silicon Valley.
venture manager, reported GAV $466M across 5 vehicles
Importance
24
moderate
Active deployment
4
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
63
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
5
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- SENNA BUILDING, GORSUCH PLACE, London, E2 8JFadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- +44 (0)7800905250adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://www.joinef.com/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 26, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 5 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $466Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Entrepreneur First Operations Limited (Holding Company), E
- business phone
- +44 (0)7800905250adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
1 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, hardware, robotics, space, logistics
- Stages
- series b
- Geography
- global, silicon valley
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 1
Funds and vehicles
5 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneur First (seed) L.P. | Seed fund | 2021 adv first reported | Mature | $16.5M Mar 26, 2024 | 28 | unknown | unknown |
| Entrepreneur First L.P. | Fund | 2020 adv first reported | Mature | $97.7M Mar 26, 2024 | 40 | unknown | unknown |
| Entrepreneur First (global) L.P. | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $206M Mar 26, 2024 | 65 | $65.7M of $255M | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Entrepreneur First Next Stage L.P. | Fund | 2016 form d first sale | Harvest | $123M Mar 26, 2024 | 51 | $5.1M of $5.1M | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Entrepreneur First (singapore) L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $23.2M Mar 26, 2024 | 28 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
3 current, 2 departed
Alice Yvonne Bentinck
Founder or executiveChief Executive Officer · since Dec 1, 2014
Matthew Philip Clifford
Founder or executiveExecutive Chair · since Dec 1, 2014
Thomas Shinner
Platform and operationsChief Operating Officer · since Nov 1, 2022
2 departed (kept with end dates)
- SAM Barnett · President · Mar 1, 2020 to Mar 31, 2022 Inference
- Joseph Lawrence White · Chief Financial Officer · Mar 1, 2016 to Mar 31, 2021 Inference
Investments on record
1 edges, 1 companies, 0 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
4 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
10 dated events
- Nov 1, 2022Thomas Shinner joined Schedule A of Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP as Chief Operating Officer
- Mar 31, 2022SAM Barnett (President) no longer on Schedule A of Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP
- Mar 31, 2021Entrepreneur First (seed) L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $11,272,110Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactEntrepreneur First (seed) L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2021Joseph Lawrence White (Chief Financial Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP
- Apr 1, 2020Entrepreneur First Next Stage L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $46,055,350Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactEntrepreneur First Next Stage L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 1, 2020Entrepreneur First L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,418,753Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactEntrepreneur First L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 1, 2020SAM Barnett joined Schedule A of Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP as President
- Jan 15, 2019Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 15, 2019Entrepreneur First (global) L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $110,034,517Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactEntrepreneur First (global) L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 15, 2019Entrepreneur First (singapore) L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,221,910Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactEntrepreneur First (singapore) L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $466M across 5 vehicles
Evidence
37 observations from 2 sources