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| 06.05.2025 | Cocoon Capital: A New Chapter in Southeast Asia's Venture Landscape | Cocoon Capital is on the rise. The Singapore-based venture capital firm has recently announced the first close of its third fund, Cocoon Capital III, securing $30 million towards a target of $50 million. This marks a significant milestone f... |
| 06.05.2025 | StackOne raises $20M for easier API integration, led by Big Tech backers | London-based StackOne has raised $20M in a Series A round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from Workday Ventures, XTX Ventures, Episode 1, Playfair, and angel investors from OpenAI, DeepMind, Microsoft, and Mulesoft.... |
| 06.05.2025 | StackOne Raises $20 Million Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) to Reinvent SaaS and AI Agent Integrations | StackOne is the AI-powered platform supercharging SaaS and AI developers to build real-time enterprise integrations with unrivalled speed, scale and 5x better accuracy
Its AI integrations agent connects complex enterprise APIs in days inste... |
| 06.05.2025 | British AI startup StackOne raises €17.6 million to reinvent SaaS and AI agent integrations | London-based StackOne, an AI-powered platform fuelling enterprise AI agents and SaaS integrations – has raised €17.6 million in a Series A funding round in order to build StackOne’s tool-calling LLM, invest in R&D, and further expand th... |
| 30.04.2025 | SG's Cocoon Capital makes $30m first close of latest VC fund | Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm Cocoon Capital has made a $30 million first close of its latest venture capital fund, Cocoon Capital III, according to an announcement.
The fund, with a target corpus of $50 million, will con... |
| 14.12.2024 | Refute: The New Shield Against Disinformation | In a world where truth is often overshadowed by falsehoods, Refute emerges as a beacon of hope. This London-based startup has recently secured £2.3 million in pre-seed funding to combat the rising tide of disinformation targeting businesses... |
| 13.12.2024 | Refute takes aim at fake news with €2.7 million in funding | Refute, a London-based tech company dedicated to detecting and combating disinformation campaigns targeting commercial organisations, has raised €2.7 million in a pre-seed funding round.
The investment was led by Playfair and Episode 1, wit... |
| 13.12.2024 | Refute secures £2.3M to protect businesses from coordinated disinformation campaigns | Disinformation refuting company Refute, has raised £2.3 million in a Pre-Seed funding.
Disinformation attacks have become a Board-level concern, fuelled in recent years by both growing geopolitical instability and widespread use of generati... |
| 25.09.2024 | Playfair Capital and top VC funds support female founders in Europe with remote office hours | Today, investor Playfair Capital and 200 of the world’s leading venture capital funds launched its plan to hold remote office hours for more than 300 female founders from across Europe as part of the 12th edition of ‘Female Founder Office H... |
| 28.03.2023 | London's Playfair Capital returns for the hat trick, this time with $70 million | London-based Playfair Capital has announced its third fund at $70 million. The tertiary outing will continue to follow the firm’s low-volume approach, making only six to eight investments per year. In contrast to making 30+ investments a ye... |
| 28.03.2023 | Playfair collects $70m for third tech pre-seed fund | - |
| 27.03.2023 | ‘High conviction, low volume’: Playfair launches $70M pre-seed fund for European startups | Early-stage investments inherently have a higher risk of failing, but these risks also come with potentially higher rewards — getting in at the ground floor of a startup’s journey gives VCs more negotiation clout. This is particularly true ... |
| 01.03.2023 | Former L'Oreal, Palantir MVPs join forces, take £1.8 million pre-seed for Sourcerie beauty venture | Data is hardly the most glamorous word in the dictionary, but it does play an increasingly vital role in the delivery of new beauty products. It wasn't that long ago you'd struggle to get coverage for certain skin tones, and that's before e... |
| 06.02.2023 | Recycleye grabs $17M, calling plastic crisis a ‘tremendous business opportunity’ | Highlighting the plastic industry’s infamous track record on recycling, London-based Recycleye says it raised $17 million in new funding led by “deep tech” investor DCVC.
The startup claims its recycling-picking robots can identify material... |
| 30.08.2022 | Dublin-based Protex AI nabs €18.1 million to use AI hacks to prevent workplace accidents | Dublin-based startup preventing workplace accidents before they happen, Protex AI has raised $18 million in funding to expand its teams to meet the demands of the global market and expand its U.S. operations.
Leading the round was Notion Ca... |
| 10.06.2022 | May 2022: a month in review with Tech Nation CEO | This article is also available on Linkedin.
Hello. Lots to share and celebrate this month. Some highlights:
An epic new report looking at the last 10 years in UK Tech in partnership with Google For Startups
Launch of GBxAsia – a new networ... |
| 17.03.2022 | Playfair Capital, Tech Nation & Google for Startups announce Edition VII of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours | 0 shares
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On Tuesday 26th April, 2022, Playfair Capital and 125 of the world’s leading venture capital funds, including Accel, Atomico, Balderton, Cherry, Creandum, Dawn, Notion, LocalGlobe, Point9, Octopus and ... |
| 03.12.2021 | Vinehealth raises $5.5m to improve the quality of life and survival of cancer patients | The round was led by Talis Capital, with participation from Playfair Capital, Ascension and healthcare heavyweights
Vinehealth announces it has raised $5.5m in seed funding. The round was led by Talis Capital, with participation from previ... |
| 20.07.2021 | Secure and compliant team communication tool Worldr raises $3 million | Messaging systems in today’s workplace have become as ubiquitous as email. In some cases, they’ve downright replaced it. Messengers are everywhere, and we’re all using them. And even though they offer end-to-end encryption, the underlying q... |
| 05.05.2021 | London’s Sprout raises £8 million, responds to global demand, presses forward with R&D | London-based insurance platform Sprout.ai has raised £8 million in a Series A round.
Led by one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, Octopus Ventures, existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Playfair Capital, and Techstars pa... |
| 21.04.2021 | Tel Aviv’s Orca AI raises €10.8 million, seeks help ships navigate. And not crash | Tel Aviv-based ship navigation and collision avoidance system Orca AI has raised €10.8 million in a Series A round.
The round was led by OCV Partners with Mizmaa Ventures and Playfair Capital also participating. OCV Partners principal Zohar... |
| 14.04.2021 | Dublin’s hosptech platform Nory raises $2 million in pre-seed round | Dublin-based Nory has raised $2 million in a pre-see round in an effort to help restaurants manage their entire workflow.
The round was led by Cavalry Ventures and Playfair Capital and saw participation from Enterprise Ireland and a number ... |
| 09.03.2021 | Leading VC funds club together to offer remote office hours for 250+ European women founders | In the wake of International Women’s Day, a group of leading VC funds are grouping together to offer remote office hours for 250-plus women founders from across Europe on May 6th this year. Women founders who want to apply can see more info... |
| 11.02.2021 | Which Funds Are Funding Black Founders? (And How Can You Get Some?) | Black founder getting funded.getty |
| 08.02.2021 | Meet our 20 Rising Stars 3.0 finalists | We are excited to reveal the 20 companies selected as UK Finalists to go through to the Rising Stars Winners Judging Roundtable. Following first-class pitch training from Billy Webber, Jill McKinney and their team from Pitch for Success, ou... |
| 14.10.2020 | female founder office hours | We’re are so excited to be participating in nationwide remote Female Founder Office Hours hosted by Playfair Capital and Tech Nation on 5th and 12th November, as one of 60 VCs collaborating to support 200 female founders. |
| 24.09.2020 | UK-based female founders! Meet the UK’s top VCs on 5th & 12th Nov | Editor’s Note: This post has been created in collaboration and with financial support from Playfair Capital. If you’re also interested in partnering with us, just reach out.
As stated by investor Simone Brummelhuis: “To tackle the investmen... |
| 10.09.2020 | London VCs launch joint initiative to expand funding opportunities for underrepresented founders | UK investors have come together to create a new virtual pitching event designed to address the problems with the current startup ecosystem that can lead to inequalities and “warm intros” made only between privileged classes and ethnicities.... |
| 01.09.2020 | Playfair Capital Hires Three for London Office | Top: Jeremy Luzinda and Jeevan Sunner; Bottom: Elise Congram
Playfair Capital, a London, UK – based early stage venture capital firm, is enhancing the team in London with three new hires.
In details, Jeevan Sunner joins as an Associate from... |
| 07.07.2020 | Female Founder Office Hours Hosts 800 Meetings Connecting Female Tech Entrepreneurs to Investors | 0 shares
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Across two events, June 4th and June 24th, Playfair Capital and Tech Nation hosted 800 one-on-one office hour meetings for 200 female founders with 60 VCs. It was the largest event of its kind for fema... |
| 07.07.2020 | Welcome Koala, let’s reinvent travel insurance! | |
| 26.06.2020 | Here are the winners of The Europas Awards 2020 – Even a pandemic can’t stop these startups | Last year The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups was held at a sunny garden party next to a historic museum in London. Last night, because of the global Coronavirus pandemic, it was held over Zoom. But the enthusiasm and success of E... |
| 25.05.2020 | Top webinars for this week and next for European startups | The coronavirus pandemic has had a widespread global effect on the events industry as countries initiated lockdowns and governments cracked down on group gatherings. Europe’s tech sector has seen major events cancelled or postponed.
The eve... |
| 08.03.2019 | Term Sheet — Friday, March 8 | MEET THE DEALMAKERS
We all know the stats. Only 2% of venture funding went to female founders, and just 8% of partners at the top venture capital firms are women. But in honor of International Women’s Day, I decided to highlight something e... |
| 08.03.2019 | Playfair Capital, a UK-based VC raises €28M seed funding, on the hunt for ambitious founders | London-based Playfair Capital is a seed investor that focuses on UK startups. Since its inception in 2013, Playfair has invested in over 50 companies including Mapillary, CryptoFacilities, Thought Machine, Ravelin and Stripe. It has also in... |
| 07.03.2019 | Playfair Capital, the UK-based seed firm, announces $32M second fund | Playfair Capital, the U.K. seed investor, has raised a new $32 million fund to continue investing in promising early-stage tech startups.
The VC firm, founded in 2013 by Federico Pirzio-Biroli, who is fund II’s sole LP, is an early investor... |
| 07.03.2019 | UK-based VC Playfair Capital launches its second €28 million seed fund as it continues its search for ambitious founders | London-based Playfair Capital, a seed investor focused on UK startups, has raised a second fund of €28 million. The VC is now on the hunt for pioneering startups with the potential to become world-leading technology companies.
Since launchi... |
| 07.03.2019 | Playfair Capital Launches $32M Second Fund | Federico Pirzio-Biroli
Playfair Capital, a London, UK-based seed venture capital firm, launched its second fund.
With $32m to invest over the next three to five years, the fund is seeking early-stage companies across all sectors, with a foc... |
| 12.01.2017 | Starship Technologies raises $17.2 million for its autonomous delivery robots | Starship Technologies, a London company that’s building autonomous robots for deliveries, has raised $17.2 million (€16.5 million) in a seed round led by automotive giant Daimler.
Shasta Ventures, Matrix Partners, ZX Ventures, Morpheus Vent... |
| 06.11.2016 | France makes its bid to be recognized as a global AI hub | Disclosure: Organizers of the “France is AI” conference paid travel expenses for the reporter to attend and moderate several sessions at the event.
Tucked into a courtyard in central Paris, the 35 employees of Snips are hunched over their c... |
| 06.11.2016 | France makes its bid to be recognized as a global AI hub | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Disclosure: Organizers of the “France is AI” conf... |
| 15.03.2016 | Why the US Is Buying Up So Many UK Artificial Intelligence Companies | Autonomy, DeepMind, SwiftKey, VocalIQ. Each are British artificial intelligence and machine learning startups bought by US tech giants—HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple, respectively.
And they're hardly the only ones. Alongside growing VC fu... |
| 25.12.2015 | Investing In Artificial Intelligence | Nathan Benaich Contributor
Nathan Benaich is a partner at Playfair Capital.
Artificial intelligence is one of the most exciting and transformative opportunities of our time. From my vantage point as a venture investor at Playfair Capital, w... |
| 30.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 30, 2015 | Atzuche completed a $47M funding; Bee secured $4.6M; Coconala raised $4.4M funding
StayGlad, an on-demand Beauty Services Platform for women, has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A round of funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and... |
| 17.11.2015 | Namhafte Investoren beteiligen sich an CHRONEXT | |
| 04.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 4, 2015 | Atreca completed $56M funding; Zhihu raised $50M; The History Project launched with $2M funding
The History Project, an Oakland, CA-based platform that allows users to take control of digital and physical assets and build them into shareabl... |
| 19.10.2015 | StreetHub Raises $2.6M in Second Venture Capital Funding Round | StreetHub, a London, UK-based independent retailers’ network, raised $2.6m (approximately £1.7m) in a second venture capital funding.
The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Index Ventures, Playfair Capital and other a... |
| 31.08.2015 | U.K. Healthy Meal Delivery Service Pronto Raises $1.6m in Seed Capital from European VCs | A London-based healthy meal delivery service, for consumers at work or at home, has raised £1 million ($1.6 million) in seed capital from a group of U.K. and Dutch investors.
With a mission to provide customers with freshly cooked meals usi... |
| 27.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 27, 2015 | Yuneec bagged $60M; MediBeacon landed $22.4M; Remerge closed $3M
Mobile App Retargeting startup Remerge today announced a $3 million Series A round led by Point Nine Capital, along with Valor, VC Fonds Technologie Berlin, German Startups Gr... |
| 19.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 19, 2015 | Cupick raised $120K; Artesian Solutions scored $8M; Knyttan landed $3.2M
Cupick, a platform for visual artists to showcase, share and sell their work, raised a $120,000 seed round of funding through TermSheet.io. Several angel investors fro... |
| 29.05.2015 | Interview with Universal Robots and Trustpilot | At TechBBQ on May 20th 2015 The Nordic Web had a chance to talk two of the most prominent and successful Danish entrepreneurs; Esben Østergaard founder of Universal Robots and Peter Mühlmann founder of Trustpilot.
In addition they also tal... |
| 11.09.2014 | Festicket Raises $2.7M in Series A Funding | Festicket, a London, UK-based large live music travel platform, raised $2.7m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Wellington Partners and PROfounders Capital with participation from existing investors Windcrest Partners, Playfair Capit... |
| 22.12.2013 | StreetHub Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding | StreetHub, a London, UK-based local online marketplace for independent shops, raised $1.2m (approximately £750k) in seed funding.
The round was led by Index Ventures and Octopus Investments with participation from Playfair Capital and Avonm... |
| 18.11.2013 | WeStore Launches ‘Self storage, by-the-box’, Pulls In Cash From UK Angels | Right now some estimates put the revenues for the ‘self storage’ market in the U.S. at around $22 billion in 2012, roughly accounting for 86% of the global market. In the UK the value is an estimated £355m, around 2% of the global market. S... |
| 02.07.2013 | Why London has all the ingredients for a successful startup ecosystem | LONDON — Just a few years ago, startups seemed like the purview of a niche circle of hipsters, probably living somewhere trendy like Shoreditch or Dalston.
But as I write this at a Starbucks in a leafy and residential suburb of West London,... |
| - | Passionfruit blossoms in $4.3 million seed round | London-based Passionfruit, not to be confused with Berlin’s Passionfroot, has raised $4.3 million in a seed funding round. The startup caters to Gen Z and helps the stressed, depressed, and exam-obsessed generation transition to the freelan... |
| - | London’s Sprout raises £8 million, responds to global demand, presses forward with R&D | London-based insurance platform Sprout.ai has raised £8 million in a Series A round.
Led by one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, Octopus Ventures, existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Playfair Capital, and Techstars pa... |
| - | Secure and compliant team communication tool Worldr raises $3 million | Messaging systems in today’s workplace have become as ubiquitous as email. In some cases, they’ve downright replaced it. Messengers are everywhere, and we’re all using them. And even though they offer end-to-end encryption, the underlying q... |
| - | Tel Aviv’s Orca AI raises €10.8 million, seeks help ships navigate. And not crash | Tel Aviv-based ship navigation and collision avoidance system Orca AI has raised €10.8 million in a Series A round.
The round was led by OCV Partners with Mizmaa Ventures and Playfair Capital also participating. OCV Partners principal Zohar... |
| - | Providing valuable research data to pharma, and improving the quality of life of cancer patients, Vinehealth raises $5.5 million | London-based Vinehealth has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. The digital health platform uses a combination of behavioural science and AI to help cancer patients track, manage, and better understand their care. The funding is set to hel... |
| - | Applications open for Europe’s largest ever mentoring event for women founders | As any female founder will tell you – accessing (and being taken seriously by) potential investors can be very difficult. Female-led startups account for only a tiny fraction of the UK’s venture capital (VC) investment, and this sector can ... |
| - | Dublin's hosptech platform Nory raises $2 million in pre-seed round | Dublin-based Nory has raised $2 million in a pre-see round in an effort to help restaurants manage their entire workflow.
The round was led by Cavalry Ventures and Playfair Capital and saw participation from Enterprise Ireland and a number ... |
| - | Material Evolution raises $3.4 million, aims to curb CO2 emissions in the cement industry by 85% | Hard tech startup Material Evolution has raised $3.4 million to further cement its ambitions to cut CO2 emissions in the cement industry by 85%. The funding will be used to further construct a world-leading material science team, build out ... |
| - | Cambridge-based Qureight raises £1.5 million to curate collection of complex disease data | Cambridge-based data company Qureight has raised £1.5 million seed funding to deliver the next generation of its ground-breaking platform and capitalise on its vision to house the world’s largest collection of data from complex diseases. Th... |
| - | Playfair Capital closes £57m pre-seed tech fund | Venture capital firm Playfair has closed $70m (£56.8m) for its pre-seed fund, doubling its total raised to $140m (£113.6m).
London’s Playfair Capital makes investments of approximately £750,000 in SaaS, AI, health tech and marketplace start... |
