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Playfair Capital

https://www.playfaircapital.com
Last activity: 06.05.2025
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Playfair Capital is an early-stage fund that commits to companies early and with conviction. Based in London, Playfair combines the best aspects of angel investing with a focused fund, to invest in truly ambitious founders, wherever they are in the world.

Playfair takes a sector-agnostic approach and investments span deep tech, SaaS, marketplaces and B2B companies. We’ve backed the founders of more than 60 companies including Mapillary (acq. Facebook), CryptoFacilities (acq. Kraken), Omnipresent, Orca AI, Ravelin, sprout.ai, Thought Machine, Trouva and Vinehealth.

We believe in access for all not warm intros. We review all inbound pitches through our website. If you're a founder, please submit your application there and we will get back to you within two weeks.

Our typical investment is £100k-£500k into pre-seed and seed stage companies raising rounds of up to £2m.
Portfolio
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Persons
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Mentions
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Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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Portfolio 4

DateNameWebsiteTotal RaisedLocation
01.03.2023Sourceriesourcerie.co$2.2MUnited Kin...
27.07.2021Worldrworldr.com$14.45MUnited Kin...
07.03.2019Double Dow...d2.fund$40MUnited Kin...
18.04.2016Numerainumer.ai$25.5MUnited Sta...

Persons 10

DateFirst NameLast NameTitleLinkedInLocation
-JoãoNunesVC Analystlinkedin.c...United Kin...
-JoeThornton-linkedin.c...-
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-AnouskaMossExecutive ...linkedin.c...-
-SimonBlakeyChair of t...linkedin.c...-
-JoeC.Venture Pa...linkedin.c...-
-ChrisSmith-linkedin.c...United Kin...
-AndrewSheffield-linkedin.c...-
-ClareZhang-linkedin.c...United Kin...
-HenrikWetter San...-linkedin.c...United Kin...

Mentions in press and media 65

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06.05.2025Cocoon Capital: A New Chapter in Southeast Asia's Venture LandscapeCocoon 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...
06.05.2025StackOne raises $20M for easier API integration, led by Big Tech backersLondon-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....
06.05.2025StackOne Raises $20 Million Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) to Reinvent SaaS and AI Agent IntegrationsStackOne 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...
06.05.2025British AI startup StackOne raises €17.6 million to reinvent SaaS and AI agent integrationsLondon-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...
30.04.2025SG's Cocoon Capital makes $30m first close of latest VC fundSingapore-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...
14.12.2024Refute: The New Shield Against DisinformationIn 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...
13.12.2024Refute takes aim at fake news with €2.7 million in fundingRefute, 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...
13.12.2024Refute secures £2.3M to protect businesses from coordinated disinformation campaignsDisinformation 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...
25.09.2024Playfair Capital and top VC funds support female founders in Europe with remote office hoursToday, 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...
28.03.2023London's Playfair Capital returns for the hat trick, this time with $70 millionLondon-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...
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