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·3 days ago

“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Muhunthan Thillai @ Qureight

This is the twenty-first in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio who share their entrepreneurial journey. We first invested in Qureight in early 2022. Since then, the company has worked with a who’s who of global biopharma companies, hospitals and…

Venture Capital

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“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Muhunthan Thillai @ Qureight
“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Muhunthan Thillai @ Qureight
Venture Capital

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Playfair Blog

·4 days ago

Edition 10 of Female Founder Office Hours launches today as past attendees breakthrough £1.2bn in funding

Edition 10 of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours is a key milestone for Europe’s largest diversity led founder initiative This event will bring together over 300 female founders and 150 VCs from some of the world’s leading funds The latest funding data shows that over £1.2bn has been raised by…

Venture Capital

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Edition 10 of Female Founder Office Hours launches today as past attendees breakthrough £1.2bn
Edition 10 of Female Founder Office Hours launches today as past attendees breakthrough £1.2bn
Venture Capital

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Playfair Blog

·Sep 22

Why we invested in Ascento

Ascento, a Swiss robotics company, has raised a $4.3 million funding round led by Wingman Ventures and Playfair to roll out its latest autonomous security patrolling robot to tackle the global security guard personnel shortage Ascento fits into our thesis that robotics is a multi-decade trend to watch: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith1/2023/09/18/5-reasons-robotics-is-the-next-multi-decade-trend-to-watch/?sh=3009c8ae1287

Venture Capital

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Why we invested in Ascento
Why we invested in Ascento
Venture Capital

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Playfair Blog

·Apr 26

“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Grzegorz Marecki @ Continuum Industries

This is the twentieth in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio who share their entrepreneurial journey. We first invested in Continuum Industries, an AI driven, cloud-based optioneering platform that dramatically accelerates the development of linear infrastructure, in 2020. Since then…

Venture Capital

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“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Grzegorz Marecki @ Continuum Industries
“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Grzegorz Marecki @ Continuum Industries
Venture Capital

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Playfair Blog

·Apr 3

“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Rayna Patel @ Vinehealth

This is the nineteenth in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio who share their entrepreneurial journey. We first invested in Vinehealth, a global oncology platform combining behavioural science and AI to deliver scalable personalised care and resarch, in 2019. Since…

Venture Capital

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“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Rayna Patel @ Vinehealth
“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Rayna Patel @ Vinehealth
Venture Capital

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Playfair Blog

·Mar 8

Playfair Capital announces Edition 9 of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours

Edition 9 of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours is a key milestone for Europe’s largest diversity led founder initiative This event will bring together over 300 female founders and 165 VCs from some of the world’s leading funds The latest funding data shows that over £600m has been raised by…

Venture Capital

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Playfair Capital announces Edition 9 of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours
Playfair Capital announces Edition 9 of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours
Venture Capital

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Playfair Blog

·Jan 25

Lifting the lid Part 2: How the Playfair team got into Venture Capital

TL;DR We know that our industry can be somewhat opaque. We were overwhelmed by the interest in our first Lifting the lid post back in April 2021 so in Part 2 three more members of the team reveal the story behind how they landed their role at Playfair. …

Venture Capital

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Lifting the lid Part 2: How the Playfair team got into Venture Capital
Lifting the lid Part 2: How the Playfair team got into Venture Capital
Venture Capital

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Playfair Blog

·Jan 18

Why we invested in Kuai Commerce

Kuai Commerce has raised $2.4m from Playfair, Haatch Ventures, Portfolio Ventures, Unbundled VC and industry angels for its social commerce solution for brands entering China’s $1.7tn ecommerce market. How it all started Jonny Plein, co-founder of Kuai Commerce, was introduced to me by Joe Bond at PROfounders (thanks Joe 🙏). …

China

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Why we invested in Kuai Commerce
Why we invested in Kuai Commerce
China

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Playfair Blog

·Dec 13, 2022

Ten highlights from 2022

TL;DR Pride is the overwhelming emotion I have at the end of another 12 months. Our founders have achieved incredible things, not least raising over $570m in very challenging markets. Their dedication, perseverance and refusal to accept the popular negative narrative are truly inspiring. #1 Growing the team After an…

Venture Capital

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Ten highlights from 2022
Ten highlights from 2022
Venture Capital

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·Nov 9, 2022

“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Conor Sheridan @ Nory

This is the eighteenth in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio who share their entrepreneurial journey. We first invested in Nory, an AI driven smart operating system for the hospitality industry, in 2021. Since then, the company has experienced tremendous…

Startup

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“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Conor Sheridan @ Nory
“8 Questions with Playfair” ft. Conor Sheridan @ Nory
Startup

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