TL;DR The investment terms we offer are intended to ensure long lasting alignment with our founders and be fairly balanced. We actively avoid short term thinking, complex financial engineering and a nickel-and-dime mindset. Some Background Waiting to receive a term sheet is an anxiety inducing time. And when it finally lands in…

This is the fourteenth 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 Tray.io, the global leader in low-code automation, in 2015. Since then, the company has experienced incredible growth, winning numerous Fortune…

This is the thirteenth 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 Sprout.ai, AI powered claims automation for insurers, in 2018. Since then, the company has experienced rapid growth, winning big name…

This is the twelfth 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 Thought Machine, a core banking software provider, in 2016. Since then, the company has experienced tremendous growth, winning household name…

TL;DR At our offsite towards the end of last year, we spent a lot of time thinking about the experience founders have when they submit their decks via our website. We’d previously streamlined the submission form, but realised that there was still more we could do to optimise the experience. So what exactly do we invest in? …

TL;DR What an extraordinary year! Still not exactly back to normal, but it’s been brilliant to spend more time together in the office with the team and to see founders face-to-face far more often. …

This is the tenth in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio who share their entrepreneurial journey. We first met Matt Wilson and his co-founder Guenther on March 9th, 2020 at our offices in Central London. The very next day, the…

Playfair Capital, Tech Nation & Google for Startups join forces for the sixth edition of their Female Founder Office Hours initiative This event will be the largest yet, with over 300 female founders and 120 VCs from some of the world’s leading funds Data from the previous five events shows…

TL;DR Henrik Wetter Sanchez has been promoted to Principal 🎉 and Andrew Sheffield has joined the team as an Analyst 🤝 Associate -> Principal Henrik joined Playfair on 11 February 2019 as our first Associate for Fund II. Banking’s loss was venture’s gain and his progress in the past 2 1/2 years has…