Today, 36 hopeful startups graduate from Entrepreneur First’s founder matchmaking and incubator programme across cohorts in London, Paris and Berlin.
Analysis
September 16, 2021
In data: The Entrepreneur First portfolio
Sifted looks into the numbers around the startup incubator’s extensive global portfolio.
6 min read
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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