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March 27, 2019

The wildest pitches of Entrepreneur First's London demo day

Entrepreneur First’s annual demo day is always a wild ride, as the “talent first” investor looks to find the next billion-euro disruptive startup.


One startup promised to "bring fermentation out of the stone age”. Another wanted to be the "first legitimate brand of plants”. A third claimed to be pioneering the idea of “bricklaying as a service”.

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