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Talent investor Entrepreneur First leaves Singapore, consolidates globally

Claudia Chong

Claudia Chong

Published Tue, Nov 1, 2022 · 12:00 AM
    • Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford founded in Entrepreneur First in 2011, and chose Singapore as its first site to expand to outside its London homeground.
    • Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford founded in Entrepreneur First in 2011, and chose Singapore as its first site to expand to outside its London homeground. PHOTO: ENTREPRENEUR FIRST

    ENTREPRENEUR First (EF), which builds deep tech startups from scratch by matching aspiring entrepreneurs with each other, is pulling out after six years in Singapore as it looks to consolidate its global operations.

    EF, whose investors include LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, plans to operate in startup ecosystems where it can run multiple programmes concurrently. It has decided Singapore does not have the supply of talent to support that.

    In London, for instance, the company typically runs two cohorts each year but also recently added a programme designed for ventures focused on Web3, and another focused on climate tech.

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