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We are thrilled to launch Edition 13 of Female Founder Office Hours🚀 If you're a woman founder that fits the below criteria, please do apply before March 12th: 🌱Inception to Series A 💻Tech company 🌎Europe HQ 👩‍🦰Women-led Apply here: playfaircapital.typeform.com…
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We are thrilled to announce our latest investment into Astral Systems Co-founders Talmon Firestone and Tom Wallace-Smith are pushing the boundaries of what science thought possible It is a pleasure to co-lead this £4.5M round alongside @speedinvest and industry experts
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Astral is building compact, modular nuclear fusion reactors leveraging a technological breakthrough from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and applying it to commercially-proven reactor technology 📰Full announcement here : techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/co…

Could this startup's compact nuclear reactors revolutionize cancer detection? | TechCrunch

As cancer rates in the West, and globally, tack upwards due to lifestyle and environmental pollution, so does the need for the nuclear isotopes used in

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Huge congratulations to the @ravelinhq team on their acquisition by @Worldpay_Global 🤝 We first backed Ravelin at pre-seed in Playfair's Fund 1, led the Series A and followed in subsequent rounds This acquisition will take the product to the next level on a global scale 🚀
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Full announcement: ravelin.com/blog/ravelin-wor…

Worldpay to acquire Ravelin, a leading AI-native fraud prevention platform

Ravelin’s next-generation fraud prevention solutions complement and enhance Worldpay’s portfolio of solutions, delivering more value to customers and accelerating ecommerce growth.

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We are thrilled to announce that we co-led Refute's $2.9 million pre-seed round with Episode 1 Ventures alongside Notion Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Ventures Together💪 Read about why we invested in Refute here: medium.com/playfair-capital-… 📰 techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/as…

Why we invested in Refute

We’ve invested in Refute to protect organisations by detecting and responding to disinformation at speed

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Last week @goyaso_uk broke their livestreaming sales record, hitting 6-figure sales in under 5 minutes🚀 YASO collaborated with Dong Jie, a huge Chinese celebrity, to promote brand partner Cowshed’s products
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Cowshed launched in the Chinese market less than 6 weeks ago, so to land such a high-profile livestreamer is a huge win for the team! Congrats on this amazing brand-building moment 🙌 #ecommerce #tech #china
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Last week, @aerocloudsys celebrated the replacement of another legacy passenger processing solution in one of the UK's biggest Airports 🚀 We are super excited about the momentum at @aerocloudsys , congrats team 🙌 #startups #tech #ai #aerospace #innovation #airport
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What a year 2024 has been for the Playfair team! 🤑In a challenging funding environment, our founders did an incredible job securing 6 follow-on rounds worth >$176m 💸We closed five new rounds ...and much more! Read the full blogpost here 👉 medium.com/playfair-capital-… #vc #tech
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We are so thrilled for the launch of Material Evolution's ultra-low carbon cement production plant in Wrexham, Wales 👏 This is a huge step towards Mevo's goal to reduce a gigatonne of carbon by 2040 🚀♻️ Read more here: materialevolution.com/ultra-… #startup #tech #greencement #vc
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Thrilled to see @StackOneHQ selected as one of the most loved companies on Welcome to the Jungle UK this year! They have stood out to top talent and have one of the strongest candidate application rates on the platform 💪 #api #ai #tech #startups #innovation #careers
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Are you looking to join a fast growing startup?🤔 There are 90 jobs open across the Playfair portfolio right now! 🚀 Check them out here 👉careers.playfair.vc/jobs Join our talent network here 👉careers.playfair.vc/talent-n… #startups #jobs #careers #tech
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And that's a wrap on our third edition of FFOH at @SlushHQ 🎉 Thank you to all the brilliant founders who participated, to the investors who gave their time and support, to our sponsors @Zendesk and @womentecheurope, and to @SlushHQ for co-hosting with us! #ffoh #vc #diversity
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Our very own Clare Zhang organised her first Tequila & Mezcal Tasting Night along with Boost Capital Partners 🙌. They spoke to the origins of mezcal and shared fun facts about tequila with a group of fellow investors as they sipped on varieties of the drink🍸 #vc #networking
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We are very excited to team up with @AntlerGlobal and @HoxtonVentures to support emerging talent at the upcoming Junior VC Networking Drinks on the 28th November! 🍹Register here: lu.ma/dxzcygq0 #vc #startups #earlycareers #networking #tech #investing #innovation
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📢Check out @RAEng_Hub #ShottScaleUp #Accelerator to help you scale your #tech or #engineering SME! What the programme offers: 📚Leadership training and coaching 🤝Connections, network and community 💰 £10k #grant Apply by 19 Nov ! enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/s…

Shott Scale Up Accelerator - Programme

Shott Scale Up Accelerator empowers senior leaders of engineering and tech SMEs with the leadership skills and insight they need to scale successfully.

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Last week, we hosted a breakfast for a small group of angels in our Playfair Angel Community ☕ We love to co-invest alongside angels, so if you’d like to be a part of our community, check it out here 👉playfair.vc/angels.php #vc #angelinvesting #startups #tech
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Edition 12 of FFOH is in the books!🚀 Last Thursday, 306 founders & 205 investors participated in 1,224 meetings over the course of three hours! Thank you to the investors who participated and to @msft4startups and @cartainc - your support enables us to do what we do🙏 #ffoh
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Pumped to see @asknory featured in @BusinessInsider and listed amongst their "40 pitch decks that landed funding from top tech investors" 🚀 Go team! Read the full article here 👉 businessinsider.com/ai-start…
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