Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First Operations Limited is a London-based accelerator that focuses on seed funding for technology startups. Established in 2011, the firm operates in various locations including Singapore, Berlin, Paris, Bangalore, and Hong Kong. Entrepreneur First specializes in supporting individuals who are "pre-team, pre-idea," selecting applicants based solely on technical talent. The firm offers a six-month program designed to provide essential support during the critical early stages of startup development. Participants receive a stipend for three months, with varying amounts depending on the location. Entrepreneur First aims to develop approximately 30 participants in each cohort and typically takes a 10 percent equity stake in the startups it funds. The firm has successfully launched over 100 startups, collectively valued at over $1 billion, and is backed by prominent investors such as Y Combinator and Index Ventures.

Michael Baumgartner

Founder - Cohort BE7

Clémence Bellanger

Principal, Paris

Alice Bentinck

CPO and Co-Founder

Jonny Clifford

Partner and General Partner, London

Matt Clifford

Co-Founder and CEO

Philipp Herkelmann

Partner and General Manager

Elspeth Lawson

Partner and Deputy CPO

Chris Mairs

Venture Partner

Venkat Raju

Venture Partner

Rahul Samat

Partner and General Manager, Banglore

Tom Shinner

Partner and COO

Past deals in Image Recognition

Ailiverse

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ailiverse Text2AI AutoDL platform automates deep learning model development with only 1% of the data for training, in a 10X faster speed, and requires zero technical AI expertise from users.

Expertia AI

Seed Round in 2022
Expertia AI is a company that specializes in developing an AI-powered hiring platform aimed at enhancing recruitment processes. The platform utilizes advanced technologies, including deep learning and natural language processing, to effectively predict the best candidates for specific job roles. It aggregates candidate information from various job boards, systematically ranking and scoring applications based on their suitability for particular job descriptions. By employing a machine learning algorithm that offers explanations for its assessments, Expertia AI enables businesses to streamline their hiring practices, allowing them to concentrate on creating value and expanding job opportunities.

Lytehouse

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a real-time video intelligence software designed to filter and provide proprietary risk detection analysis of video feeds. The company's platform turns fragmented, low-quality data points from existing security sensors into a single feed of intelligent alerts that we bake into the products and services of customers (telcos, insurance, and security companies) and offers real-time detection viable in any environment, optimizes existing hardware and removes setup costs and increases operator capacity with a reduction in false alarms, enabling clients to increase their operator bandwidth and improve their quality of service with targeted threat management.

EyePick

Seed Round in 2021
EyePick specializes in automating manual tasks across various industries, including food, logistics, retail, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals, through the use of vision-guided robots and advanced machine-learning technologies. The company develops robotic systems that can see, understand, and interact with their environment, allowing for efficient automation of tasks such as pick and drop, pick and place, bin picking, and sorting. By providing these innovative automation solutions, EyePick helps businesses streamline their operations and enhance productivity, reducing reliance on manual labor in critical processes.

NeuroPixel.AI

Seed Round in 2021
NeuroPixel is a deep-tech platform focused on apparel cataloging.NeuroPixel.AI's proprietary DeepNet framework not just simplifies this process, but also makes it cost-effective.

NeuroPixel.AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
NeuroPixel is a deep-tech platform focused on apparel cataloging.NeuroPixel.AI's proprietary DeepNet framework not just simplifies this process, but also makes it cost-effective.

Expertia AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Expertia AI is a company that specializes in developing an AI-powered hiring platform aimed at enhancing recruitment processes. The platform utilizes advanced technologies, including deep learning and natural language processing, to effectively predict the best candidates for specific job roles. It aggregates candidate information from various job boards, systematically ranking and scoring applications based on their suitability for particular job descriptions. By employing a machine learning algorithm that offers explanations for its assessments, Expertia AI enables businesses to streamline their hiring practices, allowing them to concentrate on creating value and expanding job opportunities.

Retail Pulse

Seed Round in 2020
Built for FMCG companies and Retailers in developing markets. Our image recognition technology detects every product and company asset inside each store. This results in real-time shelf analytics such as the share of shelf, in-store execution compliance, and competition insights.

Retail Pulse

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Built for FMCG companies and Retailers in developing markets. Our image recognition technology detects every product and company asset inside each store. This results in real-time shelf analytics such as the share of shelf, in-store execution compliance, and competition insights.

Verchable

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Verchable Limited operates as an AI company that uses computer vision to understand videos. It generates automatic metadata tags for users’ videos that helps user to understand what content, objects, and actions are present within their videos. Its technology detects people, places, and actions within videos. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

UpStride

Seed Round in 2020
UpStride is a developer of an application programming interface (API) platform aimed at enhancing deep learning performance specifically in the field of computer vision. The platform leverages advanced techniques from signal processing and performance computing to extract valuable information from images. By doing so, it enables clients to significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their artificial intelligence algorithms while utilizing less data. This approach allows organizations to achieve better results in image analysis and related applications, making UpStride a key player in the intersection of AI and computer vision.

Lytehouse

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Developer of a real-time video intelligence software designed to filter and provide proprietary risk detection analysis of video feeds. The company's platform turns fragmented, low-quality data points from existing security sensors into a single feed of intelligent alerts that we bake into the products and services of customers (telcos, insurance, and security companies) and offers real-time detection viable in any environment, optimizes existing hardware and removes setup costs and increases operator capacity with a reduction in false alarms, enabling clients to increase their operator bandwidth and improve their quality of service with targeted threat management.

EyePick

Pre Seed Round in 2019
EyePick specializes in automating manual tasks across various industries, including food, logistics, retail, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals, through the use of vision-guided robots and advanced machine-learning technologies. The company develops robotic systems that can see, understand, and interact with their environment, allowing for efficient automation of tasks such as pick and drop, pick and place, bin picking, and sorting. By providing these innovative automation solutions, EyePick helps businesses streamline their operations and enhance productivity, reducing reliance on manual labor in critical processes.

SixSense

Seed Round in 2019
SixSense is an AI-powered industrial visual inspection platform for smarter manufacturing. SixSense uses cutting-edge technologies in the field of AI such as deep learning and computer vision to automatically identify defects on the manufacturing floor. They are building the future of self-intelligent factories by enabling automation for image-based industrial applications.

Ai Palette

Seed Round in 2019
Ai Palette is world’s first Artificial Intelligence platform for FMCG Product Innovation. Ai Palette creates winning product concepts in line with a brand’s personality & its existing product portfolio. It does this by garnering insights from millions of digital conversations and coupling them with the company data to create product concepts which addresses the unmet needs of consumers.

Unitary

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Unitary Ltd is a company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, that specializes in developing artificial intelligence software aimed at enhancing online safety. Founded in 2019, the company utilizes graph-based technology and computer vision models to analyze and interpret the context of videos and visual content uploaded to the Internet. By leveraging this advanced AI, Unitary enables clients to detect and flag harmful or inappropriate content effectively, fostering a safer online environment for users. The company's focus is on providing context-aware solutions that allow organizations to take proactive measures in protecting their communities from online threats.

UpStride

Pre Seed Round in 2019
UpStride is a developer of an application programming interface (API) platform aimed at enhancing deep learning performance specifically in the field of computer vision. The platform leverages advanced techniques from signal processing and performance computing to extract valuable information from images. By doing so, it enables clients to significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their artificial intelligence algorithms while utilizing less data. This approach allows organizations to achieve better results in image analysis and related applications, making UpStride a key player in the intersection of AI and computer vision.

Ai Palette

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Ai Palette is world’s first Artificial Intelligence platform for FMCG Product Innovation. Ai Palette creates winning product concepts in line with a brand’s personality & its existing product portfolio. It does this by garnering insights from millions of digital conversations and coupling them with the company data to create product concepts which addresses the unmet needs of consumers.

AIMLedge

Seed Round in 2018
AIMLedge Pte. Ltd., founded in 2018 and based in Singapore, develops a software platform that automates the creation and deployment of customized deep learning software for edge devices across various brands and computing capabilities. The company focuses on providing optimized solutions for low-end commodity cameras, significantly reducing development time by up to 80% and facilitating plug-and-play deployment. AIMLedge's platform supports deep learning-based video analytics applications, enabling businesses to analyze in-store customer preferences and buying patterns. This capability helps organizations assess the effectiveness of their visual merchandising and marketing strategies, aiming to make advanced AI and IoT accessible to businesses of all sizes and industries.

AimBrain

Series A in 2017
AimBrain is a mobile biometrics platform that specializes in anomaly detection and behavioral biometrics to enhance security in digital interactions. The company offers three active biometric authentication modules designed to prevent fraudulent account creation, detect account takeovers, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards such as KYC, AML, and PSD2. In May 2018, AimBrain introduced AimBrain On Demand, a free dashboard for developers that provides 1,000 complimentary API calls for facial, voice, or video/audio authentication each month. This initiative aims to democratize access to robust authentication solutions. AimBrain's technology is based on a proprietary portfolio of active and passive modules, supported by patented processes and ensemble learning techniques, which enable it to identify fraud that other systems may miss. Its clientele includes top-tier banks, wealth management firms, cloud service providers, and various tech and fintech organizations.

Calipsa

Seed Round in 2016
Calipsa Limited is a company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in an artificial intelligence-powered video monitoring platform utilizing deep learning software models. Founded in 2016, Calipsa's platform processes and analyzes extensive video feeds to provide alerts and detailed reports for various applications, including traffic enforcement, road accidents, and public disturbances. The system enables users to send alarms from cameras to Calipsa's cloud servers, where it detects human motion and forwards valid alerts for visual verification by monitoring station operators. Key features of the platform include health checks, site scheduling, camera management, and support for PTZ and video loss. Calipsa's solution enhances operator efficiency, reduces installation costs, and leverages existing camera infrastructure, making it a valuable tool for modern video surveillance needs.

Calipsa

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Calipsa Limited is a company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in an artificial intelligence-powered video monitoring platform utilizing deep learning software models. Founded in 2016, Calipsa's platform processes and analyzes extensive video feeds to provide alerts and detailed reports for various applications, including traffic enforcement, road accidents, and public disturbances. The system enables users to send alarms from cameras to Calipsa's cloud servers, where it detects human motion and forwards valid alerts for visual verification by monitoring station operators. Key features of the platform include health checks, site scheduling, camera management, and support for PTZ and video loss. Calipsa's solution enhances operator efficiency, reduces installation costs, and leverages existing camera infrastructure, making it a valuable tool for modern video surveillance needs.

Kheiron

Seed Round in 2016
Kheiron Medical Technologies Limited develops Mia, a mammography intelligent assessment tool that helps radiologists to detect breast cancer. Kheiron Medical Technologies Limited was formerly known as Maesterai Limited and changed its name to Kheiron Medical Technologies Limited in June 2016. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional location in San Francisco, California.

Keypla

Seed Round in 2016
Keypla is automating human valuations using computer vision and machine learning.

Innersight

Seed Round in 2015
Innersight is a UK-based company that specializes in developing innovative software designed to assist surgeons in visualizing cancerous tumors more effectively. Their technology transforms 2D scans, such as those from kidney imaging, into detailed 3D models that can be accessed on a surgeon's laptop. This machine-aided technique enhances the surgeon's ability to identify the precise location of tumors, facilitating improved decision-making during surgical procedures. By providing a clearer visual representation of the tumor's position, Innersight aims to enhance surgical outcomes and ultimately contribute to better patient care.

AimBrain

Seed Round in 2014
AimBrain is a mobile biometrics platform that specializes in anomaly detection and behavioral biometrics to enhance security in digital interactions. The company offers three active biometric authentication modules designed to prevent fraudulent account creation, detect account takeovers, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards such as KYC, AML, and PSD2. In May 2018, AimBrain introduced AimBrain On Demand, a free dashboard for developers that provides 1,000 complimentary API calls for facial, voice, or video/audio authentication each month. This initiative aims to democratize access to robust authentication solutions. AimBrain's technology is based on a proprietary portfolio of active and passive modules, supported by patented processes and ensemble learning techniques, which enable it to identify fraud that other systems may miss. Its clientele includes top-tier banks, wealth management firms, cloud service providers, and various tech and fintech organizations.

Magic Pony Technology

Venture Round in 2014
Delivering advanced video upscaling, compression and enhancement technologies built on novel machine learning & computer vision research with 5+ patents pending. Magic Pony Technology's world-class R&D team has gained 30+ yrs combined research experience at Imperial College, King's College & UCL, 100+ publications in major international conferences & journals and 300+ citations from institutions such as Harvard, CMU and Microsoft Research.
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