Playfair Capital

Playfair Capital is a London-based generalist venture capital firm focused on pre-seed technology investing across the UK and Europe. It pursues a high-conviction, low-volume approach, typically making six to eight investments per year and dedicating time and resources to help portfolio companies post-investment. Since its founding in 2013, Playfair Capital has backed more than 70 companies, spanning fintech, AI, software and beyond, including Thought Machine, Andela, Mapillary, Recycleye and Orca AI. The firm emphasizes early support and close founder collaboration to help companies scale.

Georgia Foster

Partner

Henrik Wetter Sanchez

Partner

Andrew Sheffield

Associate

Christopher Smith

Managing Partner

Jeevan Sunner

Principal

Joe Thornton

Partner

Past deals in Railways

Continuum Industries

Series A in 2023
Continuum Industries is an Edinburgh, United Kingdom-based provider of AI-powered design automation and optimization tools for infrastructure planning. The company's software helps engineers and planners design and evaluate infrastructure projects such as railways, roads, pipelines, and power lines, enabling visualization and analysis of routing options for power lines, cables, and pipelines. It offers enterprise software for infrastructure planning, including solutions for electricity transmission, renewables developers, and hydrogen networks. Core capabilities include design automation, workflow management, and data management, which together accelerate early-stage design work and automate existing engineering designs, reducing project risk and timelines.

Continuum Industries

Venture Round in 2022
Continuum Industries is an Edinburgh, United Kingdom-based provider of AI-powered design automation and optimization tools for infrastructure planning. The company's software helps engineers and planners design and evaluate infrastructure projects such as railways, roads, pipelines, and power lines, enabling visualization and analysis of routing options for power lines, cables, and pipelines. It offers enterprise software for infrastructure planning, including solutions for electricity transmission, renewables developers, and hydrogen networks. Core capabilities include design automation, workflow management, and data management, which together accelerate early-stage design work and automate existing engineering designs, reducing project risk and timelines.

Continuum Industries

Seed Round in 2020
Continuum Industries is an Edinburgh, United Kingdom-based provider of AI-powered design automation and optimization tools for infrastructure planning. The company's software helps engineers and planners design and evaluate infrastructure projects such as railways, roads, pipelines, and power lines, enabling visualization and analysis of routing options for power lines, cables, and pipelines. It offers enterprise software for infrastructure planning, including solutions for electricity transmission, renewables developers, and hydrogen networks. Core capabilities include design automation, workflow management, and data management, which together accelerate early-stage design work and automate existing engineering designs, reducing project risk and timelines.
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