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Entrepreneur First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch.
We believe a few people have the potential to build companies that will shape the future beyond our imagination.
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Reid Hoffman
Cofounder, LinkedIn & Inflection AI
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Reid is a partner at Greylock, who work with entrepreneurs to build market-transforming companies. Their portfolio includes Facebook, AirBnB, Dropbox and Entrepreneur First. Reid currently serves on the Entrepreneur First board. He also hosts the Masters of Scale podcast and is the co-author of four best-selling books - Blitzscaling, The StartUp of You, The Alliance, and Masters of Scale.
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John Collison
Cofounder & President, Stripe
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Prior to Stripe, John cofounded Auctomatic, which was acquired by Live Current Media for $5 million in March 2008. Originally from Limerick, Ireland, John splits his time between San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland.
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Sara Clemens
COO, Whatnot
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Prior to Twitch, Sara was COO at Pandora. Her efforts in the music industry placed Sara on Billboard’s coveted list of Most Powerful Women in Music in 2015 and 2016. She holds an MA with honors from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
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Patrick Collison
Cofounder & CEO, Stripe
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Prior to Stripe, Patrick cofounded Auctomatic, which was acquired by Live Current Media for $5 million in March 2008. In 2016, he was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Obama. Originally from Limerick, Ireland, Patrick now lives in San Francisco.
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Tom Blomfield
Group Partner, Y Combinator
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He is now a group partner at Y Combinator.
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Noor Shaker
Cofounder, Glamorous AI
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She holds a PhD from the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) in Machine Learning and is the winner of multiple best papers and grants during her academic career.
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Claire Hughes Johnson
Corporate Officer & Advisor, Stripe
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Prior to Stripe, Claire spent ten years at Google, where she led various business teams including overseeing aspects of Gmail, Google Apps, and consumer operations. She also served as a vice president for Adwords online sales and operations, Google Offers, and Google's self-driving car project.
Claire has a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and an MBA from Yale. Claire currently serves on the boards of Ameresco, The Atlantic, Aurora Innovation, and HubSpot.
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Zoe Jervier Hewitt
Talent Director, Sequoia Capital
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Zoe studied History of Art at the University of Oxford, is a qualified coach, and is passionate about developing and diversifying the tech leadership landscape.
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Demis Hassabis
Cofounder & CEO, Deepmind
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Prior to Deepmind, Demis completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, was the founder and CEO of Elixir Studios, and completed a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from University College London. His research on memory and imagination was listed in the top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2007.
![zehan-b_w Zehan Wang - headshot](https://www.joinef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zehan-b_w.jpg 500w, https://www.joinef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zehan-b_w.jpg 500w)
Zehan Wang
Cofounder & CTO, Magic Pony Technology (acq. Twitter)
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Zehan holds a PhD in Computer Vision and Biomedical Image Analysis from Imperial University in London.
Meet our Alumni
Tractable
Tractable
Venkat Sathyamurthy
CEO
Razvan Ranca
CTO
AI for accident and disaster recovery.
Funded By:
Sonantic
Sonantic
John Flynn
CTO
Zeena Qureshi
CEO
Building the world's most expressive and realistic artificial voices.
Exited To:
Magdrive
Magdrive
Mark Stokes
CEO
Thomas Clayson
CTO
Next generation satellite propulsion.
Funded By:
Neptune
Neptune
Elizabeth Chan
CEO
Jacky Im
CTO
Robotic cleaning for the shipping industry.
Funded By:
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We identify and invest in exceptional individuals. Individuals with enormous potential, insatiable curiosity, and an impatience for impact.
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