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📣 The Playfair portfolio is hiring 📣 If you're looking to break into the early stage startup world, some of the most innovative startups in Europe backed by Playfair are hiring across 60+ roles in 💻 Product 🤝 Sales 👥 Customer Success 💪 HR 🎨 Design 🛠 Engineering And more! For more information head to the Playfair website or check the link in the comments 👇 Don't find a suitable role? Register to join our Talent Network and you'll be notified when your ideal role pops up 📩 #venturecapital #vc #startups #hiring #recruiting #tech #jobs #careers #entrepreneurship

Ascento is making strides! Congratulations to Alessandro Morra and the whole Ascento team for picking up the W.A. De Vigier Stiftung award, one of the most prestigious startup awards in Switzerland 🏆 We are incredibly excited about Ascento’s mission to revolutionise security with robotics and AI This is just the beginning 🚀 #venturecapital #vc #startups #founders #tech #robotics #switzerland #dach

We are thrilled to announce that we have co-led Recurse ML's £2.5M funding round with our friends at Seedcamp 🚀 Jack Jackson and Armins Stepanjans are solving the painful and expensive problem of code maintenance, which accounts for around 30% of all software engineering time spent globally If you are looking to automate codebase maintenance, reach out to Jack and the team who are hiring and accepting early customers into a closed beta! To read more about why we invested in Recurse ML, check out our Medium article in the comments below 👇 #venturecapital #vc #startups #preseed #fundraising #tech #investing #ai #automation

🇫🇷 Female Founder Office Hours is Paris bound 🇫🇷 We are thrilled to be bringing the FFOH initiative in-person to the WVC:E Summit this October! Since its inception in 2019, we have run 11 virtual editions of FFOH and 3 in-person editions in Helsinki and Vienna at Slush and LTST We could not think of a better event than WVC:E to debut our first edition in Paris 🤝 We’ll be selecting our investor mentors for the initiative in August, so make sure to grab your ticket to the Summit before the end of July if you want the chance to be selected as a mentor Head to https://www.wvce.tech/ for tickets 🎟 #venturecapital #vc #startups #founders #investors #wvce #womenintech #investing

Curious about what it's like to work in VC? 🤔 Our very own Clare Zhang has pulled together her top 9 learnings from the last 18 months of being a tech investor at Playfair Check out the full medium blog in the comments below 👇 #venturecapital #vc #fundraising #startups #founders #technology #investing

Applications for the next Newton Venture Program cohorts are open 🙌 It's awesome to see all the fantastic work that the Newton Venture Program does for the VC ecosystem. They currently provide three programs: 1️⃣ Newton Fundamentals Program Supports the entry, onboarding, and development of early-career venture investors 👉 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eEhQJUjH 🗓 Deadline: 24th July 2024 2️⃣ Newton Fellowship Program Supports current investors looking to advance their careers 👉 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ey-UkXRr 🗓 Deadline: 3rd July 2024  3️⃣ Newton Foundations A free course ideal for anyone who is curious about VC 👉 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/erbnG-CH 🗓 Sign up anytime #venturecapital #vc #learning #training #development #innovation

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Playfair will be in Edinburgh from the 8th-10th of July 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Andrew Sheffield and Clare Zhang will be at Turing Fest next week! We are really excited by the thriving Scottish tech ecosystem (shoutout to Continuum Industries) so we can’t wait to meet more amazing founders in the area If you're going to be around, feel free to reach out to Andrew and Clare 👋 #vc #venturecapital #scotland #edinburgh #founders #startups #tech

🎤 New podcast alert 🎤 The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) invited Playfair's very own Simon Blakey to speak on LGBTQ+ issues within the VC and PE industry They covered a variety of important topics, including: ⚡ Top tips for firms to increase staff support ⚡ Senior buy-in within firms ⚡ The importance of building inclusive cultures ⚡ The importance of data and KPI metrics for representation ⚡ The strength found from facing adversity in personal and professional settings Check out the full podcast link in the comments below 👇 #venturecapital #vc #diversity #inclusion #podcast #bvca

We are buzzing to see Pangea Bio's feature in Maddyness 🤩 Last year, Sona Chandra, President and Co-Founder at Pangea Bio, participated in Playfair's Female Founder Office Hours - the largest diversity and inclusion initiative for founders in Europe - and was able to connect directly with investors through the Playfair network Since then, Pangea Bio have: 💰 Raised $15 million in funding 📈 Secured multiple non-dilutive grants 👥 Grown to a team of more than 25 people based across London and Berlin In Sona's words, FFOH “not only provided access to potential funding but also offered invaluable mentorship and guidance that significantly advanced our fundraising efforts” It is because of stories like Pangea Bio's that we will continue to do everything we can to support female founders and run FFOH Playfair is rooting for you Sona Chandra, Pangea Bio 🙌 Check out FFOH here: https://lnkd.in/eBCVpUFU #venturecapital #vc #womenintech #femalefounders #womeninbusiness #ffoh

Last week, we hosted our second event for the Playfair Angel Community in collaboration with Odin and Google Cloud 🙌 A bunch of angels and VCs from the UK ecosystem came together for an intimate fireside chat with Henry de Zoete and Alex Macdonald on their experiences having built and sold companies and invested collectively in over 150 startups 🚀 The Playfair Angel Community is an open-to-all community to support active angels anywhere in Europe You can register using the link in the comments to get access to: 🤝 Curated co-investment opportunities 🧠 Invitations to market updates and other educational events 👥 Invitations to our social events A huge thank you to all the angels who came along and to Google Cloud for hosting us at their offices 🙏 #venturecapital #vc #angelinvesting #startups #tech