Entrepreneur First isn’t an accelerator. We don’t invest in pre-existing companies or teams.
We select individuals we recognise to have huge founder potential, and bring them together to build globally ambitious startups.
Every one of our founders is hand-chosen for their skills, behaviours and potential. If you’re one of them, we’ll give you the ideal environment to trial co-founding partnerships, and test ideas at a rapid pace. We’ll cover your living costs while you do it. We’ll give you access to a global network of founders, advisors and investors.
If we believe the company you build has the potential to succeed at scale, we’ll invest.
It’s intense, it’s challenging, it’ll be the fastest you ever learn in your life. But our most successful founders create US$1M a week in value – so if you succeed, it’s worth it.
The programme is divided into two main stages: ‘Form’, our flagship programme for finding a co-founder and developing an idea from scratch, and ‘Launch’, to accelerate and grow your company to global success. We offer multiple different pathways through these programmes, depending on your stage, location and specialism:
Core – running in London, and Paris in Autumn 2023
Our flagship programme for the world’s most exceptional people to build the next big technology companies. Sector agnostic, with opportunities to build in industries including healthcare, commerce, b2b, b2c, finance and biotechnology.
Graduate – runs in Bangalore, Berlin, London, New York and Paris
For recent students and graduates. Contains an additional pre-programme to immerse yourself in the startup world. Sector agnostic.
web3 – runs in London
For founders who want to build in web3.
Climate – runs in London
For founders who want to build a company tackling climate change.
