Playfair Capital

About

Playfair Capital is a London-based venture firm that invests exclusively at pre-seed in startups across the UK and Europe, currently from its £57m Fund 3. It describes itself as a sector-agnostic, generalist technology investor that writes cheques of £100k to £1.5m, typically leads or co-leads rounds, and makes six investments a year. The firm reserves 60% of its fund for follow-on investment, can invest up to £5m per company through Series A, and runs an angel community open to active angel investors in Europe. Fintech companies in its portfolio include Thought Machine, Ravelin, Crypto Facilities, Numerai and Oradian.