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Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First portfolio

Entrepreneur First has 553 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: joinef.com.

X: @join_ef.

Type: Accelerator.

Portfolio on Recent Funding: 553.

Deals, last 12 months: 2.

Capital in their rounds: $2.35M.

Latest deal: ByteAsk · Sep 24, 2026.

About this page

It is an accelerator based in Bengaluru, IN, founded in 2011. Its most recent investment on record is ByteAsk's $1M Pre-seed round in September 2026, alongside Y Combinator. By category, its portfolio leans toward Health and bio (123) and Manufacturing and industrial (72). It has co-invested with Y Combinator, Transpose Platform Management and Id4 ventures.

About Entrepreneur First

Firm type: Accelerator.

Headquarters: Bengaluru, IN.

Founded: 2011.

Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Sectors: AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.

Check size: $1M to $7M.

Leads rounds: No.

Portfolio companies: 538.

Exits: 46.

Rounds led: 22.

What Entrepreneur First invests in

Health and bio · 123 · 22%
Manufacturing and industrial · 72 · 13%
Commerce and retail · 45 · 8%
Climate and energy · 45 · 8%
Fintech · 44 · 8%
Sales and marketing · 39 · 7%
Consumer and social · 35 · 6%
Robotics and hardware · 34 · 6%

Entrepreneur First recent investments

Company	Round	Date	Alongside
BByteAsk	Pre-seed · $1M	Sep 24, 2026	Y Combinator (lead)
OOmnibook	Pre-seed · $250K	Sep 8, 2026	Transpose Platform Management
GGensyn	Pre-seed · $1.1M	Jan 1, 2021	Id4 ventures, 7percent Ventures (lead), Counterview Capital (lead)

How Entrepreneur First invests

Stage	Deals	Capital in rounds
round	551 99%	undisclosed
Pre-seed	3 <1%	$2.35M

Year	Deals	Capital in rounds
2021	1 <1%	$1.1M
2026	2 <1%	$1.25M

Entrepreneur First portfolio companies 553 companies, page 1 of 3

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Company	Round with Entrepreneur First	Total raised	Latest raise
BByteAsk Developer tools and cloud	Sep 24, 2026 Pre-seed · $1M	$1.5M	Sep 24, 2026 Pre-seed
OOmnibook Prediction markets	Sep 8, 2026 Pre-seed · $250K	$250K	Sep 8, 2026 Pre-seed
GGensyn AI infrastructure and compute	Jan 1, 2021 Pre-seed · $1.1M	$50.6M	May 4, 2026 Series A
KKeyframe Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
RRepresent Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
FFortephy	round	undisclosed	—
SSummations Education	round	undisclosed	—
PPeripheral Labs Media and content	round	undisclosed	—
MMavrx	round	undisclosed	—
LLynceus Manufacturing and industrial	round	undisclosed	—
BBluevia Health Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
LLeif Stablecoins	round	undisclosed	—
EEliot AI Legal and compliance	round	undisclosed	—
PParacosmic Gaming	round	undisclosed	—
EEyePick Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
FFlippit Media and content	round	undisclosed	—
CCalipsa Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	—
NNivoda Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
SSelerio Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
AAvocarrot Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
BBirkeland	round	undisclosed	—
AA&B Smart Materials Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
TTranscelestial Developer tools and cloud	round	undisclosed	—
OOptimal Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
AArctas	round	undisclosed	—
MMimica AI agents	round	undisclosed	—
VVula	round	undisclosed	—
LLegalAI Legal and compliance	round	undisclosed	—
FFattastic Technologies Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
TTracelight Fintech	round	$3.6M	Aug 6, 2025 Seed
FFloworks AI agents	round	$500K	—
RRightHand	round	undisclosed	—
OOpply Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
TThalya Climate and energy	round	undisclosed	—
Zzeroheight Developer tools and cloud	round	undisclosed	—
TTetsuwan Scientific Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
TTrussle Fintech	round	undisclosed	—
RRC Labs Climate and energy	round	undisclosed	—
OOmnea Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
QQritive Health and bio	round	$7.5M	Jan 9, 2023 round
BBellum Systems Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
AAVAYL Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
LLeakmited Climate and energy	round	undisclosed	—
OOchre Bio Health and bio	round	undisclosed	Oct 10, 2022 Series A
AAtlas Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	Aug 6, 2026 Seed
Nniostem Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
Bbryo Manufacturing and industrial	round	undisclosed	—
WWorldOver Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	Oct 8, 2023 Seed
PPowerhouse AI Logistics and mobility	round	$500K	—
AAutoset	round	undisclosed	—
PPentaBind Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
HHanomi AI agents	round	$3M	Mar 18, 2025 Seed
AAsymmetric Security Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	—
Ssensmore	round	undisclosed	—
NnPlan Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
QQFlow Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
SSynthera AI Fintech	round	undisclosed	—
MMultiply	round	$9.5M	Mar 18, 2026 round
AAgileRL	round	undisclosed	—
SSpenny Fintech	round	undisclosed	—
MMagnestar Defense and security	round	undisclosed	—
FFairphonic Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
MMorta Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
FFabricNano Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
LLemrock Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
CChattermill	round	undisclosed	—
RReach Industries Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
CCodeAnt AI AI agents	round	$2.5M	May 7, 2025 Seed
MMycro Harvest Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
CCheMastery Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
PPanakeia Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
LLoopPerfect	round	undisclosed	—
TThe Bland Company Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
KKrosslinker Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
PPhasio Logistics and mobility	round	undisclosed	—
ZZebracat Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
CCaelus Tech Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
PPreWarp Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
QQuantShip Data and analytics	round	undisclosed	—
Tthymia Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
HHarlow Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
CCatalon Manufacturing and industrial	round	undisclosed	—
EEx Sentient	round	undisclosed	—
AAirboxr	round	undisclosed	—
Ppayper Stablecoins	round	undisclosed	—
TTacit Intelligence	round	undisclosed	—
MMutable Tactics Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
CContineu Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
CCrane Biosciences Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
SSequestr Climate and energy	round	undisclosed	—
QQzense Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
KKortix AI	round	undisclosed	—
HHushl Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
CCheffer Fintech	round	undisclosed	—
SShareID Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	Mar 18, 2025 Seed
RRessl AI	round	$500K	—
SSee-Mode Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
AAxiom Therapeutics Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
BBlazar Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
RRencom Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
AAudiogen Media and content	round	undisclosed	—
PPave Fintech	round	undisclosed	—
SShiok Meats Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
TTORTUS Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
AAerska Health and bio	round	$60M	Feb 9, 2026 Series A
LLumi Space Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
HHydroleap Climate and energy	round	$4.75M	Jul 30, 2025 round
BBriefcase	round	undisclosed	—
DDeltaBlock	round	undisclosed	—
UUpside Robotics	round	$7.5M	Feb 12, 2026 Seed
AAppstack	round	undisclosed	—
CCarnot Innovations Climate and energy	round	undisclosed	—
SScalia Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
DDishpatch Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
SSubconscious Compute Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	—
SSpeakSet Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
AAMT Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
MMoonsift Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
Ppleasefix.ai	round	undisclosed	—
MMitra Bio Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
IIridium Fintech	round	undisclosed	—
Qquso.ai Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
AAllozymes Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
NNeurobit Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
LLucent	round	undisclosed	—
CCode Kingdoms Education	round	undisclosed	—
IInteractionLabs Consumer and social	round	undisclosed	—
TTeora Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
QQuack AI	round	undisclosed	—
GGeneral Reasoning Education	round	undisclosed	—
OOxels Fintech	round	undisclosed	—
IIsochronic Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	—
MMetaschool Education	round	undisclosed	—
SSteadwing	round	undisclosed	—
SSyn2core Logistics and mobility	round	undisclosed	—
CCarbon Matter Climate and energy	round	undisclosed	Feb 22, 2026 Pre-seed
SStrala Insurance	round	undisclosed	—
FFleetcraft Defense and security	round	undisclosed	—
LLemnis Manufacturing and industrial	round	undisclosed	—
WWexler AI agents	round	$5.3M	Sep 23, 2025 Seed
HHelmGuard AI Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	—
DDeep Marketer	round	undisclosed	—
Kkyron.bio Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
AAmbra Compute Developer tools and cloud	round	undisclosed	—
AAriana.dev	round	undisclosed	—
WWild.AI Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
MMedios Technologies Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
SSixSense Manufacturing and industrial	round	undisclosed	—
RRama Manufacturing and industrial	round	undisclosed	—
CCrypto Quantique Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	—
MMerkle Science Crypto x AI	round	undisclosed	—
HHertzwell Logistics and mobility	round	undisclosed	—
TTacit Machines	round	undisclosed	—
KKinexcs Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
BBioponics Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
DDavis Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
SSensorFlow Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
EEzzayo	round	undisclosed	—
MMetomic Cybersecurity	round	undisclosed	—
FFinni Health Health and bio	round	$500K	Jun 13, 2023 Seed
EExpertia AI HR and recruiting	round	undisclosed	—
KKyber	round	undisclosed	—
LLucentia Stablecoins	round	undisclosed	—
BBrushless Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
FFaction Manufacturing and industrial	round	undisclosed	—
IINFR AI Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
VVivid Machines Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
FFreshflow Commerce and retail	round	undisclosed	—
AAllium Bio Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
CCatapult	round	undisclosed	—
DD-Nome Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
OOmini Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
KKinetix Gaming	round	$11M	May 4, 2022 Seed
LLokantara Space Robotics and hardware	round	undisclosed	—
EEngine	round	undisclosed	—
SSpore.Bio Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
UUnitary ZK and privacy	round	undisclosed	—
AAequa Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
SStead	round	undisclosed	—
AAureon Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
SSpidfier	round	undisclosed	—
NNeuroSonic Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
MMaaind	round	undisclosed	—
AArc Health and bio	round	undisclosed	Aug 4, 2026 Seed
CClarenAI Legal and compliance	round	undisclosed	—
DDeepSpin Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
LLightHearted AI Stablecoins	round	undisclosed	—
BBelidor Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
JJackett Education	round	$1M	Sep 11, 2022 Seed
BBKwai Real estate and construction	round	undisclosed	—
TThe Personal AI Company Consumer and social	round	undisclosed	—
EExogene Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
PPragma Developer tools and cloud	round	$12.75M	Mar 11, 2025 round
HHyphenbox	round	undisclosed	—
AAmayu Health Health and bio	round	undisclosed	—
VVadoo AI Sales and marketing	round	undisclosed	—
VVelsa Legal and compliance	round	undisclosed	—
AAmeba Logistics and mobility	round	undisclosed	—
AAdaface	round	undisclosed	—
KKorda Media and content	round	undisclosed	—

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How this is counted

Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Share is of the 554 rounds on Recent Funding that name Entrepreneur First. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Entrepreneur First, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/entrepreneur-first (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.