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Playfair Capital (investor - Venture Capital)

United Kingdom playfaircapital.com
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Offices:London

Playfair Capital is a seed venture investment fund from London founded in 2011 by Federico Pirzio-Biroli and backing founding teams around the world, with a focus on the UK.

  • Playfair Capital was founded in 2011 by Federico Pirzio-Biroli, an Italian angel investor turned VC. 
  • Pirzio-Biroli re-located to Kenya shortly after, while the ops are managed by a team of 9 led by Chris Smith in London.
  • they fund pre-seed and seed deals in the UK and and Continental European, playing the Angel DNA differentiator card.
  • first fund closed in 2013, at $30 million, second in 2019, at $32 million, notably with Federico as sole LP.
  • in 2023, Playfair announced a third fund at $70 million targeting only six to eight investments per year.
Average round investment:9.56M USD
Average number per year:6.4
Distribution: 2025 (7)2024 (7)2023 (13)2022 (10)2021 (12) See the entire list
Portfolio companies: United Kingdom YasoIreland NoryUnited Kingdom Those Beyond See the entire list
Mostly invests in: United Kingdom United Kingdom (53) Software Services (57)
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