Playfair Capital (investor - Venture Capital)

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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:9.57M USD

Average number per year:6.1

Distribution: 2026 (1)2025 (9)2024 (7)2023 (13)2022 (10) See the entire list

Portfolio companies: United Kingdom

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