Events

Join us for an exciting networking event: "Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship" hosted by 

. This exclusive gathering is dedicated to women interested in the entrepreneurial world, creating connections and insights within the tech and entrepreneurship landscape.

This will be the opportunity to immerse yourself in an engaging roundtable discussion featuring 

, who will share their insights and experiences as founders. 

Following the roundtable, we invite you to unwind and continue the conversation over drinks. 

This event is 100% free, but spots are limited. Secure your spot now!

Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur First: Build the future you want.

Entrepreneur First is hosting it's first overnight hackathon at Cambridge University on November 22nd. Apply now to win lunch with Matt Clifford in London, following his involvement in the UK AI Safety Summit.  

Pizza, Red Bull, and OpenAI credits included.

​Sign-up to join and receive the prompt at 6pm on Wednesday 22nd.

​9-10PM: 10 minute check in with EF mentors

​For students, recent graduates, and AI builders with less than two years of professional experience.

​Entrepreneur First Graduate offers students and recent graduates the fastest route to the top of a generation-defining startup: your own. The program has three stages, the first laying the foundation for your founder journey, the second supporting you to form a team and develop an idea, and the third giving you the tools and pre-seed funding to launch your startup, building and iterating rapidly towards seed funding from top local and Silicon Valley investors. 

Cambridge AI Hackathon

Dreamy

How to find the right idea? How to have the biggest impact on the world? What makes a good entrepreneur?

, associates at EF, will share some keys of their methodology to support founders in building a company from scratch and answer any questions you might have over food and drinks.

This event is addressed to any talented and 

, willing to found their own company or curious about entrepreneurship and the 

: Lunch séminaire building D, 5th floor.

From Academia to Entrepreneurship

Will you be one of the 40 most exceptional 

AI/ML engineers, researchers or students passionate about this field to take part in our next AI Safety Hackathon in the Netherlands?

Join a curated group of ambitious and talented people from 

 with a wide range of skills and backgrounds or 

 to work on AI Safety-related topics within Large Language Models (LLM), AI Cyber Defense, Interpretability and AI Evaluation.

With over a decade of championing AI founders, we are happy to welcome the next generation of founders in AI to join the ranks of 

partnered with leading tech companies to 

Are you an outstanding ML/AI engineer, a PHD, 

 with a strong interest in building AI solutions? 

. Failures of advanced AI systems could have catastrophic consequences and the models that exhibit safety, reliability, and robustness will be best placed to address new private and public markets.

Now is the time to experiment with solutions that could give a glimpse into a safer future and access to billion-dollar markets.

You’ll have two days to build a business proposal and an MVP in TU Delft campus before pitching to an exceptional jury:

The winning team(s) will be eligible for a 3-6 month mentorship at 

. During this period, they will offer guidance and vital support in the following areas:

Free participation - food and lunch provided. Location will be accessible 24/24 during the hackathon.

AI Safety Hackathon - Entrepreneur First x Apart Research x TU Delft

Lavender

Are you prepared to dive into the world of tech entrepreneurship and take your first steps towards building a startup? Join us for an 

 for identifying and validating tech startup ideas while forming and testing co-founder relationships.

Whether you're a coder, engineer, data scientist, or tech enthusiast, take this opportunity to turn your skillset into a startup venture. 

Free entry, free food, free drinks, and a chance to change the world? Sign us up!

Entrepreneur First x Talent Kick - Unlocking Your Entrepreneurial Potential

Will you be one of the 40 most exceptional biotechnology and AI engineers, researchers, or specialists to take part in our 

Join a curated group of ambitious and talented individuals with diverse skills and backgrounds, all passionate about the intersection of biotechnology and artificial intelligence. If you're a skilled computational biologist, an AI engineer, a geneticist or a Ph.D. student with a keen interest in developing biotech solutions, then this hackathon is tailor-made for you. Together, you’ll explore cutting-edge challenges and opportunities in computational biology, from synthetic biology and building complex models of living systems to drug discovery and personalised medicine.

 to work in teams of 3-5 individuals maximum and build an MVP and a business proposal. This exclusive event will take place in the state-of-the-art offices of 

, providing you with a stimulating and collaborative environment to innovate.

With a decade of fostering innovation in biotech, Entrepreneur First is excited to welcome the next generation of founders in computational biotechnology to join the ranks of 

, and many more in our portfolio. We have partnered with a DeepTech company in the field of biotechnology and AI, 

, to offer you the most enriching experience possible.

During this event, you’ll have access to:

. Computational biotechnology has the potential to transform healthcare, agriculture, and environmental sustainability.

Now is the time to experiment with cutting-edge solutions that could pave the way for a safer and more sustainable future while gaining access to emerging billion-dollar markets.

Are you up to the challenge? The winning team will receive a cash prize of 2,000 euros!

After two days of intense work and ideation you’ll have to present your MVP and pitch your business proposal to an exceptional jury:

Participants will have the opportunity to suggest alternative topics and engage with them, contingent upon confirmation by our organization.

Free participation - food and drinks provided

 is the best place in the world to meet your co-founder and build a startup from scratch. We bring together and fund exceptional individuals to help them meet their co-founder, develop an idea and raise money from leading investors - as fast as possible. 

Since 2012, EF has supported more than 3,500 founders in creating 500+ companies that worth a total of $10bn.

 delivers AI-powered decision-making systems for the Enterprise. With expertise in both machine intelligence research and concrete business deployments, we provide a competitive advantage to our customers in an AI-first world.

If you need anymore info, please contact 

BioAI Hackathon - Entrepreneur First x InstaDeep

We are Entrepreneur First, and we invest in exceptional talent pre-team and pre-idea.

​EF's talent investors are excited to be on IIT Delhi campus for an entire week. We will be meeting 1-1 with some of the most ambitious individuals on campus, and through the course of the week, will also engage with the student community over insightful workshops and speaker events.

​We are hosting in collaboration with E-Cell IITK & BioSoc IITK, a career transforming speaker panel event 

 at Lecture Hall 16 at 6 PM on Friday, 29th September.

This speaker panel event features exemplary founders with inspiring journeys, here to tell you how to create maximum impact with your career and why NOW is the best time to do it.

​Register early to secure your seat and join us for this insightful discussion.

Exceptional people should NOT get jobs | Entrepreneur First <> IIT Kanpur

​We are hosting in collaboration with eDC IITD, a career transforming speaker panel event 

 at Seminar Hall at 6 15 PM on Thursday, 28th September.

Exceptional people should NOT get jobs | Entrepreneur First <> eDC IIT Delhi

Urgent Update: The speaker event on Thursday, 21st Sept is unfortunately canceled as one of our speakers has had a personal emergency. Please join the Stupid Ideas Hackathon that is starting at NAB 6151 at 6 PM TODAY, Wednesday, 20th Sept.

EF's talent investors are excited to be back on BITS Pilani campus, this time for an entire week. We will be meeting 1-1 with some of the most ambitious individuals on campus, and through the course of the week, will also engage with the student community over insightful workshops and speaker events.

We are hosting in collaboration with CEL and PIEDS, the 

 on your campus at 7 PM on Thursday, 21st September.

This speaker panel event features exemplary founders with inspiring journeys, some of them a product of your very own BITS Pilani's remarkable entrepreneurial culture.

Register early to secure your seat and join us for this insightful discussion.

Stupid Ideas Hackathon

, where he writes and speaks about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. Previously, he spent 18 years as a software engineer, engineering manager, and startup founder.

 for an exclusive invitation to hear him speak about the future of progress, technological advancement, and what needs to change today.

We need a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century.

 One that teaches people not to take the modern world for granted. One that acknowledges the problems of progress, confronts them directly, and offers solutions. And one that holds up a positive vision of the future.

To establish that new philosophy is the mission of The Roots of Progress." 

Entrepreneur First <> Jason Crawford | Exclusive Mixer

Test Event

Will you be one of the 40 most exceptional AI engineers, researchers or specialists to take part in our AI Safety Hackathon?

Join a curated group of ambitious and talented people with a wide range of skills and backgrounds interested in short-term or long-term AI risks, from bias and misinformation to alignment and control.

With over a decade of championing AI founders, Entrepreneur First is ready to welcome the next generation of founders in AI to join the ranks of 

 and many more in our portfolio. We’ve partnered with leading tech companies to give you access to:

Are you an outstanding ML/AI engineer, a PhD, a product or business specialist with a strong interest in building AI solutions? This hackathon is for you.

You’ll have two days to build a business proposal and an MVP in Meta's offices before pitching to an exceptional jury:

AI Safety Hackathon - Entrepreneur First x Meta 

. This hackathon challenge is all about using AI to solve real problems that are unique to India. 

We are inviting all developers, data scientists, and AI enthusiasts who are passionate about using their tech skills to make a real world impact.

You may participate in teams of 1-4. Please apply only after your teams are fully formed.

We'll be taking care of Wi-Fi, meals, refreshments and sleeping arrangements for all participating teams. We'll also have expert mentors on hand to help you with ideas, tips, and advice. You are required to bring your own laptops and devices.

 for a chance to hone your AI skills, work on innovative projects, and collaborate with like-minded individuals who value creativity and impact!

 is an early-stage, technology-focused, sector-agnostic investment firm. Stellaris VP started their first fund in early 2017, and is currently investing from their second fund ($225M).

 invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together people with extraordinary futures to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. The startups co-founded in our programmes are now worth over $10B. 

 will reward top three teams with $10K, $5K, $2K in AWS credits, valid when they form startups.

, an interface between Large Language Models (LLMs) and private data sources, is offering cash rewards of $500, $300, and $200 to the top three teams to build a standout product using LlamaIndex's pioneering technology.

The opening ceremony of the hackathon will feature a power packed panel discussion hosted by 

Alok Goyal, Managing Partner at Stellaris VP. 

Delve deep into the limitless possibilities of AI with four remarkable founders who are building generative AI companies in India:

GenAI Hackathon: AI for India | 10-11 Jun | Bengaluru | Registrations closed

This Friday, Entrepreneur First India will be in conversation with a panel of successful startup founders who took the entrepreneurial leap early in their careers.

Join us as we debunk all the myths around early entrepreneurship with our stellar speakers -

Pepper Content, Fello & Rigi are all Series-A funded, fast-growing startups backed by the most coveted set of investors in the country such as Sequoia, Accel, Elevation Capital, Bessemer, Lightspeed, YCombinator & more!

Team EF is ready to answer all the burning questions in your mind about founding a company early in your career. Trust us, this is not one to be missed.

Create, Don't Wait: The Young Founder Mindset

Top students in India are told the best path after graduation is a job in consulting, banking, or at a tech company.

Entrepreneur First believes that if you’re one of the most exceptional, getting into one of these options will limit your ambition.

Join our career transforming panel discussion on why 

Team EF is ready to bust all the myths in your mind about founding a company right out of campus. Trust us, this is not one to be missed.

Entrepreneur First Graduate Event IIT Roorkee

Top students are told the most ambitious path for them after graduating is in consulting, investment banking, or at a tech company. If you’re very academic, you might go for a PhD.

But Entrepreneur First believes that if you’re one of the most exceptional, getting into one of these options will limit your ambition.

The best graduates don’t want to spend years working on projects that don’t use their full potential, doing jobs they don’t get anything out of, chasing someone else’s targets or fundings. They want to build something big and impactful, they want to lead it, and they want to do it now. This event is for them.

Team EF is ready to bust all the myths in your head about founding a company right out of campus. Trust us, this is not one to be missed.

Entrepreneur First Graduate Event IITKGP

We’re hosting an exclusive summer party for the Entrepreneur First community in Toronto and you are invited! We're excited to gather all our incredible EF Toronto alumni and celebrate two years in Toronto + the news of EF's recent $158M Series C raise. 🎉

 for fun, food, drinks and a chance to see old and new faces.

Make sure to register to secure your spot today! 

​We’re excited to see you and bring everyone in the EF Toronto network together. It’s going to be a night to remember!

EF Toronto Summer Party

for the next generation of founders who want to learn more about our program. 

 (Partner & General Manager EF Berlin) will be joined by 

 Intro & Presentation of the EF Berlin program with Philipp Herkelmann, Partner & General Manager at EF Berlin

: Fireside chat with Dana Mihal Aronovici, EF Alumni & FemXX' Health's co-founder

Philipp is leading Entrepreneur First Germany as Partner & General Manager and combines previous experience in Sales & Partnerships at Google, Program Lead at X, the Moonshot Factory in Silicon Valley, and as angel investor and founder in the German ecosystem. 

His investment expertise is on (pre-)seed stage where he has done more than 40 deals in the last two years. Vertical expertise includes Ad-Tech, IoT (specifically BLE), Manufacturing, e-commerce, and Horizontal Expertise is in Sales, Partnerships, and Program Management.

Dana has 10+ years experience as a software engineer and PM in MedTech, and a passion for using technology to improve patients’ lives. She built a pelvic module for a rehabilitation robot to train the balance of stroke patients. She is an Endometriosis patient and on a mission to help all sufferers. After joining the 8th Entrepreneur First Cohort she co-founded 

the mission to close the gender health gap for female-dominant health conditions.

Entrepreneur First & Lead The Future: Virtual Info Session

Accessing and finding top talent in the age of Great Resignation and war for tech talent made it way tougher for early-stage founders.

The good thing is that your network is bigger than you think. And with the right hiring mindset and process, you can build an active pipeline of top talent ahead of time.

In this workshop, Inga will provide a useful referral framework and touch on other unconventional channels to find your A Players.

 is an Operations & Hiring Advisor to early-stage founders and the creator of a hiring bootcamp for founders.

How to Build an Active Pipeline of Top Talent

What better way is there to get to know Entrepreneur First Berlin than by coming to visit us? 

If you have been craving that "behind the scenes" experience, then Founders Friday is for you. Come mingle with members of the current cohort and alumni. Check out our space at Factory Mitte and meet members of the Entrepreneur First Berlin team. Ask your most pressing questions...and even imagine yourself starting as a member of our next cohort. That's all possible with a cold beverage and pizza in hand. 

 So let's kick-off the weekend together at Founders Friday on June 10th from 5pm - 7pm CET. 

5:30pm: Welcome & Introduction from Entrepreneur First Berlin 

Anyone who is interested in Entrepreneur First Berlin including alumni and current cohort members. Come on down! 

Good question. ​Entrepreneur First Berlin selects individuals we recognise to have huge founder potential, from all walks of life, and brings them together to find their co-founders. We create the ideal environment for you to trial 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 biggest achievement you ever build in your life. Our most successful founders create value by addressing societal challenges – so if you succeed, it’s worth it.

Founders Friday

Have you ever imagined your name followed by the title "Co-Founder"?

What's your idea? What superpower would you bring into the business? Who would you want your co-founder to be? 

These are arguably harder questions to answer. But if you are the slightest bit intrigued then this event is for you. Our workshop is an exploration on your superpower(s) and how they can be the starting point for a successful business. 

This workshop will be led by our very own 

, Programme Manager at Entrepreneur First Berlin. It's a virtual event meaning you can join us from anywhere. We're looking forward to it! 

If you have any questions, please email us at 

What's your competitive "edge"? We'll help you find it. 

The women of Entrepreneur First Berlin are excited to invite you to Female Founders & Friends, an evening event for female-identifying professionals in the community. 

We're showing up to talk about founding businesses, to connect, to learn from the experiences of others, and to leave with more ideas, inspiration, and wisdom. To help us do just that, we have invited 

, Programme Analyst at Entrepreneur First Berlin, who will be moderating. 

Oh, and there will also be food, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages to fuel us through the evening. 

6:30pm: Fireside chat with Lara Hämmerle, Dana Mihal Aronovici, Nat Wollny, and Anna Tsyupko

We’re trying to tackle the lack of gender diversity in tech and we need your help. If you identify as a woman in tech, in business, in research, etc., this event is for you (we are recruiting for the cohort starting next October). Special invitations also go out to our close community of Entrepreneur First Berlin cohort members and alumni. 

Here are some of things we’re looking for in the person you could bring:

Then register AND forward it on to a friend! We can't wait to meet all of you.

In order to keep this event relevant for all attendees, we will be curating the guest list. Please look out for your confirmation email to ensure your entrance into the event. 

If you have any questions, then please reach out to us at 

Female Founders & Friends 

With lots of talk of a downturn in the air (especially on VC Twitter), we imagine lots of you will be wondering what this means for your company and how to prepare for the months ahead. 

Join this Ask Me Anything session with Matt Clifford, Co-Founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, as he shares what we’re seeing in the market across stages and geographies, as well as advice for thriving in this environment.

State of the Market: AMA with Matt Clifford

Want to learn more about Entrepreneur First Berlin? 

Ready to get your most pressing questions about our platform answered?

Then this one-hour session is the right one for you. Philipp Herkelmann, Partner & General Manager at Entrepreneur First Germany,

will be answering everything you want to know from tips on applying to Entrepreneur First, what you can expect from joining our Berlin platform, our success stories (by the way, that includes our best break-up stories!), and more. 

Join us virtually on May 24th from 5pm - 6pm CET. We're excited to meet you and hear about what's on your mind. 

Entrepreneur First Berlin selects individuals we recognise to have huge founder potential, from all walks of life, and brings them together to find their co-founders. We create the ideal environment for you to trial 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. 

How to Find Your Co-founder With EF: An AMA with Philipp Herkelmann

The Entrepreneur First Berlin team is hosting a 

for the next generation of founders who want to learn more about our program.

+ Why entrepreneurship is the career path to scale your ambition

+ Applying to EF & the admissions process

+ What the programme looks like in detail

https://app.sli.do/event/m3s7a8c3B3iCeWWRaWsaWs

Eager to build a tech company and make a lasting impact on the world? We look forward to helping you found the future.

Join us for more info on our program and 

 Entrepreneur First is the world’s leading talent investor. We invest time and money in the world’s most talented and ambitious individuals, helping them to find a co-founder, develop an idea, and start a company. So far, we’ve helped 3,000+ people create 500+ companies, worth a combined $6bn. We are backed by Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, who led a $12m investment in Entrepreneur First, alongside Lakestar, and the founders of Google DeepMind. Click 

Entrepreneur First Berlin: Virtual Info Session

Joining our next global cohort and want to learn more about where EF can take you? 

Come hear from two of our EF alumni, Pete Butler (CEO, Dishpatch) and Harry Grieve (CEO, Gensyn), as they share how their EF journeys led to big US funding outcomes. The session will be moderated by Matt Clifford (CEO, EF) and include time for Q&A.

​The discussion will happen live over Zoom 

 (we'll record it for those that can't make it).

​Please register for the event so that you receive the Zoom details.

Pete is CEO/co-founder of Dishpatch - delivering restaurant meal kits from the UK's best chefs nationwide. He brings experience in the food & restaurant industry, most recently helping restaurants to cater large scale, off-site events. He was also described by Financial Times as a ‘New Food Innovator’. Pete is a graduate of Cambridge University and previously worked for Boston Consulting Group.

CEO/co-founder of Gensyn, LD14. Gensyn is a compute protocol that connects processing power with deep learning work - just closed a $6.5m round. Previously led the data research team at insurtech start-up, background in econometrics from Brown.

Matt Clifford is co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, which he started with Alice Bentinck in 2011. Matt sits on the board of Code First Girls, which he co-founded in 2013 to teach young women how to code. Matt started his career at McKinsey & Co. and holds degrees from Cambridge and MIT, where he was a Kennedy Scholar. He was awarded an MBE for services to business in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

From Building at EF to Raising in the US

Join us for an exclusive session with Entrepreneur First alum 

Zehan was the co-founder and CTO of Magic Pony Technology which was acquired by Twitter in 2016 for a reported $150m, just over a year after the EF3 Demo Day. During his time at Twitter, he took on the role of engineering manager and later helped form (and then headed up) the applied research group within 

Prior to doing start-ups, Zehan completed a PhD at Imperial College London in medical image analysis and also holds a masters in joint mathematics and computer science.

In this interactive session, Zehan will share some of his learnings and you will have the opportunity to ask any questions you have about the topic. 