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Entrepreneur First
Talent Investor Program (London)
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
Not published
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Individuals who outperformed their peer group
✓Must have built products, orgs, or startups before
✓Ambition to build a U.S. company required
✓No finished idea required to apply
Your real odds
EF runs multiple cohorts per year and selection is highly competitive, because they back exceptional individuals rather than average applicants.
The programme ends at a San Francisco Demo Day attended by 200+ VC partners, and portfolio companies typically raise $1 to $7M within weeks of pitching. The collective portfolio value sits above $16B, so the bar is genuinely high.
What it takes
Apply online1 to 2 hrs
Complete interviews and assessmentsweeks
Join cohort for matching, residential, and ideationseveral mont
Pitch at Demo Day
Worth knowing
EF invests on equity-free grant terms while you are still ideating, then up to $250K once you form a company, so you do not need a cofounder or an idea to receive the early financial support.
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