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PAST EVENT: Matt Clifford on how to become a founder

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WHEN: Tuesday 22 November 2022
WHERE: King's College, University of Cambridge

Matt Clifford is the co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First (EF), the world’s leading talent investor, and Chair of ARIA, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency.

He writes a weekly newsletter, Thoughts In Between, on how the world got to be the way it is and how it’s changing. Outside EF, he serves on the boards of Code First Girls, which he co-founded with Alice Bentinck, the Kennedy Memorial Trust and Innovate UK. He was awarded an MBE for services to business in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2016.

Entrepreneur First is one of the “world’s leading talent investor’s”. The companies built at EF are now worth over $10bn. Every six months, in six countries around the world, EF brings together and funds exceptional individuals to help them meet their co-founder, develop an idea and raise money from leading investors - as fast as possible.

EF alumni companies include Tractable (a computer vision unicorn), Cleo, Omnipresent, Aztec, Transcelestial, Airbank and many more. EF is backed by some of the world's best tech founders and company builders, including Patrick and John Collison (Stripe); Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Demis Hassabis (DeepMind); Tom Blomfield (GoCardless and Monzo), Sara Clemens (Pandora and Twitch); Nat Friedman (GitHub); and Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress).

Entreprenur First’s mission is to enable the best talent to maximise their impact is one of the most important problems in the world. Learn more about EF here.

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