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18 Months in VC
18 Months in VC
I’m 18 months into my career in VC and my biggest takeaway is that I’ve outlived the median time between fundraising rounds for startups…
Clare Zhang
Jul 3
Why we invested in StackOne
Why we invested in StackOne
We’ve invested in StackOne to make API integration for SaaS vendors faster, easier, and more secure. It’s a pleasure to invest once again…
Andrew Sheffield
Apr 9
Edition 11 of Female Founder Office Hours (FFOH) launches today as past attendees breakthrough £1.4b
Edition 11 of Female Founder Office Hours (FFOH) launches today as past attendees breakthrough £1.4b
Edition 11 of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours is a key milestone for Europe’s largest diversity-led founder initiative
Chris Smith
Mar 8
Playfair’s Hiring Process Explained (2024)
Playfair’s Hiring Process Explained (2024)
Our effort to build a fair recruitment engine and identify the best candidates
Henrik Wetter Sanchez
Jan 31
1 year in — Playfair
1 year in — Playfair
It has now been a little over a year since I decided to take the plunge and move countries to join Playfair. As I reflected on the journey…
João Nunes
Jan 31
Ten highlights from 2023
Ten highlights from 2023
TL;DR It’s been a tough year. Nothing has been easy. It’s taken a lot more effort to maintain momentum. Yet against the backdrop of a…
Chris Smith
Dec 12, 2023
Top 5 Mistakes Pre-Seed Founders Make with Sales
Top 5 Mistakes Pre-Seed Founders Make with Sales
In the third part of our ‘mistakes series’, I take a look into the most common avoidable mistakes founders make with sales. These were…
Chris Smith
Nov 8, 2023
6 Marketing Mistakes Made by Pre-seed Startups
6 Marketing Mistakes Made by Pre-seed Startups
In this guest post — the second in our ‘mistakes series ‘— Holly Brautigam from Passionfruit takes a deep dive into the 6 marketing…
Chris Smith
Oct 31, 2023
Top 5 Mistakes Pre-Seed Founders Make with People Ops and Hiring
Top 5 Mistakes Pre-Seed Founders Make with People Ops and Hiring
In this guest post, Matt Bradburn, the founder of our external People & Talent partner, People Collective, takes a deep dive into the…
Chris Smith
Oct 24, 2023
The Playfair Angel Community Explained
The Playfair Angel Community Explained
We launched our angel community last month and held our first AMA. Now we want to set out a little more about how we see the community…
Chris Smith
Oct 17, 2023
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