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Last week, AeroCloud celebrated the replacement of another legacy passenger processing solution in one of the UK's biggest Airports 🚀 Aerocloud now have 15 airport customers in the UK & Ireland - incredible achievement given their "home" market only represents a very small % total customers Awesome momentum George Richardson and team 🙌 #venturecapital #startups #tech #ai #aerospace #innovation #airport

What a year 2024 has been for the Playfair team! Here are some of our highlights: 🤑 In a challenging funding environment, our founders did an incredible job securing 6 follow-on rounds (5 announced) worth more than $176m 💸 We made 5 new investments across Europe, the same pace as last year. Welcome to the Playfair portfolio NetFabric.ai & Recurse ML... 🤫 x 3 🎖️ Andrew Sheffield was promoted to Principal and Clare Zhang was promoted to Associate and Head of Female Founder Office Hours 🌎 FFOH Editions 11 & 12 saw 600+ founders meet 300+ investors for 2,300+ one-on-one meetings, and we were in person at Slush for the 3rd time and WVC:E and LTST for the 1st time 🍽️ Our Founders' Dinners were the best yet, deepening relationships and collaboration across so many companies 👥 The team grew by 3! Lucia Polverino & Felix Neubeck joined us as Analysts and Matt Gill, CFA as CFO It's been an incredible year for us and we are pumped for 2025 A huge thank you to our founders, the whole Playfair team and everybody who supported us, especially Federico Pirzio-Biroli 🙏 For the full top 10 highlights, check out the link in the comments below 👇 #venturecapital #preseed #team #culture #vc #tech #2024

We are so thrilled for the launch of Material Evolution's ultra-low carbon cement production plant in Wrexham, Wales 👏 The first-of-a-kind facility is now the UK’s largest producer of ultra-low carbon cement With capacity to produce 120,000 tonnes of their groundbreaking MevoCem product annually, the facility is set to transform what’s possible in sustainable construction ♻️ This is a huge step forward towards Mevo's goal to reduce a gigatonne of carbon by 2040 Congratulations to the Material Evolution team on the accomplishment of this major milestone 💪 Check out the link in the comments for the full article #startups #greencement #tech #innovation #venturecapital #sustainability

Thrilled to see StackOne selected as one of the most loved companies on Welcome to the Jungle UK this year 🥳 This recognition is for companies who have stood out to top talent and have one of the strongest candidate application rates on the platform Awesome achievement for Romain Sestier and Guillaume Lebedel especially as the team continues to grow! StackOne are still hiring across Product, Engineering and Marketing - check out the link in the comments below👇 #startups #vc #tech #api #careers #innovation

Are you looking to join a fast growing startup? 🤔 There are >80 jobs open across the Playfair portfolio right now! Visit our careers page down below and join our Talent Network to stay updated on amazing opportunities to work with some of the world's most exciting startups 🚀 #careers #jobs #tech #startups #scaleups #innovation #vc

Prior to founding Nory, Conor Sheridan was running the highly successful restaurant Mad Egg 🍳 . In 2019, he sat down with Gary Fox on The Entrepreneur Experiment to share his journey 5 years on and Conor is back on the podcast, reflecting on how he raised $25 million to build Nory, the operating system revolutionising the restaurant industry In this episode, Conor and Gary spoke to: 🤖 Why most restaurants fail and how tech can save them 💰 The journey to raising $25M ⚖️ How to balance brand, culture, and profitability Whether you’re in hospitality, scaling a tech startup, or just love a good founder story - this one's for you! 👇 Link in comments below #vc #ireland #tech #startups #podcast #hospitality

The NDRC is a cornerstone of the Irish tech ecosystem - an ecosystem which we at Playfair have been bullish on for years and continue to be excited about Menno Axt and Ian Browne have spent years leading the charge to make Ireland one of the key geographies that we dedicate time to find some of Europe's best early stage companies We've backed exceptional teams in Nory and Protex AI, and Ireland remains a core part of our investment strategy going forward 🇮🇪 #irishtech #ireland #tech #startups

It was wonderful to see founders, investors, and the wider ecosystem come together in person for our third edition of Female Founder Office Hours at Slush 🫶 Thank you to the investors who gave their time and support, to Slush for co-hosting with us, and to Zendesk and Women TechEU for sponsoring the event - we couldn't have done it without you! We are super excited to see what big things are in store for these brilliant founders 💪 #slush2024 #venturecapital #founders #ffoh #femalefounders #startups

A few weeks back, our very own Clare Zhang organised her first Tequila & Mezcal Tasting Night along with Boost Capital Partners 🙌 🍸 As a lover of Mexican liquor, Clare spoke to the origins of mezcal and shared fun facts about tequila with a group of fellow investors as they sipped on varieties of the drink A big thank you to sequel for hosting in their beautiful office Looking forward to hearing about the next one! #venturecapital #vc #tech #networking #startups

We are excited to be teaming up with Antler and Hoxton Ventures to support emerging talent at the upcoming Junior VC Networking Drinks on November 28th 🤝 🍸 The evening will be a great opportunity to connect with the next generation of investors making waves across the VC ecosystem Check out the link to register in the comments below 👇 #vc #venturecapital #startups #tech #innovation #investing #networking #earlycareers