Alice Bentinck

Chief Executive Officer

2023 - Current

Co-founder, General Partner

2011 - 2023

Entrepreneur First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2014, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. The startups cofounded on our programs are now worth over $10B, and include Tractable, Magic Pony Technology, Cleo, La Vie, Aztec, Sonantic, and many more. EF is backed by some of the world's leading founders and investors, including Patrick and John Collison (Stripe); Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Tom Blomfield (GoCardless and Monzo), Sara Clemens (Whatnot and Twitch); Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind); and Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneur First, visit [www.joinef.com] In 2016 I was awarded an MBE for services to business and I won the Veuve Cliquot New Generation award 2017. We're hiring! Come join our team of 100+ across London, Paris, Bangalore and the US

Board Trustee

2019

Empowering young people to build thriving careers and providing employers the highly skilled, motivated talent they need.

Co-founder, NED

2012

Code First: Girls enables young women to access technical skills and career paths. CFG has taught 55,000 women to code for free, with 57% from underrepresented ethnicities. We work with >50 univerities and 70 corporates across Europe. www.codefirstgirls.org.uk

Computer Science Department Industrial Liaison Board

2015

Imperial Innovations Seed Fund Investment Committee

2020 - 2022

The Imperial University early-stage fund investing in IP-based technologies that will impact the world

Author

2021

Published by Bloomsbury. Winner of the Startup Business Book of the Year. You can buy it on Amazon here

Consultant

2009 - 2011