TL;DR: The cement industry generates 8% of global CO2 emissions. We’ve invested in founders Liz, Sam and Kieran at Material Evolution, a sustainable materials and technology company that is manufacturing cement with 85% less CO2 emissions whilst also being stronger and more durable. In September 2021, we led Material Evolution’s…

This is the eleventh in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio who share their entrepreneurial journey. We first invested in Orca.ai, a computer vision startup improving cargo ship navigation and collision avoidance, in 2019. Yarden Gross had just left his…

Last month, Elise and I at Playfair Capital hosted Female Founder Office Hours Edition V alongside Tech Nation and Google for Startups. In this blog, we go behind the scenes on how the event went, the feedback we received and what’s happening next. We’re on a mission to help redress…

This is the ninth in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio who share their entrepreneurial journey. We first invested in Ravelin in 2015. At the time, we were inspired by the experience and vision of the founding team who met…

It’s official: Female Founder Office Hours Edition V in collaboration with Tech Nation and Google for Startups is well underway. With 90 investors signed up, this is our biggest event to date. On 6th May 2021, we will bring together investors and founders with four key pillars in mind: Access…

It’s official: Female Founder Office Hours Edition V in collaboration with Tech Nation and Google for Startups is well underway. With 90 investors signed up, this is our biggest event to date. On 6th May 2021, we will bring together investors and founders with four key pillars in mind: Access…

Last week, we launched Female Founder Office Hours Edition V in collaboration with Tech Nation and Google for Startups. With 90 investors signed up, this is our biggest event to date. On 6th May 2021, we will bring together investors and founders with four key pillars in mind: Access. No…

An article in 2018 showed that there were over 525,000 active shows and 18.5 million+ episodes which jumped to 1,750,000 shows and 43 million+ episodes as of January 2021. It seems podcasting may be the new ‘thing’. …

This is the eighth in our “8 Questions” series — in which we sit down with founders in the Playfair portfolio to share their entrepreneurial journey. We first invested in Sai and Max back in 2018. We were inspired by their vision to massively reduce energy consumption in commercial buildings…