@AndrewSheff1

VC Principal at Playfair Capital and (semi) retired professional poker player

Joined August 2021
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Replying to @SuperhumanMail
@Superhuman I love you but can you please explain why I am a Door based in Cupar? – at Cupar, Scotland
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And also my name isn’t Andrew Steven 🤔 – at Islington, London
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New banksy Hornsey Road N4
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Lorraine Curham@LorraineCurham5 Mar 2024
No surprises here, but still golden advice for Founders from our panel of investors at InterTradeIreland #vcc24 "What's that, I hear you say?" Index on; 1. Team 2. Market (spoiler - a big market) 3. THEN, product, traction and everything else Show, don't tell.
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Rohit Malhotra@rohitmal8 Sep 2023
New pod alert: @AndrewSheff1 's journey is a fascinating tale of strategy and risk that's worth a listen. Tune in to his insights. 🎙️ 🧵👇
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Sifted
@Siftedeu21 Jun 2023
A survey of more than 200 spinouts finds that the UK has a lot of work to do to encourage commercialisation of academic research sifted.eu/articles/uk-spinou…

UK spinouts review urged to sweep away 'decades of bad practice'

A survey of more than 200 spinouts finds that the UK has a lot of work to do to encourage commercialisation of academic research.

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a series A investor asked for the deck of a specific portfolio company who were actively raising series A. I happily shared and got the response “apologies but we have invested in company X who are (very clearly) a direct competitor so not a good fit” Thoughts? @joeprkns
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Direct quote from a broker after I passed on taking a call with the founder they represent: "How long have you been in the VC World? You must be new"
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The VC World is small and this isn’t the way to treat people. Especially as a paid representative of a founder. If you’re a founder and working with a broker, please be careful who you decide to partner with!
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@playfaircapital is hiring 2x Investment Analysts. Location: London apply.workable.com/playfair-…
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Playfair are hiring 2x Investment Analysts to join our team 🎺 We’re looking to all backgrounds to be on the front line of all aspects of our investment process - you can be a networker, a writer, a technology person or any combination of the above! apply.workable.com/playfair-…
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You should apply if you’d like to be in finding and nurturing the next generation of technology entrepreneurs. We also have a pretty good time whilst doing it. 😊
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Passionfruit@usepassionfruit20 Jul 2022
🔥ANNOUNCEMENT DAY🔥 We are DELIGHTED to announce our $4.3m seed round co-led by @firstminutecap and @playfaircapital The first of many exciting announcements. For more details, check out our LinkedIn page... linkedin.com/company/usepass… #startups #seedround #investment
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Nathan Benaich
@nathanbenaich19 May 2022
I'm really happy to see more reports on spinout formation. We need more transparency. 🔍 @Beauhurst tracked the equity stakes of UK universities in ~600 spinouts. In most cases, their stakes are absurdly high. 🧵 from @osebbouh and I here: Report link: raeng.org.uk/publications/re…
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1/5. The market for Neuromorphic computing is set to grow from 0 > $9Bn in ten years. Here’s why:
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4/5. Neuromorphic computer chips are modelled on spiking neural networks of the brain. Once developed, they are likely to: - Improve energy efficiency by multiple orders of magnitude - Perform truly complex & adaptive AI analytics at the edge
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5/5. Traditional software does not work on Neuromorphic processors. This is an entirely new category which should allow for exciting new use cases in big data & AI applications at the edge.
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Recycleye@recycleye14 Feb 2022
Happy Valentines Day ♥️ We declare our love for our waste-sorting robots, only made possible by our passionate team. Nothing says 'I love you' like solving the global waste problem together 🌍 ❤️ #team #robots #recycling
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From Poker > B2B Sales > VC Investor This piece outlines my story and is my hello to the world of Venture Capital 👋 medium.com/playfair-capital-…
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