Matt Clifford

Today is the brilliant Ilan Gur's last day as CEO of Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA). We've been so lucky to benefit from Ilan's enormous capability, energy and ambition. I'm proud to c...

My main feeling being at Entrepreneurs First demo day in SF yesterday: really feels like the returns to talent and agency are at an all-time high and growing fast...

Delighted to see this from the Chancellor today - this is one of the things I'm proudest of having worked on in Government (and at Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)) The returns to being...

I thought this programme did a great job of laying out the ambitious and ethos of Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) and why it could be the foundation for so much future growth in the UK....

This is a huge moment for Open Cosmos and European tech sovereignty. Congratulations Rafel Jorda Siquier and team! We at Entrepreneurs First are very proud to be a small part of it.

James Richards is assembling a room of founders who want to work on hard things from April. He and I built def/acc together at Entrepreneurs First and he's an incredible partner to founders. His th...

Nikola Mrkšić is one of the most impressive founders I know. Amazing work from him and PolyAI; feel very lucky to have been the first investor via Entrepreneurs First - and I know there’s so much m...

We're wildly unprepared for the pace of change in AI, so I'm excited to have recorded a 5-part AI miniseries for the Rest is Politics with Rory Stewart exploring the tech, where it's going and what...

Some very promising stuff on EMI in particular in the entrepreneurship paper published alongside the budget. Lots to do, but huge shoutout to Alexandra Depledge, MBE for amazing work behind the sce...

This review of nuclear regulation from John Fingleton and team is astonishingly good. If we actually implement all this, the benefits to the UK will be enormous. Link in the comments. John and tea...

Excited to see AI sovereignty at the heart of today’s excellent AI growth announcements. This is perhaps the part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan that I’m most passionate about - it’s how the ...

Over the moon to announce that the extraordinary Kathleen Fisher will be Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)’s next CEO, starting in February. As Chair, I've had the privilege of overseein...

Do I know any literary agents? Especially those who work with brilliant first time authors (not me!)

This is definitely proving true…👇

Ambitious early career people often ask me, “how do I get started in venture capital?” I’ve never had a really good answer, so I’m super excited that Entrepreneurs First is launching the Venture F...

Today is my 40th birthday! I feel very lucky to have spent the last decade with wonderful family, friends, partners, colleagues and investors - and look forward to what the next decade might bring…

When I think of reasons to be optimistic about the UK, the talent and ambition unleashed by Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) is close to the top of the list. Ilan Gur and I spoke to The ...

The UK is a great country with an extraordinary history. Our stagnation is real, but it's fixable and worth fixing. Enjoyed giving this talk at Looking For Growth last week and so encouraged by th...

Great to see seven Entrepreneurs First-backed companies in here - congratulations PolyAI, Omnea, Tracelight, Jack & Jill, sensmore, Arago and Ameba!

This will be fun👇