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Matt Clifford

Entrepreneur First
Venture Capital LinkedIn Twitter/X
#28
LinkedIn Rank
16,058
Benchmarker Score
58
Posts
14,508
Likes
775
Comments
250
Avg Likes
13
Avg Comments
15,283
Total Engagement
264
Engagement Rate
2.4
Posts/Week
Bi-weekly
Posting Regularity
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37,001 followers

Data last refreshed: April 20, 2026

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20 posts

🚨🚨 We're hiring for two executive roles at Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA): CFO and Chief Translation Officer. Each has the opportunity to have an enormous impact on the future of scien...

Team & Firm Culture Image Hiring & Talent Leadership Deep Tech Apr 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Some personal news: After 15 years of building Entrepreneurs First full-time, today I transition to non-executive Chair. I’m immensely proud of what we’ve built and am so thankful to our team, our...

Personal Journey & Reflections Image Artificial Intelligence Founder Journey Leadership Board Governance Valuations Apr 01, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Excellent from Marc - a true British AI hero 👇

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence Leadership Mar 18, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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If I were raising a seed round and could choose just one person to be involved, it would be Charlie Songhurst. Charlie is the smartest advisor out there and at Entrepreneurs First, Alice Bentinck a...

Founder & Startup Advice Image Seed Stage Fundraising Mentorship Founder Journey Board Governance Mar 17, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Extremely cool👇

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We’re excited to announce that Entrepreneurs First has raised $200m of fresh capital, including $130m into our management company at a unicorn valuation, to be the natural home the world’s most amb...

Fund News & Milestones Image Fundraising Fund Management Valuations Investment Thesis Artificial Intelligence Mar 11, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Incredible work from Nikola, Eddy and the team: PolyAI ranked the fastest growing AI company in Europe cc Entrepreneurs First

Portfolio Company Wins Image Artificial Intelligence Growth Stage Revenue Growth Mar 10, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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3 days. 15 builders. Important problems. From March 20th to 23rd, we’re bringing together 15 of the best builders across Europe to Oxford - people determined to build things that matter. Join us ...

Events & Speaking Engagements Image Artificial Intelligence AI Infrastructure Large Language Models Generative AI Feb 26, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Danyal and Jascha are building one of the most exciting and ambitious companies anywhere: the orchestration layer for the future of AI compute. Callosum is very special. Excited to see them launch...

Investment Announcements Image AI Infrastructure Artificial Intelligence Seed Stage Fundraising Feb 26, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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James is one of the most remarkable founders we've been fortunate to back at Entrepreneurs First - the first time when he was 17(!) with CoMind and now excited to be joining the OLIX journey. Jame...

Investment Announcements Article Founder Journey Fundraising National Security Feb 11, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Personal Journey & Reflections Image Leadership Jan 30, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) Industry Trends Jan 30, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Ecosystem & Community Building Image Regulation & Policy Hiring & Talent Jan 20, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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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....

Events & Speaking Engagements Image Regulation & Policy Deep Tech Jan 19, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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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.

Portfolio Company Wins Image Space Tech Satellites Aerospace Jan 14, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Image Investment Thesis Mentorship Jan 14, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Portfolio Company Wins Image Artificial Intelligence Portfolio Management Dec 15, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Events & Speaking Engagements Image Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Industry Trends Dec 12, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Ecosystem & Community Building Image Regulation & Policy Founder Compensation Cap Tables Nov 26, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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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...

Market Analysis & Trends Image Nuclear & Fusion Regulation & Policy Nov 24, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

Apr 2026
#28

Content Categories

Events & Speaking Engagements 10
Investment Announcements 9
Ecosystem & Community Building 9
Personal Journey & Reflections 6
Portfolio Company Wins 6

Topics & Themes

Artificial Intelligence Fundraising Regulation & Policy Deep Tech Portfolio Management Leadership Hiring & Talent Founder Journey Industry Trends Seed Stage Growth Stage Board Governance Mentorship Macroeconomics AI Regulation Fund Management Cybersecurity Nuclear & Fusion Investment Thesis Valuations

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 376 in Venture Capital

Posts
51
Matt: 83 ↑
Likes
21,855
Matt: 16,205 ↓
Comments
1,662
Matt: 838 ↓
Avg Likes
291.4
Matt: 195.2 ↓
Avg Comments
20.9
Matt: 10.1 ↓
Benchmarker Score
25,178
Matt: 17,881 ↓
Posts/Week
2.4
Matt: 2.4 ↑
Avg Post Length
447 chars
Matt: 264 ↓
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
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