#16 Chris Smith, Playfair Capital, pt 2

Published: June 22, 2021, 1:10 p.m.

Chris Smith is the managing partner at Playfair Capital investing in seed & pre-seed in the UK, Europe and Israel. This is the second part of a two-part episode with Chris. If you haven\u2019t done it yet, we strongly recommend you go back and listen to episode 14 with Chris on being a single-LP firm, post-Covid market dynamics . In this episode we dive deep on deal flow, founder profiles, and Playfair\u2019s value add strategies.

In this episode you\u2019ll learn:
\u2013 Ways to get privileged access to stellar first-time founders.
\u2013 How Playfair\u2019s value add strategy goes way beyond the ordinary and draws on every partner at their team.
\u2013 Why and how Playfair goes beyond the headline grabbing capital injections and actually cares for their founders\u2019 well-being.
\u2013 What led to the creation of the female founder office hours and its impact in Playfair\u2019s deal flow so far.