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Focal
Financial Services
Demo day without the accelerator. Backed by the world's leading VCs.
About us
Focal is the hub for early stage fundraising, accelerating the process and driving better results. Successful applicants will be invited to pitch at the remote demo day in front of thousands of investors.
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https://www.gofocal.vc
External link for Focal
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2020
- Specialties
- VC, fundraising, founders, funding, venture capital, investing, and startups
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London, GB
Employees at Focal
Updates
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We're growing the team 😎 swipe for more details... Exciting opportunity for a Founder's Associate to join the Focal team (Hector Mason, Taos Edmondson, CFA and Issie James) in building the hub for early stage fundraising. #hiring
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Focal alumni Cosine has been named the world's best AI software developer 👑 Cosine Genie is an advanced AI software engineering model designed to autonomously tackle a wide range of coding tasks, from bug fixing to feature building, code refactoring and validation through comprehensive testing, as instructed by human engineers or managers. Their 30.03% score on SWE bench was over 10% higher than their nearest competitor, beating Amazon and Cognition in the process. Congrats to Yang Li, Alistair Pullen and Sam Stenner. Read more at https://lnkd.in/es5GNyCk
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Focal S24 finalist, ReBorn Homewares, has announced its seed round, led by our very own, Taos and dmg ventures. Brian has done an incredible job building the brand on a shoestring over the past 12 months. We're excited to see what they can achieve over the coming years. Check out dmg ventures' investment thesis below 👇
Homeware, ReBorn: shaking up a giant but wasteful sector
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Any London-based startups who weren't at the Jumpstart 5k last night must be having some serious FOMO. Kudos to Emilie Lauga and the rest of the team for pulling together an event for over 1,000 startup runners within 2 months. It was great to see Focal's name alongside a seriously fierce roster of event partners in Novabook, YuLife, Lucky Saint | B Corp™ and ELEAT. Interested to hear what next year's stretch target is, Jumpstart team? 😉
I can't believe we did that. Just over 6 weeks ago, Matthew Sarre and Emilie Lauga joked about creating the startup version of the J.P. Morgan corporate challenge. What started out as a far-fetched idea became reality and suddenly the wheels were in motion to make it happen. It has been a full-on few weeks (don't mention the words 'Marshall Plan' to Emilie or Ellie Pogrund anytime soon) but somehow, 1000 of you turned up last night and we LOVED it! Yes, there were teething issues (the bag drop *cough*) BUT despite that, we had an incredible evening connecting with everyone and CELEBRATING all things startups 🤩 RESULTS: Congratulations to our rapid winners who have won themselves a weekend away in an Unyoked cabin (thanks to Novabook, the accountant for startups, for contributing the prizes). 🥇 Fastest man – Max Glennon from Adsum (16:27) 🥇 Fastest woman - Bethanie Murray from Lendable (17:50) This event would not have been possible without our brilliant sponsors. BIG shoutouts go to: Novabook; YuLife; Focal; Universal Partners; Boundless; Lucky Saint | B Corp™; ELEAT + James White Ltd Shoutout to Pioneering People Ltd for providing some brilliant event staff. And finally, THANK YOU to everyone who came down last night, see you next year 👀 📸 Will Ainslie (more pics coming soon!)
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Putting founders in front of investors is what we do, and we love to support anyone else on the same mission. So, if you're a founder looking for investment, you should check out The Pitch UK. It's a programme that gives founders all the tools they need to help their startup succeed. Applications close August 7th, their website is here: https://thepitch.uk/ but you can also apply on the link here: https://lnkd.in/eDfrDkr Christopher Goodfellow 🚀 #startuplife #startupsuccess #startupsupport
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Focal co-founder, Taos is taking on Curve Club's Speaker Series 2 weeks today to talk about building Focal to date and what's to come. Well worth checking out, if only to ask some difficult questions! 🧐 Sign up link in the post below.
Focal has turned into a real thing almost by accident over the years but Hector and I have learnt a tonne along the way. Alongside Issie, we’re so excited about the opportunity ahead of us as well. I’ll be sharing some thoughts on the ‘journey’ (damn, that word gives me the ick) so far and what lies ahead of us at Curve Club’s infamous Speaker Series 2 weeks today. Thanks to Erin Wolfe for the invite! If you’re a founder of investor and would like to fire some uncomfortable questions at me, you can sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gH6M37H2 #startup #qanda #fundraising #venturecapital
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There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up to the The Big Startup 5k, a genuinely fun way of meeting other founders, startup team members, and investors in the ecosystem. Entry closes on 16th July, with the run taking place on 6th August (just under 1 month to train!). We're super excited to be working with Jumpstart on this one and have even bagged 10% off tickets on the link here https://lnkd.in/eymX5eHF
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Looking for advice on raising an early stage round? Joshua Mihill shares his advice from being a co-founder at Honest Mobile. tldr; momentum is key - once you've got your first investor on board, use their network to reach more investors and go back to previous investors who have said no. #StartupAdvice #FundraisingTips #StartupFunding
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Step aside J.P. Morgan 😎 We’re partnering with Jumpstart as they put on the startup ecosystem’s answer to the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge, the Big Startup 5K. 1,000 members of the startup ecosystem will be heading down to Battersea Park, London, on 6th August for an evening of walking/jogging/running and, most importantly, partying. Whether you're a startup, scaleup or VC - you're all invited! Book your ticket here to get 10% off with our Focal VC link: https://lnkd.in/e_Uys_7N. Even better... bring the entire team!
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