# Playfair: investment profile

Published mandate, cheque sizes and source evidence for Playfair. Sources checked 2026-10-11.

Source: https://12inf.ai/resources/funds/playfair-capital
Updated: 2026-10-14

Pre-seed-only fund aiming to be the first institutional investor, typically leading or co-leading, making about six new investments a year and reserving heavily for pro-rata follow-ons through Series A.

## Published mandate

- **Stage:** Pre-seed

- **Cheque:** £100K–£1.5M (≈ $132K–$2M)

- **Geography:** UK, Europe

- **Sectors:** Generalist

Converted at ECB reference rate, 9 Oct 2026

## Notable investments

- [Fusionality](https://www.caplight.com/investor/playfair) — Pre-seed (listed as lead), 2026-09

- [Zerolook](https://www.caplight.com/investor/playfair) — Pre-seed (listed as lead), 2026-08

- [Exclaim Robotics](https://www.caplight.com/investor/playfair) — Pre-seed (listed as lead), 2026-08

## Sources

Sources checked **2026-10-11**.

Verified on the fund's own site

- [Playfair — Website](https://playfair.vc)

- [Playfair — Approach.php](https://playfair.vc/approach.php)

- [caplight.com — Playfair](https://www.caplight.com/investor/playfair)

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