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First Momentum
Venture capital · Germany · Europe
First Momentum is a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed deep tech startups in Europe, acting as lead or co-investor. It supports technical founders with capital, network, and expertise to build deep tech companies.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdeep techclimateenergycomputemanufacturingrobotics
Your fit with First Momentum
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Or find every investor that fitsFirst Momentum lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 12 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 73% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (27%), AI & Machine Learning (18%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 58% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside Onsight Ventures, AQAL Capital and Bayern Kapital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name First Momentum, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 9% |
| Seed | 73% |
| Series A | 18% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 6 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 83th | 82% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 98th | 37% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 40th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 27% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Climate & Energy | 3% | 1% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Onsight Ventures | 4 |
| AQAL Capital | 3 |
| Bayern Kapital | 2 |
| Earlybird | 2 |
| IQ Capital | 2 |
| Nucleus Capital | 2 |
| Speedinvest | 2 |
| 2100 Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers19100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Onsight Ventures
Compare First Momentum head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with First Momentum| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Seed | |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Seed |
Round details for First Momentum
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in First Momentum's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Bio runs in silico clinical trials in immunology using its foundation AI model of human biology to predict and compare patient responses across treatments and indications | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| Brineworks develops and operates ultra low-cost Direct Air Capture technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air | Climate & EnergyIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2025Round | Funding round | |
| Encosa helps businesses and industrial companies save energy costs with intelligent battery storage solutions | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Pliant provides a business credit card solution and payment platform for companies to manage their finances and automate payment processes. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Hyperdrives provides electric drive systems designed to set a new benchmark for performance-to-cost. | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Karavela is building a foundation model of the brain using next-gen magnetic resonance imaging to enhance clinical trials with AI | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Magentic develops AI agents for procurement and supply chain work for global manufacturers | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| MuRay develops and applies Active Muon Imaging technology for non-destructive testing and imaging in various fields, including industry, security, and medical applications. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company operates a platform that matches packaging requirements with suitable materials for brand owners and material suppliers. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| QuantumDiamonds localizes semiconductor defects including depth with high accuracy, non-destructively | Industrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| QuantumDiamonds localizes semiconductor defects including depth with high accuracy, non-destructively | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a full SOC deployment toolkit and other solutions for product vendors and hardware and IP vendors to enable edge AI products | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Skycore Semiconductors develops advanced power solutions through a system-level approach, combining power electronics and semiconductor design | Space & DefenseIndustrial & Manufacturing | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| SuperPlane lets AI agents fully automate routine development work | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Telura unlocks geothermal energy at scale to supply clean, emission-free energy | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Dec 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Zenline AI provides an AI platform for retailers, brands, and manufacturers to make product decisions and optimize their assortment, pricing, and product data | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| TURN2X produces renewable natural gas using renewable electricity and water for electrolysis and biogenic CO2 | EducationEducation | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Unikraft builds sandboxes, databases, headless browsers, CI/CD builds, AI agents, and serverless functions that cold-start in 10 milliseconds. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| ZuriQ is building a quantum computer with a scalable architecture using trapped-ion qubits. | Healthcare & BiotechRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- firstmomentum.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 19
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