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firstminute capital
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
firstminute capital is a seed fund founded in 2017 by Spencer Crawley and Brent Hoberman, with $500m in assets under management and support from over 130 unicorn founders. It writes first institutional cheques of £1m to £3m into pre-seed and seed companies, mainly in the UK and Europe.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsfirstminute capital lists 21 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 25 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Fintech (14%) and Enterprise Software (14%). 38% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Andreessen Horowitz, Speedinvest and DCG.
Counts come from funding rounds that name firstminute capital, 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 | 14% |
| Seed | 57% |
| Series A | 19% |
| Series B | 10% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 12 | 2 |
| '26 | 11 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 53th | 21 companies |
| Recent activity | 96th | 12 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 71% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 37th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 93th | 9 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Developer Tools | 3% | 0% |
| Cybersecurity | 3% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Speedinvest | 3 |
| DCG | 2 |
| General Catalyst | 2 |
| Maki.vc | 2 |
| Sequoia Capital | 2 |
| Singular | 2 |
| Sondo Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2095%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company15%
- 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 Andreessen Horowitz
Compare firstminute capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with firstminute capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Seed |
Round details for firstminute capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in firstminute capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
21 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benford connects to clients' systems, performs volume work, and sends only necessary information to the client's team, with audits performed and signed by qualified auditors. | Fintech | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| CodeWords turns a description into a live workflow, for anyone with a job they repeat every week. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| EngFlow provides build management services to increase development productivity | Enterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools | Oct 2021Seed | Funding round | |
| Frontier Health develops and implements supportive AI to automate repetitive administrative tasks in healthcare settings | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Seed · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| The company provides a feature management platform for large enterprises to control how software behaves in production. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| GRACE designs and operates protection programs against theft, loss, and damage for brands, distributors, and financial institutions | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Apr 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Intropy automates inventory and pricing decisions for parts distribution businesses | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Apr 2025Series A | Funding round | |||
| Lupa provides AI practice management software for veterinary practices | Healthcare & Biotech | Jan 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Mondoo provides a platform for finding, prioritizing, and fixing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across various systems and environments. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Neno provides accounting, payroll, and tax services to businesses. | Fintech | Aug 2026Seed | Funding round | |
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Apr 2025Seed | Funding round | ||
| Reimagine Robotics makes robots that can be trained on the job | Robotics & Hardware | Aug 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Restate develops and provides a durable runtime for building agents, workflows, and microservices | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2024Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides AI-powered tools for construction industry back-office tasks, such as automated product matching and offer creation. | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | May 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Sequence provides a solution for quoting, billing, and accounts receivable | FintechSpace & Defense | Dec 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| StandardX is building the world's first scalable isotope production platform | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Stitch provides online and in-person payment services for businesses in South Africa. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Apr 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Understory provides a booking system for experience-based businesses such as workshops, classes, tours, and events. | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Sept 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Vocca.ai provides an AI assistant for healthcare providers to manage patient appointments and calls | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- firstminute.capital
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Oct 2021
- Companies checked
- 21
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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