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First Momentum Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm based in Karlsruhe, Germany, investing in technical B2B and deep tech startups across Europe. The firm was founded by a team of engineers and scientists and focuses on sectors including climate and energy, compute, manufacturing, and robotics, writing cheques of €250k to €1.5m as a lead or co-investor.
Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.1M (across 19 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
47
Fund Size
$37.8M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
9
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
56 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Magentic | Series A | $18M | Sep 2026 |
| QQuantum Diamonds | Unknown | — | Jul 2026 |
| QQUANTUMDIAMONDS GMBH | Unknown | — | Jul 2026 |
 QuantumDiamonds | Unknown | — | Jul 2026 |
 SuperPlane | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Jun 2026 |
 Telura | Pre-Seed | — | Mar 2026 |
 Photoncycle | Series A | — | Mar 2026 |
 ISPTech | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
| QQUANTUMDIAMONDS GMBH | Unknown | — | Jan 2026 |
| CCampusKnot Inc. | Seed | $1.1M | Nov 2025 |
 Brineworks | Seed | $2.2M | Sep 2025 |
| Telura | Pre-Seed | — | Sep 2025 |
 Zenline AI | Pre-Seed | — | Aug 2025 |
 Karavela | Pre-Seed | — | Aug 2025 |
| KKaravela Ai | Pre-Seed | — | Aug 2025 |
| Magentic | Seed | — | Jul 2025 |
 ZuriQ | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| Telura | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Hyperdrives | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Skycore Semiconductors | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| SSkycore Semiconductors | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Skycore Semiconductors | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Hyperdrives | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| KKaravela Ai | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Glint Solar | Series A | $8M | Nov 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
Bayern Kapital8 shared
UnternehmerTUM7 shared
Earlybird Venture Capital7 shared
Creator Fund7 shared
IQ Capital7 shared
World Fund6 shared
Possible Ventures4 shared
Balnord4 shared
Amadeus APEX Technology Fund4 shared
Sequoia Capital3 shared
Senovo3 shared
Seedcamp3 shared
Foresight Ventures3 shared
Nucleus Capital3 shared
Verve Ventures3 shared
High-Tech Gründerfonds3 shared
HCVC3 shared
private angel investors3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026