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    First Momentum

    Karlsruhe, GermanyFounded 2017

    First Momentum is a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in B2B tech, deep tech, industrial tech, and AI startups across Europe. The firm focuses on ambitious teams solving complex problems with advanced technology, providing both capital and operational support, often to companies emerging from research environments.

    Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.8M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    20

    Fund Size

    $42.3M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    PPhotoncycleSeries A$15MMar 2026
    SSkycore SemiconductorsSeed$5MNov 2025
    CCampusKnot Inc.Seed$1.1MNov 2025
    TTeluraPre-Seed$4MSep 2025
    Zenline AI logoZenline AIPre-Seed$1.3MAug 2025
    MMagenticSeed$4.6MJul 2025
    ZZuriQSeed$4MJan 2025
    GGlint SolarSeries A$8MNov 2024
    Dive logoDiveSeries A$10MJun 2024
    Kipu Quantum logoKipu QuantumSeed$11.6MDec 2023
    QuantumDiamonds logoQuantumDiamondsSeed$7MNov 2023
    RRemora RoboticsSeed$2.8MAug 2023
    TTURN2XSeed$4.3MJun 2023
    Software Defined Automation logoSoftware Defined AutomationSeed$10MOct 2022
    QQuantPiPre-Seed$2.5MOct 2022
    Porton Advanced Solutions logoPorton Advanced SolutionsSeries B$80MAug 2022
    Beam logoBeamSeries B$93MFeb 2022
    Tilo logoTiloPre-Seed$1.2MJan 2022
    GGozemSeries A$5MDec 2021
    TTeluraPre-Seed$5M

    Top Co-Investors

    Westly Group1 shared
    Founderful1 shared
    Elevate Ventures1 shared
    HV Capital1 shared
    Quantonation1 shared
    Entrada Ventures1 shared
    NordicNinja1 shared
    Eviny1 shared
    Luminar1 shared
    IQ Capital1 shared
    Earlybird-X1 shared
    Creator Fund1 shared
    AAIC1 shared
    Balnord1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026