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    firstminute capital

    London, United KingdomFounded 2017

    firstminute capital is a $500m AUM seed fund backed by over 130 unicorn founders, investing across Europe and the US. Founded in 2017 by Brent Hoberman and Spencer Crawley, it backs founders at the pre-seed and seed stages across AI, deeptech, SaaS, fintech, and consumer.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (7 deals in the last 12 months vs 16 prior). Their most common stage is seed (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $20.8M (across 127 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    116

    Fund Size

    $500M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    7

    Team

    Brent Hoberman

    Brent Hoberman

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    SC

    Spencer Crawley

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    AV

    Adriana Vitagliano

    Partner

    LW

    Lina Wenner

    Partner

    LD

    Lorcan Delaney

    Partner

    MS

    Michael Stothard

    Partner

    Steve Crossan

    Steve Crossan

    Venture Partner

    AH

    Abby Hughes

    Operations Manager

    AB

    Anaïs Benazet

    Head of Community and Events

    BM

    Ben McCloskey

    Financial Controller

    MN

    Min Nolan

    Chief Operations Officer

    TB

    Tim Brierley

    Chief Financial Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    167 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Ramp Network logoRamp NetworkSeries F$750MJun 2026
    Layla logoLaylaUnknown—Mar 2026
    Unleash logoUnleashSeries B$35MJan 2026
    Frontier logoFrontierSeed$16MJan 2026
    Sequence logoSequenceSeries B—Dec 2025
    ClaimSorted logoClaimSortedSeed—Oct 2025
    Lupa logoLupaSeries A$20MOct 2025
    VVoccaUnknown$5.5MSep 2025
    Understory logoUnderstorySeries A—Sep 2025
    Landbase logoLandbaseSeries A$30MJun 2025
    VVolareUnknown—May 2025
    Ontik logoOntikSeed—May 2025
    IIXISeries A$32.2MApr 2025
    PPortiaSeed—Apr 2025
    Stitch Money logoStitch MoneySeries B$55MApr 2025
    Vantis Health logoVantis HealthSeries A—Mar 2025
    CCapiSeries A—Feb 2025
    Tana logoTanaSeries A$14MFeb 2025
    Lindus Health logoLindus HealthSeries B$55MJan 2025
    Lupa logoLupaSeed$4MJan 2025
    Beam logoBeamSeries A$9MJan 2025
    Sequence logoSequenceSeries A$20MJan 2025
    ai.work logoai.workSeed$10MJan 2025
    Scalera logoScaleraSeed$6.5MJan 2025
    Lindus Health logoLindus HealthSeries B$55MJan 2025
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026