First Momentum

Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators · Venture Capital
40investments
1exit
$104.6Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
109open roles in its portfolio

Overview

First Momentum Ventures is a pre-seed VC fund for technical B2B and Deep Tech startups in Europe. Our team of engineers and scientists understands technical products and teams, providing comprehensive support from fundraising to recruiting.

Program

Accelerator
Investments
40
32 of them startups
Hiring now
15
109 open roles
Deals in 12 months
1
1 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
10
$104.6M raised
Exits
1
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 32%Hardware 11%Software 11%Energy & Utilities 11%Information Technology 11%Financial Services 11%Science & Engineering 7%Sales & Marketing 7%
Where its companies are
Germany 43%United States 8%United Kingdom 5%Switzerland 5%Denmark 3%Austria 3%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 40 investments
MurayVenture round $7.7M · this month · 7 roles Atlas BioPre-Seed $12.5M · this month · led a round MagenticSeries A $18M · 1 mo ago · 3 roles TURN2XVenture round · 3 mo ago · 3 roles ZuriQSeed $25.5M · 3 mo ago · 1 role SuperPlanePre-Seed $2.6M · 4 mo ago Encosa EnergySeed $27M · 5 mo ago · 4 roles ISPTECHSeed $5.9M · 7 mo ago · 5 roles Skycore SemiconductorsSeed $5.4M · 11 mo ago UnikraftVenture round $6M · 12 mo ago RooflineVenture round · 17 mo ago · 5 roles project b.Venture round · 21 mo ago
109 open roles at 15 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
QuantumDiamonds20 new roles in 30 days Pliant16 new roles in 30 days Roofline3 new roles in 30 days Lightly3 new roles in 30 days Kipu Quantum3 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
AQAL Capital GmbH 5 shared Seedcamp 4 shared Speedinvest 3 shared Y Combinator 2 shared Earlybird 2 shared Bayern Kapital 2 shared Auxxo 2 shared LEA Partners GmbH 2 shared Quantonation 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
High-Tech Gründerfonds Bayern Kapital Helmholtz Capnamic UVC Partners IBB Ventures KIT Gründerschmiede Earlybird
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 1 rounds in the press that name it

Growth

Hiring Momentum
45/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
420 days
faster than 3% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~10 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Early Careers
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Munich Sep 2026
Removed Windows from stack Sep 2026

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Shared investors2
OVNI CapitalVia a fund
50 portfolio companies: Tranched, Trout Software, Rift and 47 more
Peak CapitalVia a fund
162 portfolio companies: Foreword, Adeline, Lette and 159 more
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News

News TechCrunch 4 months ago
With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
Like its U.S. counterpart, the European Chips Act aims to foster the semiconductor industry - in part thanks to state subsidies. One of the beneficiaries is QuantumDiamonds, a German startup that applies a novel approach to inspecting chips.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
London United Kingdom
HQ
10-50 est. staff
seen since Jul 2026