# First Momentum Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> First Momentum Ventures is a vc firm based in Germany. 37 investments on record, 10 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# First Momentum Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 37 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Smb Marketplaces B To B

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**77%** of best year **10** **cheques in 12 months**, 37 on record

Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.5M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $1.0M** Rounds led **1 of 37** Sole investor **3 rounds** Mostly in **Germany, 65%**

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## First Momentum Ventures highlights

- 01 10 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 69% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $10M

## What they do

> First Momentum Ventures is a pre-seed VC fund for technical B2B and Deep Tech startups in Europe. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $200K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed
- **Sectors:** Smb Marketplaces B To B
- **Based in:** Karlsruhe, Germany
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **37 appearances**

- **2026** 9 rounds
- **Oct** **[MuRay](https://millionrounds.com/company/muray)** DE · Tech.eu **$7.9M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Atlas Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlas-bio)** Seed · CH · Tech.eu **$13M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Magentic](https://millionrounds.com/company/magentic)** Series A · US **$18M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[ZuriQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/zuriq)** Seed · CH · Firms' own news pages **$26M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[QuantumDiamonds](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantumdiamonds)** Series A · DE · TechCrunch **$17M** With 9 others
- **Jun** **[SuperPlane](https://millionrounds.com/company/superplane)** Pre-seed · US **$2.6M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[encosa](https://millionrounds.com/company/encosa)** Seed · DE · Realyze Ventures **$29M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[InSpacePropulsion Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/inspacepropulsion-technologies)** Seed · DE **$6.5M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[HeyCharge](https://millionrounds.com/company/heycharge)** Grant · DE **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **2025** 10 rounds
- **Nov** **[Skycore Semiconductors](https://millionrounds.com/company/skycore-semiconductors)** Seed · DK **$5.8M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Unikraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/unikraft)** Seed · DE **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Karavela](https://millionrounds.com/company/karavela)** Venture · FR **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Telura](https://millionrounds.com/company/telura)** Pre-seed · DE **$4.7M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Brineworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/brineworks)** Seed · NL **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Hyperdrives](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyperdrives)** Pre-seed · DE **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Zenline AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenline-ai)** Pre-seed · CH **$1.6M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Magentic](https://millionrounds.com/company/magentic)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Project B](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-b)** Seed · DE **$3.6M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Zuriq](https://millionrounds.com/company/zuriq)** Seed · CH **$4.2M** With 3 others
- **2024** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[Gauss Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/gauss-fusion)** Grant · DE **$11M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[ContextSDK](https://millionrounds.com/company/contextsdk)** Seed · AT **$4.0M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Turn2x](https://millionrounds.com/company/turn2x)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[InSpacePropulsion Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/inspacepropulsion-technologies)** Pre-seed · DE **$2.1M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Dive](https://millionrounds.com/company/dive)** Series A · DE **$10M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Daedalus](https://millionrounds.com/company/daedalus)** Series A · DE **$21M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Cirplus](https://millionrounds.com/company/cirplus)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2023** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Kipu Quantum](https://millionrounds.com/company/kipu-quantum)** Seed · DE **$12M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Quantum Diamonds](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantumdiamonds)** Seed · DE **$7.7M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[QuantPi](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantpi)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Helio](https://millionrounds.com/company/helio)** Seed · GB **$5.2M** With 2 others
- **2022** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Software Defined Automation](https://millionrounds.com/company/software-defined-automation)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Ninetailed](https://millionrounds.com/company/ninetailed)** Seed · DE **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Hier Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/hier-foods)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **May** **[Lightly](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightly)** Seed · CH **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Tilores](https://millionrounds.com/company/tilores)** Seed · DE **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **2021** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Peers Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/peers-solutions)** Seed · DE **$3.4M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[edyoucated](https://millionrounds.com/company/edyoucated)** Seed · DE **$2.5M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**21** of 40 we have independently watched raise

[Brineworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/brineworks)[Cello](https://millionrounds.com/company/cello)[Contextsdk](https://millionrounds.com/company/contextsdk)[Daedalus](https://millionrounds.com/company/daedalus)[Encosa](https://millionrounds.com/company/encosa)[Getpliant](https://millionrounds.com/company/pliant)[Hyperdrives](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyperdrives)[Karavela](https://millionrounds.com/company/karavela)[Kipu-quantum](https://millionrounds.com/company/kipu-quantum)[Lightly](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightly)[Magentic](https://millionrounds.com/company/magentic)[Ninetailed](https://millionrounds.com/company/ninetailed)[One-five](https://millionrounds.com/company/one-five)[Project-b](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-b)[Quantpi](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantpi)[Quantumdiamonds](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantumdiamonds)[Softwaredefinedautomation](https://millionrounds.com/company/software-defined-automation)[Superplane](https://millionrounds.com/company/superplane)[Telura](https://millionrounds.com/company/telura)[Unikraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/unikraft)[Zuriq](https://millionrounds.com/company/zuriq) Atlas BMW Group and Dive-solutions Enneo Fintechfutures Flyskyflow Founderstoday Heavybit Isptech Maximizing app retention Roofline SPINOFF SUMMIT 2027 Sequoia Backs Magentic's Siemens und TURN2X Skycore-semi Springerprofessional Tech Tryzenline Wejam

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Pre-seed

Median round joined **$5.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$10M**

Led 1 of 37 rounds **3%**

- **Said size:** $200K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *19*
- Venture *6*
- Pre-seed said *5*
- Series A *4*
- Grant *2*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) 6
- [M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) 4
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) 3
- [Founderful](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founderful) 3
- [Nucleus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nucleus-capital) 3
- [Pale blue dot](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pale-blue-dot) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as First Momentum Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**EIC Accelerator** Government **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator)[**M Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures)[**Earlybird Venture Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird)[**Founderful** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founderful)[**Nucleus Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nucleus-capital)[**Pale blue dot** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pale-blue-dot)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Bayern Kapital** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bayern-kapital)[**Creator Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creator-fund)[**Entrepreneur First** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first)[**Fly Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fly-ventures)[**IQ Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies First Momentum Ventures put money into.

[**Magentic** $18M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/magentic)[**ZuriQ** $26M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zuriq)[**QuantumDiamonds** $17M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantumdiamonds)[**SuperPlane** $2.6M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/superplane)[**HeyCharge** $3.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/heycharge)[**Skycore Semiconductors** $5.8M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/skycore-semiconductors)

## Quick answers about First Momentum Ventures

### What does First Momentum Ventures invest in?

First Momentum Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smb, Marketplaces and B To B.

### How active is First Momentum Ventures?

37 investments on record, 10 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has First Momentum Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: MuRay (Undisclosed round, Oct 2026), Atlas Bio (Seed, Oct 2026) and Magentic (Series A, Sept 2026).

### How big are First Momentum Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.5M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $1.0M.

### Does First Momentum Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 37 investments on record (3%).

### Where does First Momentum Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Germany (65%), Switzerland (14%) and the United States (8%).

### Is First Momentum Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 10 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does First Momentum Ventures invest alongside?

Most often EIC Accelerator (6 rounds together), M Ventures (4 rounds together) and Earlybird Venture Capital (3 rounds together).

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