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Firstminute Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 123 cheques on record.

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Deploying nowNew fund $95M, May 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechSaaS

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45%of best year14cheques in 12 months, 123 on record
Since the last cheque4days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.4MCheque size, as they say$1.0M – $3.0MRounds led5 of 123Sole investor5 roundsMostly inUnited States, 45%
Pitch Firstminute Capital

Firstminute Capital highlights

  1. 01

    14 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 70% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $4.5M

What they do

We are the first institutional cheque into European founders building global technology champions.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$1.0M – $3.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Artificial IntelligenceDeep TechSaaS
Based in
London, United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first123 appearances

  1. 2026

    13 rounds

  2. Oct
    ClarityCareSeries A · US · MedCity News$17MWith 6 others
  3. Oct
    Enact IntelligencePre-seed · CH · Google News search$30MWith 11 others
  4. Oct
    BenfordPre-seed · NO · ArcticStartup$5.7MLed
  5. Sept
    PilgrimSeed · US · TechStartups$25MWith 7 others
  6. Sept
    StandardXSeed · GB$13MWith 1 other
  7. Aug
    Neno TechnologySeed · NL$7.7MWith 2 others
  8. Jul
    Intropy AISeed · GB$11MWith 2 others
  9. Jun
    Frontier HealthSeed · GB$13MWith 4 others
  10. May
    TemplumVenture · US$14MWith 3 others
  11. May
    CodeWordsSeed · GB$9.0MWith 2 others
  12. Mar
    UnleashSeries B · NO · Ventureburn$35MWith 4 others
  13. Mar
    TestBoxSeries A · US$12MWith 3 others
  14. Jan
    Corvera.aiPre-seed · US$2.0MWith 1 other
  15. 2025

    27 rounds

  16. Dec
    maykVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  17. Oct
    Clarity Care AISeed · US$3.5MWith 3 others
  18. Oct
    ClaimSortedSeed · US$13MWith 4 others
  19. Sept
    UnderstorySeries A · DK · Silicon Canals$14MWith 4 others
  20. Sept
    MondooSeries A · US$18MWith 2 others
  21. Sept
    VoccaSeed · FR$5.5MWith 3 others
  22. Jul
    Oka, The Carbon Insurance CompanySeed · US$2.6MSole investor
  23. Jun
    LandbaseSeries A · US · TechCrunch$30MWith 6 others
  24. Jun
    DiggerSeed · US$3.6MWith 5 others
  25. May
    OntikSeed · GB · Silicon Canals$3.7MLed
  26. May
    GranolaSeries B · US · TechCrunch$43MWith 9 others
  27. May
    VolareVenture · FI$30MWith 1 other
  28. May
    ScaleraSeed · CH$6.4MWith 1 other
  29. Apr
    IXISeries A · FI · TechCrunch$37MWith 8 others
  30. Apr
    StitchSeries B · ZA · Disrupt Africa$55MWith 9 others
  31. Apr
    GRACESeed · Silicon Canals$6.4MWith 11 others
  32. Apr
    TreQGrant · US$2.2MWith 2 others
  33. Apr
    Portia AISeed · GB$5.8MWith 1 other
  34. Mar
    HedgeVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  35. Mar
    MontamoSeed · DE · Silicon Canals$6.5MWith 3 others
  36. Mar
    VantisSeries A · DE$11MWith 2 others
  37. Feb
    TanaSeries A · US$14MWith 5 others
  38. Feb
    Capi MoneySeries A · US$18MWith 4 others
  39. Feb
    Protex AISeries B · IE · Firms' own news pages$36MWith 5 others
  40. Jan
    Lindus HealthSeries B · GB · TechCrunch$55MWith 4 others
  41. Jan
    BeamsSeries A · GB · TechCrunch$9.0MWith 3 others
  42. Jan
    KapuVentureUndisclosedWith 3 others

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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

BSBrent Shawzin HobermanDirector of Designated Member of GPiFiling they signed
SHSpencer Henry CrawleyDirector of Designated Member of GPiFiling they signed

We also hold 15 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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$591Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Firstminute Capital LLP
SEC number
CRD 305960

Who backs their funds

1 LP on record in Firstminute Capital's funds

Funds
1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.

Who they invest alongside

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

Y CombinatorAccelerator12rounds togetherFJ LabsVC firm9rounds togetherKima VenturesVC firm8rounds togetherNotion CapitalVC firm7rounds togetherSeedcampVC firm7rounds togetherSpeedinvestVC firm6rounds togetherGiant VenturesVC firm5rounds together500 GlobalAngel4rounds togetherAndreessen HorowitzVC firm4rounds togetherAtomicoVC firm4rounds togetherEntrepreneur FirstAccelerator4rounds togetherGlobal Founders CapitalVC firm4rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Firstminute Capital put money into.

Benford$5.7M · Oct 2026StandardX$13M · Sept 2026Frontier Health$13M · Jun 2026Templum$14M · May 2026CodeWords$9.0M · May 2026TestBox$12M · Mar 2026

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Firstminute Capital in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Firstminute Capital

What does Firstminute Capital invest in?

Firstminute Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech and SaaS.

How active is Firstminute Capital?

123 investments on record, 14 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Firstminute Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ClarityCare (Series A, Oct 2026), Enact Intelligence (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and Benford (Pre-seed, Oct 2026).

How big are Firstminute Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.4M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $3.0M.

Does Firstminute Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 5 of its 123 investments on record (4%).

Where does Firstminute Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (45%), the United Kingdom (21%) and Switzerland (5%).

Is Firstminute Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 14 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Firstminute Capital invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (12 rounds together), FJ Labs (9 rounds together) and Kima Ventures (8 rounds together).

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