# Firstminute Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Firstminute Capital is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 123 investments on record, 14 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstminute-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Firstminute Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 123 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $95M, May 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Artificial Intelligence Deep Tech SaaS

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**45%** of best year **14** **cheques in 12 months**, 123 on record

Since the last cheque **4** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.4M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $3.0M** Rounds led **5 of 123** Sole investor **5 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 45%**

Pitch Firstminute Capital

## Firstminute Capital highlights

- 01 14 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 70% of its rounds
- 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-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Artificial Intelligence Deep Tech SaaS
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **123 appearances**

- **2026** 13 rounds
- **Oct** **[ClarityCare](https://millionrounds.com/company/claritycare)** Series A · US · MedCity News **$17M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Enact Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/enact-intelligence)** Pre-seed · CH · Google News search **$30M** With 11 others
- **Oct** **[Benford](https://millionrounds.com/company/benford)** Pre-seed · NO · ArcticStartup **$5.7M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Pilgrim](https://millionrounds.com/company/pilgrim)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$25M** With 7 others
- **Sept** **[StandardX](https://millionrounds.com/company/standardx)** Seed · GB **$13M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Neno Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/neno-technology)** Seed · NL **$7.7M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Intropy AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/intropy-ai)** Seed · GB **$11M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Frontier Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/frontier-health)** Seed · GB **$13M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Templum](https://millionrounds.com/company/templum)** Venture · US **$14M** With 3 others
- **May** **[CodeWords](https://millionrounds.com/company/codewords)** Seed · GB **$9.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Unleash](https://millionrounds.com/company/unleash)** Series B · NO · Ventureburn **$35M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[TestBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/testbox)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Corvera.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/corvera-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **2025** 27 rounds
- **Dec** **[mayk](https://millionrounds.com/company/mayk)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Clarity Care AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/clarity-care-ai)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[ClaimSorted](https://millionrounds.com/company/claimsorted)** Seed · US **$13M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Understory](https://millionrounds.com/company/understory)** Series A · DK · Silicon Canals **$14M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Mondoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/mondoo)** Series A · US **$18M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Vocca](https://millionrounds.com/company/vocca)** Seed · FR **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/oka-the-carbon-insurance-company)** Seed · US **$2.6M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Landbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/landbase)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$30M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Digger](https://millionrounds.com/company/digger)** Seed · US **$3.6M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Ontik](https://millionrounds.com/company/ontik)** Seed · GB · Silicon Canals **$3.7M** *Led*
- **May** **[Granola](https://millionrounds.com/company/granola)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$43M** With 9 others
- **May** **[Volare](https://millionrounds.com/company/volare)** Venture · FI **$30M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Scalera](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalera)** Seed · CH **$6.4M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[IXI](https://millionrounds.com/company/ixi)** Series A · FI · TechCrunch **$37M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Stitch](https://millionrounds.com/company/stitch)** Series B · ZA · Disrupt Africa **$55M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[GRACE](https://millionrounds.com/company/grace)** Seed · Silicon Canals **$6.4M** With 11 others
- **Apr** **[TreQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/treq)** Grant · US **$2.2M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Portia AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/portia-ai)** Seed · GB **$5.8M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Hedge](https://millionrounds.com/company/hedge)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Montamo](https://millionrounds.com/company/montamo)** Seed · DE · Silicon Canals **$6.5M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Vantis](https://millionrounds.com/company/vantis)** Series A · DE **$11M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Tana](https://millionrounds.com/company/tana)** Series A · US **$14M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Capi Money](https://millionrounds.com/company/capi-money)** Series A · US **$18M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Protex AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/protex-ai)** Series B · IE · Firms' own news pages **$36M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Lindus Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/lindus-health)** Series B · GB · TechCrunch **$55M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Beams](https://millionrounds.com/company/beams)** Series A · GB · TechCrunch **$9.0M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Kapu](https://millionrounds.com/company/kapu)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 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 registration **2 named**

BS **Brent Shawzin Hoberman** Director of Designated Member of GP i Filing they signed

SH **Spencer Henry Crawley** Director of Designated Member of GP i Filing 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

**$591M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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.

- [**Atomico** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico) Fund Vintage Committed Firstminute Capital - -

New fund on file

**$95M**

raised in May 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$6.4M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.5M**

Led 5 of 123 rounds **4%**

- **Said size:** $1.0M – $3.0M
- **Sole investor:** 5 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *51*
- Series A said *27*
- Venture *17*
- Pre-seed said *8*
- Series B said *8*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 12
- [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) 9
- [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) 8
- [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) 7
- [Seedcamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp) 7
- [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) 6

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## 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 Combinator** Accelerator **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Kima Ventures** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[**Notion Capital** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital)[**Seedcamp** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp)[**Speedinvest** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest)[**Giant Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/giant-ventures)[**500 Global** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Atomico** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico)[**Entrepreneur First** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first)[**Global Founders Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Firstminute Capital put money into.

[**Benford** $5.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/benford)[**StandardX** $13M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/standardx)[**Frontier Health** $13M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/frontier-health)[**Templum** $14M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/templum)[**CodeWords** $9.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/codewords)[**TestBox** $12M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/testbox)

## Mentioned on podcasts

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

- [Startup Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sifted) 25 Jun 2026 · 44 min Brent Hoberman on UK tech post-Starmer: 'Are we going to tax everyone to high hell?' Mentions [Brent Hoberman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brent-hoberman)[Firstminute Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstminute-capital) Apple Podcasts
- [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) 4 Dec 2020 · 32 min Even more money for e-scooters, new VC funds, protein folding, and we talk to Sebastian Peck of InMotion Ventures With [Sebastian Peck](https://millionrounds.com/person/sebastian-peck) Mentions [InMotion Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inmotion-ventures)[European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank)[Firstminute Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstminute-capital) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page

## 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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