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Planet First Partners

Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 6 cheques on record.

Deploying nowGrowth equity

GrowthEnergyIndustrialSustainable Consumer

Deploying now
80%of best year4cheques in 12 months, 6 on record
Since the last cheque152days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$165MRounds led2 of 6Mostly inCanada, 33%
Pitch Planet First Partners

Planet First Partners highlights

  1. 01

    4 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series D and Growth: 60% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 2 rounds

What they do

Planet First Partners is a growth equity platform that invests in and partners with disruptive entrepreneurs to scale tech-enabled businesses.From their own website
Type
Growth equity
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Growth
Sectors
EnergyIndustrialSustainable Consumer
Based in
Niederanven, Luxembourg
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first6 appearances

  1. 2026

    4 rounds

  2. Jun
    FINNSeries D · DE · Firms' own news pages$113MWith 11 others
  3. May
  4. Jan
    PhotonicGrowth · CA · Firms' own news pages$131MLed
  5. Jan
    OvivaSeries D · CH · Firms' own news pages$234MWith 9 others
  6. 2025

    1 round

  7. Aug
    Commonwealth Fusion SystemsSeries B · US · Crunchbase News$863MWith 27 others
  8. 2024

    1 round

  9. Oct
    SubmerSeries C · ES · TechCrunch$56MWith 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

We hold 27 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.

Funds they back

3 fund commitments on record

Managers
2

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

9 of 15 we have independently watched raise

FinnNanogenceObviousOvivaPhotonicRiverlaneSubmerSunfireXanaduCfsEkavcIterativeOsneycapitalQuantonationThis

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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Planet First Partners put money into.

Quick answers about Planet First Partners

What does Planet First Partners invest in?

Planet First Partners invests most often at Series D and Growth (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Energy, Industrial and Sustainable Consumer.

How active is Planet First Partners?

6 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Jun 2026.

What has Planet First Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: FINN (Series D, Jun 2026), Photonic Inc. (Undisclosed round, May 2026) and Photonic (Growth, Jan 2026).

How big are Planet First Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $165M.

Does Planet First Partners lead rounds?

Yes: it led 2 of its 6 investments on record (33%).

Where does Planet First Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (33%), Germany (17%) and Switzerland (17%).

Is Planet First Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Planet First Partners invest alongside?

Most often Microsoft (2 rounds together), Norrsken VC (2 rounds together) and Royal Bank of Canada (2 rounds together).

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