# Planet First Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Planet First Partners is a growth equity based in Luxembourg. 6 investments on record, 4 in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-first-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Luxembourg · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Planet First Partners Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 6 cheques on record. Email Deploying now Growth equity Growth Energy Industrial Sustainable Consumer Follow Planet First Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fplanet-first-partners) Deploying now **80%** of best year **4** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **152** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$165M** Rounds led **2 of 6** Mostly in **Canada, 33%** Pitch Planet First Partners ## Planet First Partners highlights - 01 4 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series D and Growth: 60% of its rounds - 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:** Energy Industrial Sustainable Consumer - **Based in:** Niederanven, Luxembourg - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2026** 4 rounds - **Jun** **[FINN](https://millionrounds.com/company/finn)** Series D · DE · Firms' own news pages **$113M** With 11 others - **May** **[Photonic Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/photonic-inc)** CA · Firms' own news pages **$200M** *Led* - **Jan** **[Photonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/photonic)** Growth · CA · Firms' own news pages **$131M** *Led* - **Jan** **[Oviva](https://millionrounds.com/company/oviva)** Series D · CH · Firms' own news pages **$234M** With 9 others - **2025** 1 round - **Aug** **[Commonwealth Fusion Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/commonwealth-fusion-systems)** Series B · US · Crunchbase News **$863M** With 27 others - **2024** 1 round - **Oct** **[Submer](https://millionrounds.com/company/submer)** Series C · ES · TechCrunch **$56M** 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 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. Managers it backs most - [Osney Capital 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osney-capital) - [Quantonation 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantonation) Most recent commitments - [Osney Capital Fund I](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osney-capital) - [Osney Capital debut fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osney-capital) - [Quantonation Ventures second fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantonation) ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **9** of 15 we have independently watched raise [Finn](https://millionrounds.com/company/finn)[Nanogence](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanogence)[Obvious](https://millionrounds.com/company/obvious)[Oviva](https://millionrounds.com/company/oviva)[Photonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/photonic)[Riverlane](https://millionrounds.com/company/riverlane)[Submer](https://millionrounds.com/company/submer)[Sunfire](https://millionrounds.com/company/sunfire)[Xanadu](https://millionrounds.com/company/xanadu) Cfs Ekavc Iterative Osneycapital Quantonation This 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 Growth Median round joined **$165M** the round, not its cheque Led 2 of 6 rounds **33%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jun 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series D *2* - Growth said *1* - Series B *1* - Series C *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) 2 - [Norrsken VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norrsken-vc) 2 - [Royal Bank of Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/royal-bank-of-canada) 2 - [TELUS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telus-pollinator-fund-for-good) 2 - [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) 2 **Pitching Planet First Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## 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. [**Microsoft** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft)[**Norrsken VC** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norrsken-vc)[**Royal Bank of Canada** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/royal-bank-of-canada)[**TELUS Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telus-pollinator-fund-for-good)[**Temasek Holdings** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) ## Recently backed The latest companies Planet First Partners put money into. [**Photonic** $131M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/photonic)[**Submer** $56M · Oct 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/submer) ## 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). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=planet-first-partners) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=planet-first-partners)