Backed by 130 Unicorn Founders
The Home of Magnetic Ambition.
WHO ARE WE?
We're not just a seed fund.
Our community is our edge - supporting the next generation of maverick entrepreneurs.
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It's all about the founders
We’ve backed 170 world-class teams building category-defining companies - from bold first-time founders to serial entrepreneurs on to their next big win. Our role? Be their first call, fiercest champion, and long-term partner on the journey from idea to impact.
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Your partners from the very firstminute
We’ve pitched and been rejected, built and sold companies, and learned the hard way what it takes to win. We’ve backed 11 unicorns at seed - and we’re ready to help you build the next one.
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firstminute Snapshot
We are the first institutional cheque into European founders building global software champions.
170+ Portfolio Companies
$500m AUM
130+ Unicorn Founder Backers
£1m - £3m Tickets
What our founders say about us
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Outstanding partners since day one - helping us restructure our cap table in our seed; introducing us to our Series A investor and helping us achieve more in less time by understanding our business/market as well as we do.
Get them in as early as possible to get you off the ground.
Dominik Angerer — Founder & CEO, Storyblok
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firstminute is a unique combination of thoughtful and action-oriented. They understand what it takes to find product market fit and help us push obstacles out of the way.
We’ve talked to so many VCs since our raise. If we had to do it again, we would 100% choose firstminute. Their culture of collaboration and getting things done is what every startup needs from their seed investor.
Soo Choi-Andrews — Co-Founder & CEO, Mondoo
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The network that firstminute and Founders Forum bring together has been awesome. Whether it's catalysing investment rounds or strategic partnerships, or facilitating high-level government engagement...it’s been a great partnership.
Alex Kendall — Co-Founder & CEO, Wayve
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firstminute are always there for help, advice, tips or to have a brainstorming session with on company strategy, hiring, fundraising and business development.
Jan Oberhauser — Founder & CEO, n8n
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Whole-heartedly believed in me from day one. They don’t scare away from wild ambition. There isn’t an introduction that they can’t make and they’ll go out of their way to make it happen. They also have a response time of 5 minutes or less to any email or request.
Lucrezia Bisignani — Founder & CEO, Kukua
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firstminute has the strongest network I have seen from any investor so far.
This is hiring, customer intros (huge amount of our customers come from their intros) and, most important for a Seed Fund: great connections to the Tier 1 VCs for Series A.
Maik Wehmeyer — Co-Founder & CEO, Taktile
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High energy. No Drama. Generous network. Gracious team. firstminute is an outstanding partner that has consistently had our back.
They don’t hesitate to make big swings on your behalf, and provide thoughtful counsel when you need. They just want to help you crush it.
Koda Wang — Co-Founder & CEO, Block