First Momentum Ventures
First Momentum Ventures is a Karlsruhe-based pre-seed venture capital firm founded in 2018 that grew out of a student initiative into one of Europe's most active early-stage deep tech and technical B2B investors. It writes first cheques of EUR 200k to 1.5M across new industrials, energy, and compute, backing technical founders from lab to launch across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The manager operates through FMV First Momentum Ventures Management GmbH (Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 728864) and closed its EUR 35M Fund II in April 2025.
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Recent exits
Coverage notes
2 funds tracked, 37 portfolio companies (36 active · 1 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
37 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund First Momentum Ventures has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
First Momentum Ventures Fund IIVC2025 · 1yr€35M14 active
Unrealized
14 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotech |  Switzerland | 2024 | |
| Software |  Austria | 2024 | |
| Energy |  Germany | 2024 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2025 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2024 | |
| Software | Germany | 2024 | |
| Software |  France | 2025 | |
| Industrials |  UK | 2025 | |
| Software | Germany | 2024 | |
| Energy |  Denmark | 2025 | |
| Software | Serbia | 2025 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2025 | |
| Software | Switzerland | 2025 | |
| Deep Tech | Switzerland | 2024 |
Switzerland· Entry 2024Austria· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2024France· Entry 2025UK· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2024Denmark· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2025Switzerland· Entry 2025Switzerland· Entry 2024First Momentum Ventures Fund IVC2018 · 8yr€4M22 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
22 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy |  Netherlands | 2023 | |
| SaaS | Germany | 2022 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2020 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2019 | |
| SaaS | Germany | 2020 | |
| Software | Germany | 2023 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2023 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2021 | |
| Logistics | Germany | 2019 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2022 | |
| Software | Switzerland | 2020 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2021 | |
| Fintech | Germany | 2020 | |
| Software | Germany | 2023 | |
| AI/ML | Germany | 2022 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2023 | |
| Logistics | Germany | 2023 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2022 | |
| Data & Analytics | UK | 2023 | |
| Software | Germany | 2021 | |
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2023 | |
| Software | Germany | 2022 |
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1 exit| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software | Germany | 2021 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – |
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Investment team
Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.
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