Firstminute Capital

Your partners from day one

Across the team we've founded multiple businesses Our General Partner has founded and exited two unicorn startups Our team members have backed 10 unicorns at seed We're here to help supercharge your journey

firstminute is a seed-stage venture firm investing in the UK, Europe and the US We try to be the first cheque into a company, aiming for a 10% ownership stake Our mission is to be Europe's most helpful seed fund

120+ Unicorn Founder Backers

$1m - $5m Tickets

Our founders say it best

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 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 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 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 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 Thank you for your incredible support and encouragement over the past year You have assisted our development in countless ways and we are deeply appreciative Thrilled to have you as a partner for the next phase of the business

David Snider — Founder & CEO, Harness Wealth

"Quantum computers will solve chemistry" - Steve Brierley, Riverlane

Esteban Ordano, Decentraland: "Why social media will be Decentralised."

Mike Maples, Floodgate: "Kids Will Start Reading At Two-Years Old"

Robby Yung, Animoca Brands: "More people will make a living playing games than building cars"

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