First Momentum Ventures

Karlsruhe, Germany · DeepTech Native
Industrial Only Industrial

Bio

First Momentum Ventures First Momentum Ventures was founded in 2018 by engineers from MIT, KIT, and Max Planck. an all-technical founding team. Fund II raised €35M in 2024, nearly 10x the €4M Fund I (2018). The firm is a pre-seed specialist with €200K-€1.5M checks, investing in 30-35 companies per fund. A network of 100+ university venture scouts embedded across European deep tech ecosystems provides differentiated deal flow. Focus areas include climate/energy, compute, industrial tech, aerospa

Industries

Climate TechQuantum ComputingFusion EnergyAI InfrastructureSpace TechAdvanced Manufacturing

Stages

Pre-Seed

Geography

Europe

Notable investments

  • Kipu Quantum
  • Gauss Fusion
  • Quantum Diamonds
  • Daedalus
  • TURN2X