First Momentum Ventures
VC Fund
Karlsruhe, Germany
First Momentum Ventures is a VC fund in Karlsruhe focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. First Momentum Ventures helps your startup to gain its first momentum by backing you with a first investment. They provide young ambitious startups with a first investment, world-class mentoring, and a strong network. They typically invest in B2B startups in the DACH region.
- Total investments:
- 66
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
- Fund size:
- $40M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries First Momentum Ventures invests in
Stages First Momentum Ventures invests in
Countries First Momentum Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3.7M–$12M
- Pre-Seed
- $980k–$4.7M
- Series A
- $10M–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 12 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 12 (18%)
- Information Technology 8 (12%)
- Manufacturing 7 (11%)
- FinTech 4 (6%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 34 (52%)
- Seed 24 (36%)
- Series A 2 (3%)
- Funding Round 2 (3%)
Country
- Germany 34 (52%)
- Switzerland 3 (5%)
- United States 2 (3%)
- France 1 (2%)
- Austria 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andreas Fischer
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Lena Späth
Head of Platform
|
Head of Platform | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sebastian Bohmer
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| QuantumDiamonds (QD) is a novel equipment vendor from Germany which builds magnetic field imaging systems based on quantum sensors for the semiconductor industry. Spun out of the Technical University of Munich in 2022 and headquartered in Munich, QD develops and manufactures non-destructive inspection and metrology systems used to find electricaldefects inside the most advanced chips.QD's technology uses nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, atomic-scale defects in a diamond lattice that act as quantum sensors for magnetic fields. By measuring the magnetic fields generated by current flow, the system reconstructs current pathways inside multi-layer 2.5D and 3D chip architectures and localizes defects with micrometer precision and precise depth resolution. Crucially, the system operates non-destructively and at ambient conditions (no vacuum, no cryogenics), avoiding the slow, destructive layer-by-layer delayering that conventional failure analysis requires.The flagship product, the QDm.1 (Quantum Diamond Microscope), is the world's first integrated quantum sensing tool commercially available for chip testing. It enables open and short detection in advanced semiconductors and advanced packaging at high speed, localizing opens (currently the leading yield-killing electrical failure) as intuitive spots on an image to accelerate root-cause analysis.QD's customers are semiconductor foundries and fabs, IDMs, OSATs, and failure analysis labs. Nine of the world's ten largest chipmakers are engaged with the company, with systems deployed across Europe, the United States, and Asia. QD's product roadmap progresses from InLab defect localization (in production today) to InFab defect metrology (est. 2027) and InLine wafer mapping (est. 2028+), targeting 100% in-line quality control. The company has raised over $100M to date, is backed by World Fund, IQ Capital, Earlybird, Bayern Kapital, and others, and is investing €152M to build the world's first production facility for quantum-based semiconductor inspection in Munich, supported under the European Chips Act. QD employs 50+ people across 18 nationalities, with 30% PhDs and 17 patents.Keywords: Semiconductor Inspection, Failure Analysis, Quantum Sensing, Magnetic Field Imaging, Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers, Advanced Packaging, Non-Destructive Testing, Defect Metrology, Yield Improvement, Chip Manufacturing. | $17.1M / Series A / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| SuperPlane is an AI-first platform engineering and DevOps control plane that helps teams automate, orchestrate, and manage complex operational workflows across development, deployment, infrastructure, monitoring, and incident-response tools | $2.6M / Pre-Seed / Jun 24, 2026 | ||
| encosa helps commercial and industrial customers cut electricity costs with battery storage systems and software. It plans, finances, installs, and operates these systems as a complete service. The company also uses energy optimization and electricity trading to improve system returns. | $29.1M / Seed / Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| ISPTech is a Spin-Off of the Institute of Space Propulsion at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It offers non-toxic, green propulsion solutions | $6.5M / Seed / Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Fabless semiconductor company providing Power Integrated Circuit (IC) solutions for data center power delivery. | $5.8M / Seed / Nov 13, 2025 | ||
| The lightweight virtualization company. | $6M / Seed / Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Telura is a deep-tech business that uses next-generation drilling to enable geothermal energy everywhere. Telura creates electric impulse drilling technology, which breaks rock from within using high-voltage pulses. | $4.7M / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Brineworks' saltwater electrolyser's high-efficiency design allows for industry-leading CO2 extraction while also creating green hydrogen (H2) at a reasonable cost. | $8M / Seed / Sep 19, 2025 | ||
| Hyperdrives is a deep-tech engineering company that specializes in super-efficient, highly power-dense, and yet low-cost electric drive systems. | $3.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2025 | ||
| Zenline AI empowers European retailers with AI agents for modern assortment optimization. In a market shaped by global platforms and increasing margin pressure, Zenline helps build profitable, shopper-centric assortments. Its AI delivers automated, product-level recommendations, from product launches and consolidation to the ongoing optimization ofexisting items. By analyzing internal margin and competitor data alongside social trends, Zenline identifies assortment gaps and suggests concrete pricing actions. The result: intelligent, competitive assortments aligned with what shoppers truly want. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Aug 26, 2025 | ||
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FAQ
What does First Momentum Ventures invest in?
First Momentum Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 66 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does First Momentum Ventures invest in?
First Momentum Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.7M–$12M at Seed, $980k–$4.7M at Pre-Seed and $10M–$17M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not First Momentum Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds First Momentum Ventures took part in.
How do I contact First Momentum Ventures?
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Who are the partners at First Momentum Ventures?
The team at First Momentum Ventures includes Andreas Fischer (Founding Partner), Lena Späth (Head of Platform) and Sebastian Bohmer (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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