# First Momentum Ventures

> First Momentum Ventures is a VC fund backing Software. See 66 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
- Total investments: 66
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last fund: Jun 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstmomentum/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_firstmomentum
- Website: https://firstmomentum.vc

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.7M–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $980k–$4.7M |
| Series A | $10M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 12% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 11% |
| FinTech | 4 | 6% |

70 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 34 | 52% |
| Seed | 24 | 36% |
| Series A | 2 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 33 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 5% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Fischer | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-fischer-59bd |
| Lena Späth | Head of Platform | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lena-sp%C3%A4th |
| Sebastian Bohmer | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-b%C3%B6hmer |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quantum Diamonds | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| InSpacePropulsion Technologies | 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 |  |
| InSpacePropulsion Technologies | 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 |  |
| Skycore Semiconductors | Fabless semiconductor company providing Power Integrated Circuit (IC) solutions for data center power delivery. | $5.8M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Unikraft | The lightweight virtualization company. | $6M | Seed | Oct 10, 2025 |  |
| Telura | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 66 investments shown.

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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 is First Momentum Ventures's check size?

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 ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds First Momentum Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact First Momentum Ventures?

Public channels for First Momentum Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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