First momentum ventures

First Momentum Ventures (operating entity FMV First Momentum Ventures Management GmbH) is a European pre-seed venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sebastian Böhmer and Andreas Fischer, based in Karlsruhe, Germany. It invests in technical B2B and deep tech startups, writing first cheques of roughly €0.25–1.5 million as lead or co-investor. Stated focus areas include climate and energy, compute, manufacturing and robotics, AI and machine learning, aerospace, software infrastructure, computational biology, industrial and shop-floor optimisation technology, and novel materials.

The team describes itself as engineers and scientists ("engineers at heart, investors by choice") and includes founding partners Sebastian Böhmer and Andreas Fischer, Head of Platform Lena Späth, Head of Finance Roland Stern, principals Maximilian Ochs and Christian Neumann, and additional platform and investment team members. A Head of Research role covered market analysis, due diligence beyond the active funnel, and academic outreach. Beyond capital, the firm positions itself around operational support: introductions to talent, customers, partners and follow-on investors, as reflected in portfolio-founder testimonials published on its site.

The firm also runs ecosystem programmes for technical founders and entrepreneurial scientists, including a Venture Scout network of more than 100 scouts at European universities and research hubs, the Spinoff Summit for early-stage academic entrepreneurship, the Deep Tech Hardware Napkin fundraising guide, a PhD fellowship programme, and the Clueless No More initiative connecting scientist-founders, tech transfer offices and investors through events, panel discussions and sparring sessions.