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Firstminute Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 2017 · Active in 2026

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5 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #488 · Global · 5 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns → 5y
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Decacorns → 5y
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Thoroughbreds → 5y
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Firstminute Capital is a venture capital firm based in UK, founded in 2017. The page below shows 5 Power Law outcomes from Firstminute Capital's portfolio — 5 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in AI · Transportation; top portfolio geographies are UK · Germany · France. Firstminute ranks #488 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 5 Firstminute Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. UK2
  2. Germany1
  3. France1
  4. USA1
By sectorCount
  1. AI4
  2. Transportation1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A1
  2. Seed4
01 · Portfolio market map

Firstminute's 5 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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5 of 5 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Firstminute's founders come from — and where they study.

21 founders across the 5 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Cambridge and Digital Domain are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
France6
New Zealand5
United Kingdom3
Germany1
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UniversityCount
University of Cambridge5
Auckland University of Technology2
École Polytechnique - IP Paris2
The University of Auckland1
National University of La Plata1
Birzeit University1
Paris-Saclay University1
Télécom Paris - IP Paris1
Stuttgart Media University1
University of Seville1
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Origin companyCount
Digital Domain1
Skydio1
Google DeepMind1
Glossier1
Meta1
Pagaya1
RiversideFM1
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Firstminute.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Firstminute stack up?

Firstminute in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Firstminute Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Firstminute on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Firstminute Capital

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Firstminute — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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