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firstminute

Venture Capital

firstminute capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that backed Benford in its pre-seed round.


Recent investments

Pre-Seed
$1.7M

The pre-seed round was led by Firstminute Capital with backing from a16z, Sequoia Capital, Craft Ventures, and Atomico.

"We are thrilled to back Klu as they enable the next generation of AI-powered software. With Klu, knowledge workers can spin up AI-based internal workflows to automate repetitive tasks and embed AI workflows into their products for customers to experience. This is a major product challenge which is why Stephen and Stefan with their prior roles at Productboard and Skyscanner are the right duo to solve this problem,"
— Sam Endacott
Series A
£14.1M

Creandum led the Series A round with participation from Peter Thiel, firstminute, Seedcamp, Hambro Perks and Amino Collective.

"Clinical trials are the biggest bottleneck to improving human health. We deliver clinical trials three times faster than the industry standard, working with biotech pioneers to get new treatments to patients more quickly."
— Michael Young, Co-Founder
$6.0M

The London-based clinical trials platform has secured $6m to date from high-profile investors.

"Clinical trials are the biggest bottleneck to improving human health. We’re working with high-growth companies developing the next wave of breakthrough treatments to accelerate the clinical trials process."
— Michael Young, Co-Founder
Series A
$15.0M

Bonnier Ventures led the Series A round to fund the rollout of the proprietary Kyra Platform.

"We built Kyra to help brands authentically connect with Gen Z on TikTok, and we’re excited to deploy our Series A capital to launch the Kyra Platform and alleviate challenges within the creator economy,"
— Devran Amaratunga Karaca, CEO