# firstminute capital: investment profile

Published mandate, cheque sizes and source evidence for firstminute capital. Sources checked 2026-10-11.

Source: https://12inf.ai/resources/funds/firstminute-capital
Updated: 2026-10-14

Inception-stage fund leading pre-seed and seed rounds for European and UK founders, writing £1m-£3m first institutional cheques with a generalist remit and an AI/deeptech lean.

## Published mandate

- **Stage:** Pre-seed, Seed

- **Cheque:** £1M–£3M (≈ $1.3M–$4M)

- **Geography:** UK, Europe

- **Sectors:** Generalist, AI, Deep tech

Converted at ECB reference rate, 9 Oct 2026

## Notable investments

- [Benford](https://www.caplight.com/investor/firstminute) — Pre-seed (listed as lead), 2026-09

- [Neno](https://www.caplight.com/investor/firstminute) — Seed, 2026-08

## Sources

Sources checked **2026-10-11**.

Verified on the fund's own site

- [firstminute capital — Website](https://firstminute.capital)

- [firstminute capital — About](https://firstminute.capital/about)

- [caplight.com — Firstminute](https://www.caplight.com/investor/firstminute)

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