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Sebastian Böhmer

encosa Brings Energy Storage to Germany's Industry

First Momentum led the pre-seed round in encosa, the Munich-based full-service battery storage company. Now, encosa has closed €25M in seed funding, signed millions of project volume, and is scaling the German Mittelstand's most critical energy infrastructure.

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Andreas Fischer

Munich remains a growing hub for climate and deep tech

First Momentum's Andreas Fischer and Hyperdrives' Robin Renz tell Impact Loop why the city's industrial density keeps drawing climate and deep tech founders.

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Christian Neumann

Unikraft: Why the AI Era Needs a Cloud Rewrite

Today's cloud was built for predictable traffic and steady-state apps. AI demands something fundamentally different, and we're convinced Unikraft, the cloud infrastructure company backed by Vercel, Heavybit, Fly, and First Momentum, will lead the rebuild.

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Roofline Named One of 21 European Startups to Watch

TechCrunch features Roofline among Europe's most promising startups, spotlighting its software that efficiently deploys AI models across an increasingly fragmented chip hardware landscape.

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Maximilian Ochs

15 hardware startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

From orbital transfer vehicles to chemical recycling, these are the hardware startups that Max from First Momentum and other VCs are eyeing this year.

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Andreas Fischer

Roboter-Revolution in den Fabriken

Ein Blick nach China zeigt, wie sich industrielle Produktion verändert: mehr Roboter, weniger Menschen, Automatisierung in Rekordzeit. Andreas Fischer spricht darüber, was das für Deutschland bedeutet.

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Andreas Fischer

Two Principals. One Clear Signal.

First Momentum promotes Max Ochs and Christian Neumann to Principal, doubling down on the belief that knowing the science and domain beats knowing the VC game.

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So wollen Start-ups Geothermie für alle Länder erschließen

Erdwärme hat großes Potenzial, spielt bei der Energiewende aber bisher nur eine Nebenrolle. Mehrere Start-ups, darunter Telura aus München, wollen das ändern.

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