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How First Momentum built one of Europe's hottest energy startups from scratch
Impact Loop VC featured the story of a VC that couldn't find a geothermal company worth backing, so the firm built one: Telura, now backed by a $5M pre-seed round.
QuantumDiamonds Raises €91M Series A to Speed Up Chip Manufacturing
Backed by €76M in EU Chips Act funding, TUM spinout QuantumDiamonds is building high-throughput inspection for chip fabs across three continents.
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Maximilian Ochs
€91M to set the global standard for next-gen chip inspection
First Momentum backed QuantumDiamonds early in 2023. Three years later, the Munich company works with the world's largest chip companies and is building a €152M production facility for quantum-based chip inspection.
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What Does it Need to Scale Europe’s Spinoff Ecosystem?
Europe's spinoff ecosystem is producing successful spinouts, but the IP processes and growth capital to scale them are missing. At the Spinoff Summit 2026, we sat down with academia, government, and philanthropy to figure out why and what fixes it.
