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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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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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Quantum Diamonds Brings First Quantum Microscope to US Chip Labs
Portfolio company Quantum Diamonds installs its QD m.1, the first commercial quantum diamond microscopy system in North America, at Eurofins EAG in Silicon Valley.
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"Wir bohren mit Blitzen": Geothermie für die ganze Welt
Im Startup-Insider-Podcast erklärt Telura-Mitgründer Philipp Engelkamp, wie elektrische Impulsbohrung grundlastfähige Geothermie nahezu überall auf der Erde erschließen könnte.
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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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From Containers to Unikernels: Reshaping Modern Cloud Infrastructure
On The Kubelist Podcast, Unikraft co-founder Felipe Huici unpacks how unikernels rethink cloud infrastructure for lighter, faster, and more secure deployments.
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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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A First for Europe: The End-to-End Model for Certified Renewable Gas
TURN2X, Siemens, and Atmen have built the first end-to-end blueprint for certified, commercial-scale renewable gas production to make Europe more resilient to fossil natural gas imports.
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Nucleus and First Momentum Back Geothermal Startup Telura
Sifted covers Telura's $5M pre-seed, led by Nucleus Capital with First Momentum, to scale electric-impulse drilling that could mine geothermal energy anywhere.
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Sebastian Böhmer
Geothermal Anywhere: Why we Had to Incubate Telura
Deep beneath our feet lies enough clean energy to power civilization for millennia. First Momentum incubated Telura, which has now raised $5M. Here's why they're building the technology to unlock it.
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