I've never been able to sit still, new hometowns, new hobbies, new challenges, I'm obsessed with what's next. That curiosity became a fascination with permanently challenging the status quo at scale. What are the factors that shift entire societies? I thought this was mostly about politics, geopolitics, and large corporations; those were the forces and actors I believed shaped our lives. So I went into consulting, working across industries on innovation strategy and transformation. It became clear that technological progress had a much greater impact and that its acceleration through innovation would only keep compounding.
I wanted to be part of it, so I joined a deep tech startup from its early pre-seed days through its exit. While having led product development from the first MVP to customer deployments, I helped secure its CE certification (an industry first). Now I'm on the other side of the table: Backing the bets.
At First Momentum, I'm interested in everything from moonshot ideas to businesses that fundamentally change how things are done. Only a small number of companies ever drive real change; that's just how the outlier math works. Being around founders who have the hunger and audacity to bet everything on becoming one of them gives me tremendous energy.
Talent density here in Europe is at an all-time high, the ecosystem has strong momentum, and graduates are choosing to build rather than default into banking or consulting. There's now also a generation of operators who've already lived through one startup cycle and know exactly what it takes. What's still missing is enough capital willing to back that talent at scale. That's what pulls me toward the fund's core work: raising the next fund, driving investment deal flow, co-incubating new ventures, and supporting our teams in accelerating financing rounds and GTM initiatives.
