Firstminute Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Spencer Crawley and Brent Hoberman. The firm manages $500m in assets under management and is supported by over 130 unicorn founders. Based in London, it operates with a team of 14 investors and operators across the UK and Europe. Firstminute Capital participated in five funding rounds totaling $55.3M between February 2021 and May 2023, focusing exclusively on fintech companies. It invested at seed (three rounds) and Series A (two rounds) stages, with a geographic emphasis on South Africa (three investments) and Egypt (two investments). Backed companies include Axis, a digital wallet in Egypt; Stitch, an enterprise payments API in South Africa; and Thndr, a mobile investment platform in Egypt. The firm frequently co-invested with Raba Capital (four rounds), Village Global and CRE Venture Capital (three rounds each), and others including Tiger Global, Tom Blomfield, Future Africa, and 500 Global.
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