We’re engineers at heart and investors by choice. That’s why what started in 2018 as a campus spin-off, we’ve grown into one of Europe’s leading pre-seed funds, backing over 50 deeply technical startups that are reshaping industries from industrial innovation to novel computing. With our second €35M+ fund now in full swing, we’re adding a Founders Associate - Special Projects who will work directly with our partners to set up our third fund generation and other firm‑wide strategic missions.
We believe great teams create the future, and we’re here to back them early and support them deeply. We aren’t just capital providers; instead, we invest in incredible humans and view EQ as our large edge compared to traditional funds. The same applies to our own team: we are hungry to win as a team, driven by an underdog ethos and believe in high agency & independence.
The Role
First Momentum is built on the conviction that exceptional engineers will build the future. Our current team reflects this, with experts in deeply technical domains. The goal is to mobilise our next generation of fund(s) to propel Europe’s most ambitious technical founders at the earliest stage, but also to push our most critical projects internally and in our portfolio.
To complete this setup, we are looking to add a high-agency pacemaker as a Founders Associate - Special Projects: someone with the agency, drive and execution skills to turn big strategic ideas into executed reality.
In this, you’ll support and work directly with our founding partners on important strategic initiatives, from setting up and raising our next generation of funds, to working directly with our thriving portfolio of up-and-coming deep tech champions on special projects/campaigns or co-incubating new ideas for spinoff projects (such as Telura) or other missions.
We work as a distributed team, but for the first 12-18 months, you will be mostly on-site in Munich to launch our third fund generation and drive high-priority projects with the core team. Once those missions reach steady state, the role can shift to more remote work while you stay active in Europe’s leading tech hubs.
Tasks
You’ll be the wingman of our partners and sit at the heart of First Momentum’s highest‑leverage projects, raising the next fund, launching spin‑offs, and unblocking portfolio companies while communicating fluently in German and English.
- Unlock our third fund generation: drive the LP pipeline, support building the data room, refine decks and DDQs, and be a pillar of the fund‑structuring team in close collaboration with our Head of Finance and founding partners.
- Run special missions: partner with portfolio companies to accelerate financing rounds, GTM pushes, or key hires, delivering tangible results in weeks, not months.
- Validate and co‑incubate ventures: test new ideas, recruit core teams, and step in as launch co‑founder when conviction is high.
- Coordinate strategic execution: turn whiteboard concepts into work plans, track cross-team OKRs, and keep mission-critical tasks on track, especially for high-priority projects.
- Own stakeholder communication: craft crisp updates, handle inbound requests, and represent First Momentum across Europe’s tech hubs in flawless German and English.
- Sharpen our operating stack: keep the CRM, dashboards, and playbooks humming, so we can move better and faster.
What We're Looking For
- You thrive in fast‑paced environments and already have hands‑on experience from internships or an early career stint in VC, startups, consulting, or another high‑intensity setting.
- You bring extreme ownership and high agency to spot problems, design a plan, and focus on execution.
- You work in a relentlessly structured way, are skilled in process optimisation, and have a good sense of balancing speed and perfection depending on the challenge at hand.
- You’re a clear, concise communicator in both German and English; you can interact with partners, the team, founders, LPs, service providers spot-on.
- You learn fast and fancy technical topics; a genuine curiosity for deep‑tech or hard‑tech domains is a definite plus.
- Bonus points if you’ve already supported fundraising rounds or VC deal flow and want to deepen that skill set.
Benefits
Why join First Momentum?
- Build & shape a sector-defining fund - First Momentum is one of the few through-and-through deep tech funds in Europe. We aim to build a portfolio and relationships that will define this generation of world-leading companies.
- See the full venture stack: gain end‑to‑end exposure to investing, portfolio work, as well as the nuts and bolts of structuring and closing a new fund.
- High autonomy and steep learning curve: own critical workstreams in a fast‑paced team that values action over hierarchy.
- Exceptional colleagues who thrive on debate, rigour, and mutual support.
- Attractive package: salary plus project‑based bonuses that reward the impact you deliver, incl. a carry component in our funds.
- Partner‑level mentoring: work day‑to‑day with the founding partners, accelerating your personal growth through direct guidance on strategic projects and interactions.
- Launchpad for your next move: We will set you up for a future role in VC, as a Chief‑of‑Staff in our portfolio, or prepping if you want to start your venture.
- In‑person start for maximum impact: spend your first 12-18 months side by side with the core team in Munich to secure early wins on key projects, then transition to a more flexible, distributed mode across Europe’s deep‑tech hubs.