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Brent Hoberman(741)

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Co-Founder and Executive Chair at firstminute capital
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Firstminute Capital Managing Partner
$250K - $5.0M
$2.5M
40
$350M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Understory
Series ASep 2025$14M
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$50M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Will Porteous (RRE Ventures), Joe Kirgues (gener8tor)
Stitch
Series BApr 2025$55M
Series AFeb 2022$21M
SeedOct 2021$2M
SeedFeb 2021$4M
$94M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Charley Ma (Exponent Founders Capital), Brad Garlinghouse (Ripple VC), Jai Choi (Partech Ventures), Richard Chen (UC Berkeley Foundation), Jocelyn Cheng (Luno Expeditions), Gabriel Weinberg, Eric Hahn
Layla AI
SeedNov 2023$3M
$3M
Quench.ai
Pre SeedJul 2023$5M
$5M
Founders Makers
Series UnknownNov 2022
Airly
Series ANov 2022$6M
SeedMar 2021$3M
$11M
Co-investors: Garrett Camp (Expansive Ventures), Richard Branson
Syrup Tech
SeedJul 2022$6M
$12M
Co-investors: Kevin Colas (Bay Bridge Ventures)
Founders Law
SeedJun 2022
AI , autonomous driving, fintech, medtech
US companies without a strong local lead
Executive Chairman firstminute capital2017 - Present
Co-Founder and Non Executive Director MADE.COM2016 - Present
Chairman and Co-founder Founders of the Future2016 - Present
Non Executive Director The Economist2015 - Present
Executive Chairman Founders Factory Ltd2015 - Present
Chairman and Co-Founder Smartup.io2014 - Present
Co-Founder Founders Pledge2013 - Present
Co-Founder Grip - Intelligent Business Interactions.Present
Co-Founder Founders KeepersPresent
Co-Founder Founders IntelligencePresent
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder Founders ForumPresent
Chief Executice Officer and Co-Founder lastminute.comPresent
Business Development LineonePresent
Associate Spectrum Strategy ConsultantsPresent
Advisor Self-EmployedPresent
Investor Self-EmployedPresent
Co-Founder and Non Executive Director made.comPresent
Advisory Board Chair Self-EmployedPresent
Co-Founder and Chair made.comPresent
Chairman and Co-Founder MydecoPresent
Board Observer Self-EmployedPresent
Business Development Self-EmployedPresent
Investor Angel InvestorPresent
Non-Executive Board Director Guardian News & MediaPresent
Non-Executive Board Director The GuardianPresent
Non-Executive Director easyCar.comPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair Founders ForumPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair Founders Factory LtdPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair firstminute capital Present
Co-Host London Tech WeekPresent
Co-Founder Founders MakersPresent
Google Cloud EMEA Advisory Board Google Present
Ambassador GREAT Britain & Northern Ireland CampaignPresent
Advisor Tessa Jowell FoundationPresent
Advisor Planet FundPresent
Co-Founder 01 FoundersPresent
Co-Founder EQL:HERPresent
Investor Angel Investor Present
Co-Founder and Chair Founders of the FuturePresent
Corporate Advisory Board Royal Academy of ArtsPresent
Chair KarakuriPresent
Google Cloud EMEA Advisory Board GooglePresent
Co-Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Advisory Board Chair Top-PatentsPresent
Board Observer Top-PatentsPresent
Business Development Top-PatentsPresent
Advisor Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair Founders FactoryPresent
Advisor, Innovation Fund Imperial College Public Awareness and Social Service SocietyPresent
Advisor Self-employedPresent
Co-Founder Founders LawPresent
Co-Founder 01FoundersPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair firstminute capitalPresent
Co-Founder accelerateHERPresent
Co-Founder GripPresent
Investor Self-employedPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair Founders Forum GroupPresent
Advisor, Innovation Fund Institute of Global Health InnovationPresent
Co-Founder Founders AcademyPresent
Advisory Board Chair Self-employedPresent
Non Executive Director TalkTalkPresent
Co-Founder and Chair MADE.COMPresent
Non-Executive Board Director ShazamPresent
Non Executive Director Time Out Group plcPresent
Board Observer Self-employedPresent
Co-Founder and CEO lastminute.comPresent
Business Development Self-employedPresent
Advisor Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Investor Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Advisory Board Chair Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Board Observer Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Business Development Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Advisor NewCoPresent
Co-Founder NewCoPresent
Advisory Board Chair NewCoPresent
Board Observer NewCoPresent
Business Development NewCoPresent
Advisor Asset Management GroupPresent
Co-Founder Asset Management GroupPresent
Investor Asset Management GroupPresent
Advisory Board Chair Asset Management GroupPresent
Governor Asset Management GroupPresent
Board Observer Asset Management GroupPresent
Business Development Asset Management GroupPresent
Non-Executive Director TalkTalk2010 - 2016
Chairman and Co-Founder MADE.COM2010 - 2016
Co-Founder PROfounders Capital2009 - 2016
Fellow Eton College2012 - 2015
Non-Executive Director easyCar2011 - 2014
Council Member Institute of Contemporary Arts2011 - 2014
Chairman and Co-Founder mydeco2007 - 2014
Non Executive Director Time Out2011 - 2013
Governor University of the Arts London2012
University of Oxford ma mod lang
Eton College Oppidan Scholar
University of Oxford Master of Arts - MA Modern Languages & Literature