Investing Profile

Brent Hoberman(741)

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Co-Founder and Executive Chair at firstminute capital
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67 Investors

Connected to Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), and 64 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Firstminute Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
40
Current Fund Size
$350M

Brent Hoberman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Brent Hoberman's Investments On Record (35)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Understory
Series ASep 2025$14M
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$40M
Co-investors: Kiersten Stead (DCVC (Data Collective)), Tim Woodward (Prelude Ventures), Joe Kirgues (gener8tor)
Stitch
Series BApr 2025$55M
Series AFeb 2022$21M
SeedOct 2021$2M
SeedFeb 2021$4M
$100M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Johan Bosini (Quona Capital), Niklas Adalberth (Norrsken VC), Tom Conrad (Big Sky Health), Jocelyn Cheng (Luno Expeditions), Sima Gandhi (Creative Juice), Calanthia Mei (The Community Fund), Michael Vaughan (Vera Equity), Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Future Africa), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Sitar Teli (Connect Ventures), Trevor Noah, Andre Mohamed, David de Picciotto, Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Tom Blomfield, Charles Delingpole, Jason Goldberg, Gabriel Weinberg, Jason Gardner
Layla AI
SeedNov 2023$3M
$3M
Quench.ai
Pre SeedJul 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings)
Founders Makers
Series UnknownNov 2022
Airly
Series ANov 2022$6M
SeedMar 2021$3M
$11M
Co-investors: Garrett Camp (Expa), Sophia Bendz (Cherry Ventures), Cameron McLain (Giant Ventures), Ragnar Sass, Richard Branson, Markus Villig, Ronald Cohen, Konstantin von Unger, Martin Tajur
Syrup Tech
SeedJul 2022$6M
$30M
Co-investors: Sara Ittelson (Accel), Zach Bratun-Glennon (Gradient Ventures), Jeff Bussgang (Flybridge Capital Partners), Anna Palmer (Flybridge Capital Partners), Spencer Crawley (Firstminute Capital), Kevin Novak (Rackhouse Venture Capital), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures), Ben Orthlieb (2.12 Angels), Kevin Colas
Founders Law
SeedJun 2022

most interested in

AI , autonomous driving, fintech, medtech

not interested in

US companies without a strong local lead

Brent Hoberman's Experience

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
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
Associate Spectrum Strategy ConsultantsPresent
Business Development LineonePresent
Chief Executice Officer and Co-Founder lastminute.comPresent
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder Founders ForumPresent
Co-Founder Founders IntelligencePresent
Co-Founder Founders KeepersPresent
Co-Founder Grip - Intelligent Business Interactions.Present

Brent Hoberman's Education

University of Oxford ma mod lang
Eton College Oppidan Scholar