First Degree Capital

www.firstdegree.capital

VCMatch tracks First Degree Capital as an investor focused on AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, and Developer Tools companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, and Europe, Israel, and United States markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools

Geography

Europe, Israel, and United States

Investment Thesis

First Degree backs great people building real products that change how we work, betting on vision and momentum from the earliest stages—sometimes before there’s even a product. They believe in turning vision into reality by connecting strategy to execution, and they invest in founders creating intelligence that augments human potential rather than replacing it. Their approach is founder-first, relationship-driven, and rooted in the belief that capital follows trust.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

First Degree Capital is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools, and Productivity Tools, especially across Europe, Israel, and United States.

Focus statement

AI-native, human-centric B2B software focused on productivity, collaboration, and workflow automation. Early-stage only (pre-seed, seed), Europe-rooted with selective geographic expansion, and deal-by-deal investment with co-investors who lead.

Value Add

Relationship-first approach: 'If there's no first-degree connection, there's no investment' - they only back people they know or trusted friends introduce
Founder-founded team with deep operational experience: 'We've built, scaled, failed, pivoted, hired, fired, exited, and done it again'
Speed and conviction: 'Fast yes. Fast no.' with no lengthy committee approval processes
Highly specialized focus: Stay ruthlessly in their lane (B2B, productivity, AI) and explicitly don't invest in MedTech, Biotech, Hardware, FinTech, or ClimateTech
Hands-on value-add: Access to customers, operators, talent networks built over 25 years, and capital through co-investor relationships
Geographic focus: Rooted in Europe with intentional expansion to Tel Aviv and Istanbul, avoiding Asia, Australia, and Silicon Valley
Practical founder support through '99 Problems' playbooks addressing 99 early-stage challenges