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First Imagine!

First Imagine! is a London-based VC firm investing exclusively in European and Israeli energy-transition startups since 2016.

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First Imagine!

First Imagine! is a private equity firm based in London, UK. It focuses on a Venture Capital investment approach.

General information

Firm type

Private Equity

Year founded

2016

AUM

Undisclosed

Location

Region

Europe

Country

United Kingdom

City

London

Corporate office

London, United Kingdom

Principals

Alexander Starchenko

Managing Partner

Boris Dorin

Partner

Yulia Kupriyanovskaya

Head of Operations

Sector focus

Energy Transition & RenewablesMobility & TransportationClimateTechAgriTech & FoodTechRobotics & AutomationPropTech

Frequently asked questions

Who runs investment decisions at First Imagine!?

The firm lists Alexander Starchenko as Managing Partner and Boris Dorin as Partner on its public team page. Three additional investment professionals — Boris Starchenko, Sergey Donskoy, and Svetlana Sirotkina — are also named, but the firm has not disclosed a formal investment committee structure or decision-making hierarchy (per firm website).

What investment stages does First Imagine! target?

First Imagine! invests from early stage through growth, spanning seed to expansion-stage companies. The firm requires initial commercial traction and looks for scalable business models backed by strong entrepreneurial teams and innovative technologies, consistent with a multi-stage venture approach focused on the energy transition (per firm website).

Does First Imagine! invest only in Europe, or does it also look at other regions?

The firm explicitly states its geographic mandate covers Europe and Israel. It has not publicly indicated active investment operations or portfolio companies in North America, Asia, or other regions beyond its stated European and Israeli footprint (per firm website).

How is First Imagine! connected to energy-transition policy networks?

First Imagine! is a member of the International Renewable Energy Agency Coalition for Action, a group of over 130 private-sector players that engages with global renewable-energy policy. The firm also belongs to the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and the Tech Tour Investors Club, giving it cross-border policy and deal-sourcing exposure (per firm website).

Which sectors does First Imagine! explicitly exclude?

First Imagine! describes a pure-play energy-transition mandate. The website lists no investments in consumer internet, enterprise SaaS outside of energy, biotech broadly, or fintech. The absence of those sectors in all published materials indicates a deliberate exclusion in favor of EV infrastructure, hydrogen, grid software, advanced materials, and distributed energy resources (per portfolio page).

Does First Imagine! participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?

All publicly disclosed activity points to direct venture investments in startups and scale-ups across the energy transition spectrum. The firm has not disclosed any fund-of-funds commitments or LP positions in other venture capital or private equity funds (per firm website).

Has First Imagine! disclosed any exits?

Yes. The firm’s website lists two realized exits, described as battery-intelligence technology and autonomous-construction technology, though the target companies are not named on the public portfolio page. No financial terms or return multiples have been disclosed (per firm website).

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