First Round Capital
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
Country: United States
Founded: 2004
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
Sector Focus
- Marketplace Lending
- WealthTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
- Cryptocurrencies
- Blockchain
Investment Stage
- Seed
- Later Stage Venture
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
Summary
First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies, including Uber, Square and Warby Parker. Through custom-built software, incredible in-person experiences, and a host of other unique services, First Round helps tiny companies get big while constantly reimagining the role of venture capital.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
MemSQL
Series C
Accel, Caffeinated Capital, Data Collective, DST Global
Data & Analytics
United States
Haven
Series A
AITV (Accelerate IT Ventures), Data Collective, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Spark Capital
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Zodiac
Seed
Western Technology Investment, Metamorphic Ventures, Felicis Ventures
Data & Analytics
United States
Zendrive
Series A
AME Cloud Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Expansion Capital Partners, Expansion Venture Capital, Fontinalis Partners
Data & Analytics
United States
Area 1 Security
Series B
Allegis Capital, Cowboy Ventures,Data Collective
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Fundera
Series B
BoxGroup, David Rosenblatt, Khosla Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, QED Investors
Marketplace Lending
United States
Abra
Series A
American Express Ventures, Arbor Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Carthona Capital
Payments & Remittances
United States
The Black Tux
Series B
BoxGroup, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Lerer Hippeau Ventures
Marketplace Lending
United States
Upstart
Series C
Collaborative FundCrunchFund, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures
Marketplace Lending
United States
Kentik
Series A
August Capital, Blue Ant Investments, Engineering Capital, Webb Investment Network
Data & Analytics
United States
Jelli
Series B
Battery Ventures, Intel Capital, Relay Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Raise.me
Series A
Imagine K12, Owl Ventures, LP, SJF Ventures
Marketplace Lending
United States
Gem
Seed
Amplify.LA, Baroda Ventures, Birchmere Labs, Blockchain Capital
Blockchain
United States
Looker
Series B
First Round, Meritech Capital Partners, PivotNorth Capital, Redpoint, Sapphire Ventures
Data & Analytics
United States
Metric Insights
Seed
Changming Liu, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Western Technology Investment, TEEC Angel Fund
Data & Analytics
United States
Reserve
Series A
Advancit Capital, Arena Ventures, Human Ventures Capital, Lowercase Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners
Payments & Remittances
United States
Planet
Series C
Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Lux Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, DBL Partners
Data & Analytics
United States
Boxed
Series B
AME Cloud Ventures, Basset Investment Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Deep Fork Capital
Payments & Remittance
United States
Zoomin
Venture
Gund Investment, LLC, InnoVen Capital, Sherpalo Ventures
Payments & Remittances
United States
Earnest
Venture
Atlas Venture, Black River Ventures, Correlation Ventures, FinSight Ventures
WealthTech
United States
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
First Round Capital III LP
$126M
First Round Capital IV
$135M
First Round II
$125M
First Round Capital V LP
$175M
Key Employees
Howard Morgan
Co-Founder & Partner
Jeff Donnon
Chief Financial Officer
Josh Kopelman
Founder & Partner
Chris Fralic
Partner
Rob Hayes
Partner
Bill Trenchard
Partner
