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What does First Round Capital invest in?
First Round Capital invests most often at Series A and Seed (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise_software, AI and Infrastructure.
First Round Capital highlights
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61 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 63% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 16 rounds, median $1.9M
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84 exits from the portfolio
What they do
First Round is a venture capital firm that works with founders exclusively at the earliest stages of company buildingFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $7.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Enterprise_softwareAIInfrastructure
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first807 appearances
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55 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration16 named
ACAsonye ChukwuemekaExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BBBrett BersonExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CFChris FralicExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CFChristopher FralicExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CAChukwuemeka AsonyeExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CCCristina CordovaExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
EWElizabeth WesselExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
HBHayley BarnaExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
HMHoward MorganExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JKJosh KopelmanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JKJoshua KopelmanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
PBPhineas BarnesExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
RHRob HayesExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
RHRobert HayesExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
TJTodd JacksonExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
WJWilliam J TrenchardExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
We also hold 45 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
8+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed84 in all
LiveOpsBought by Marlin Equity PartnersUndisclosedDec 2015
FountainBought by PorchUndisclosedOct 2015
PathBought by Daum KakaoUndisclosedMay 2015
Get SatisfactionBought by SprinklrUndisclosedApr 2015
FabBought by PCH International$15MMar 2015
BackupifyBought by DattoUndisclosedDec 2014
ReadyforceBought by LookSharp (powering InternMatch)UndisclosedDec 2014
NomiBought by BrickstreamUndisclosedOct 2014
KidZuiBought by LeapFrogUndisclosedAug 2014
Plastic JungleBought by CardCash.comUndisclosedJul 2014
SmartThingsBought by Samsung Electronics$200MJul 2014
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.