# Rob Hayes at First Round Capital > Rob Hayes, Board Partner at First Round Capital. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-hayes (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) New York City, US · Partner # Rob Hayes Board Partner at [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) Latest rounds - **Remind** Seed · $1M Jan 2012 Backs *Engineering* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Jan 2012 - **Filings:** 10 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 1 +1 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 10 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At First Round Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=rob-hayes)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=rob-hayes) ## The firm [**First Round Capital** VC firm · US **60** cheques in 12 months **806** all time **15** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $1M - **Active:** 2012 2012 - [Remind](https://millionrounds.com/company/remind) *Seed* **$1M** *US* Jan 2012 Joined · +11 investors · historical By stage - Seed **1** What they backed Engineering **1** Alongside - [Aayush Phumbhra *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aayush-phumbhra) - [Ben Ling *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-ling) - [First Round *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) - Hesky Kutscher *1* - [Imagine K12 *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imagine-k12) - [Maneesh Arora *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maneesh-arora) - [Naval Ravikant *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) - [Rich Chen *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rich-chen) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Campuswire](https://millionrounds.com/startup/campuswire) - [Happs](https://millionrounds.com/startup/happs) - [Lobus](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lobus) - [Remind](https://millionrounds.com/startup/remind) - [Vital](https://millionrounds.com/startup/vital-2) - Solo Technologies ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Odeko Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Bowery Farming Inc.** Director on 6 filings · since 2017 - SEC Form D · Company raising **DISHCRAFT ROBOTICS, INC.** Director since 2017 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Sproutling, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2013 - SEC Form D · Company raising **UrbanSitter, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2012 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)** Executive Officer since 2010 - SEC Form D · Company raising **SimpleGeo, Inc.** Director since 2010 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Outright Inc.** Director since 2009 - SEC Form D · Company raising **DNANEXUS, INC.** Director since 2009 - SEC Form D · Company raising **GET SATISFACTION INC** Director on 3 filings · since 2009 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at First Round Capital - [**Howard Morgan** Chairman *11 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/howard-morgan) - [**Josh Kopelman** Partner *11 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-kopelman-first-round-capital) - [**Bill Trenchard** Partner *9 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-trenchard) - [**Wiley Cerilli** Chief Executive Officer *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/wiley-cerilli) - [**Chris Fralic** Board Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-fralic) - [**Cristina Cordova** Chief Operating Officer *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/cristina-cordova) - [**Hayley Barna** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/hayley-barna) - [**Todd Jackson** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/todd-jackson) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 21 Mar 2016 · 29 min Uber's First Investor, First Round Capital's Rob Hayes on How The Deal Of The Decade Originated and Why Product Orientated VC Is The Future With [Rob Hayes](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-hayes) Mentions [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[Omidyar Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-network)[Pierre Omidyar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pierre-omidyar)[David Hornik](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-hornik-3) About this episode Rob Hayes is a partner at First Round Capital where he opened up the firm's San Francisco office. Over the past eight years, he has led investments in companies such as Mint.com (acquired by Intuit), Gnip (acquired by Twitter), Square, Uber, eero, and Planet Labs. Prior to joining First Round,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Rob Hayes in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) · 18 Aug 2025 · 53 min How to Build a $100M+ Cult Brand: Sophia Amoruso on Nasty Gal, Girlboss & Trust Fund With [Sophia Amoruso](https://millionrounds.com/person/sophia-amoruso) Their book [#Girlboss](https://millionrounds.com/person/sophia-amoruso#books) Mentions [Andrew Chen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-chen)[Chris Dixon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-dixon)[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Jason Calacanis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-calacanis)[Josh Elman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/josh-elman)[Marc Andreessen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-andreessen) About this episode Sophia Amoruso is more than a founder, she’s a cultural icon. She built Nasty Gal from an eBay store into a $350M fashion powerhouse, bootstrapping to $28M in revenue, owning 80% at peak valuation, & crossing $100M in sales before VC funding led to bankruptcy. At the same time, she created… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=rob-hayes). ## Find people like Rob Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)