First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 and based in San Francisco, California. It specializes in seed-stage investments, primarily focusing on technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. The firm aims to support early-stage companies, often acting as their first source of outside capital, with typical initial investments around $500,000. First Round Capital takes an active role in its portfolio companies, fostering a community of entrepreneurs through various services, including custom software and unique in-person experiences. The firm has helped its founders raise over $2.5 billion in follow-on capital, showcasing its effective support for burgeoning businesses. Additionally, First Round Capital has initiated a VC-sponsored Exchange Fund, allowing its entrepreneurs to share in the performance of their collective investments. With offices in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York, the firm continues to invest nationally, focusing on nurturing innovative ideas and helping small companies grow into significant players in their respective markets.

Meka Asonye

Partner

Hayley Barna

Partner

Brett Berson

Partner

Jeffrey Donnon

CFO

Annie Duke

Special Partner

Molly Fowler

CEO

Amy Fu

Vice President, Investments

Rob Hayes

Partner

Todd Jackson

Partner

Josh Kopelman

Partner

Whitnie Narcisse

Operating Partner

Cory Perkins

Partner Operations Manager

Bill Trenchard

Partner

Liz Wessel

Partner

James Wu

Infrastructure and AI / ML Investor

Past deals in Philadelphia, PA

Crossbeam

Series C in 2021
Crossbeam, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that has developed a collaborative data platform aimed at facilitating valuable partnerships among businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crossbeam enables companies to discover overlapping customers and prospects with their partners while ensuring the security and privacy of their data. The platform acts as an escrow service, allowing for secure data sharing that enhances alliances, supports go-to-market strategies, and improves customer service. With features that automatically update customer and prospect information, Crossbeam provides an intuitive interface for defining key populations and establishing secure data-sharing relationships, ultimately helping businesses close more deals, enhance product development, and measure their success effectively.

RenoFi

Series A in 2020
RenoFi Loans use the after renovation value instead of your home's current value, enabling you to borrow the most money at the lowest rates. RenoFi is not a lender, rather we’ve partnered with lenders who offer RenoFi Loans. These lenders leverage RenoFi's technology platform to seamlessly offer RenoFi Loans.

RenoFi

Seed Round in 2020
RenoFi Loans use the after renovation value instead of your home's current value, enabling you to borrow the most money at the lowest rates. RenoFi is not a lender, rather we’ve partnered with lenders who offer RenoFi Loans. These lenders leverage RenoFi's technology platform to seamlessly offer RenoFi Loans.

Crossbeam

Series A in 2019
Crossbeam, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that has developed a collaborative data platform aimed at facilitating valuable partnerships among businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crossbeam enables companies to discover overlapping customers and prospects with their partners while ensuring the security and privacy of their data. The platform acts as an escrow service, allowing for secure data sharing that enhances alliances, supports go-to-market strategies, and improves customer service. With features that automatically update customer and prospect information, Crossbeam provides an intuitive interface for defining key populations and establishing secure data-sharing relationships, ultimately helping businesses close more deals, enhance product development, and measure their success effectively.

Crossbeam

Seed Round in 2018
Crossbeam, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that has developed a collaborative data platform aimed at facilitating valuable partnerships among businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crossbeam enables companies to discover overlapping customers and prospects with their partners while ensuring the security and privacy of their data. The platform acts as an escrow service, allowing for secure data sharing that enhances alliances, supports go-to-market strategies, and improves customer service. With features that automatically update customer and prospect information, Crossbeam provides an intuitive interface for defining key populations and establishing secure data-sharing relationships, ultimately helping businesses close more deals, enhance product development, and measure their success effectively.

Amino

Seed Round in 2018
Amino is a payments company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in providing solutions for the online advertising industry. Founded in 2017, Amino leverages blockchain technology to enhance transparency and combat fraud within digital advertising. Its key products include Amino Lens, which validates entities in the media supply chain and tracks ads, impressions, and expenditures, and Amino Pay, which offers marketers control over the supply chain using smart contract technology to enforce vendor agreements. The company serves a diverse clientele, including brands, agencies, publishers, and adtech firms, aiming to make the advertising ecosystem more transparent and cost-effective. Formerly known as Curren-C, Inc., Amino's name change in July 2017 reflects its commitment to transforming online advertising through innovative payment solutions.

Amino

Seed Round in 2017
Amino is a payments company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in providing solutions for the online advertising industry. Founded in 2017, Amino leverages blockchain technology to enhance transparency and combat fraud within digital advertising. Its key products include Amino Lens, which validates entities in the media supply chain and tracks ads, impressions, and expenditures, and Amino Pay, which offers marketers control over the supply chain using smart contract technology to enforce vendor agreements. The company serves a diverse clientele, including brands, agencies, publishers, and adtech firms, aiming to make the advertising ecosystem more transparent and cost-effective. Formerly known as Curren-C, Inc., Amino's name change in July 2017 reflects its commitment to transforming online advertising through innovative payment solutions.

Zodiac

Seed Round in 2016
Zodiac Inc. provides a predictive analytics solution that accurately forecasts individualized customer lifetime value based on real-time sales data. Its solution makes informed marketing decisions based on each customer’s projected future lifetime value; and accurately predicts future sales volumes and trends by segment and by individual customer. Zodiac Inc. was formerly known as CLVMetrics, Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of March 22, 2018, Zodiac Inc. operates as a subsidiary of NIKE, Inc.

Circulate

Venture Round in 2015
Circulate helps publishers (Web and App), networks and SDK providers maximize their first-party data monetization strategies with one simple integration, on a privacy friendly basis. Circulate advances the science of targeting and media attribution by enabling industry partners to utilize match Data as a Service. Marketers and their agencies are empowered to provide a unified consumer experience, attribute success, prioritize marketing investments, extend their reach and personalize their content.

Real Food Works

Seed Round in 2013
Real Food Works is dedicated to helping people live healthier by eating more plant-based whole foods. It offers a new kind of subscription program, featuring wholesome, delicious, nutritionally optimized meals prepared by local independent restaurants and delivered fresh to our customers each week. The program philosophy is best described by author Michael Pollan: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Food is prepared by a network of local independent restaurants. Each partner creates dishes that reflect their own culinary vision yet still meet strict nutritional requirements. Meals arrive fresh, ready to eat, in individual portions of breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Dishes are offered in a rotating weekly menu of 25 different options each week, with a wide variety of cuisines represented.

Solve Media

Series B in 2013
Solve Media, Inc. is a digital media technology company that offers a hosted security platform tailored for publishers, advertisers, and agencies. The company provides an online and mobile advertising platform that enhances branding opportunities, allowing brands to engage consumers through various formats, including CAPTCHA, display ads, videos, and mobile formats. By protecting website publishers from automated submissions, spam, and other fraudulent activities, Solve Media aims to improve brand message delivery and recall rates while maximizing return on investment for advertisers. Founded in 2009 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Solve Media has additional offices in major cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and London. The company was previously known as AdCopy, Inc. before rebranding in September 2010 and is currently a subsidiary of Adiant.

Perceptual Networks

Seed Round in 2012
Perceptual Networks was formed to make it easy for everyone to find the best people for them to meet next in their lives. Whether you are looking for an employee, a golf buddy, a spouse or a roommate, they're making apps for that.

PackLate.com

Seed Round in 2010
PackLate.com is a last minute vacation rental marketplace where consumers watch prices change as the check-in date nears. PackLate.com empowers consumers to save money, find and track great deals, and confidently book closer to their vacation date while realizing they are not alone in their quest to find what they want at a great price. The company launched its first geography, The US Rockies, in January 2010. PackLate.com is backed by Genacast Ventures, First Round Capital, ETF Venture Funds, and several angel investors.

Invite Media

Series A in 2009
Invite Media is a technology company based in Philadelphia, PA, focused on developing innovative solutions for the display advertising market. The company is working with a team of Wharton statisticians to create media buying optimization technology. Its platform enables advertisers and agencies to utilize real-time bidding for purchasing display ad space, facilitating the management of automated strategies to optimize ad campaigns. This technology supports intelligent buying across various sources of real-time bidded inventory, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of online media purchases.

Invite Media

Seed Round in 2008
Invite Media is a technology company based in Philadelphia, PA, focused on developing innovative solutions for the display advertising market. The company is working with a team of Wharton statisticians to create media buying optimization technology. Its platform enables advertisers and agencies to utilize real-time bidding for purchasing display ad space, facilitating the management of automated strategies to optimize ad campaigns. This technology supports intelligent buying across various sources of real-time bidded inventory, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of online media purchases.

Invite Media

Seed Round in 2007
Invite Media is a technology company based in Philadelphia, PA, focused on developing innovative solutions for the display advertising market. The company is working with a team of Wharton statisticians to create media buying optimization technology. Its platform enables advertisers and agencies to utilize real-time bidding for purchasing display ad space, facilitating the management of automated strategies to optimize ad campaigns. This technology supports intelligent buying across various sources of real-time bidded inventory, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of online media purchases.
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