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 API

Alt

Seed Round in 2021
Alt Platform, Inc. is an online platform focused on the research, transaction, and security of alternative assets, particularly sports cards. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to enhance the transparency and liquidity of these assets, making it easier for individuals to buy, sell, and store them. Through its dedicated platform, Alt provides users with access to a growing market for alternative investments, catering to both collectors and investors seeking to diversify their portfolios.

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.

Papaya

Seed Round in 2018
Papaya is a developer of an online mobile bill payment application that simplifies financial transactions for users. The application supports various payment methods, including debit and credit cards and direct bank account transfers. It prioritizes security by encrypting personal information and payment data, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards. In addition to its bill payment services, Papaya operates as an electronic money platform, offering digital solutions, online banking, and international payment services. This combination of features enables users to manage their financial activities efficiently and securely.

PacketZoom

Series A in 2017
PacketZoom, Inc. provides cloud services to eliminate performance roadblocks on mobile applications. It has strategic alliances with Accellion, Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Mateo, California. As of October 11, 2018, PacketZoom, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Roblox Corporation.

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.

Abstract

Series A in 2017
Abstract is the design workflow management system that empowers design teams and stakeholders to seamlessly manage, version, and collaborate. It specializes in the fields of software, web apps, and web designs. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Clay

Seed Round in 2017
Clay Labs Inc. operates a platform that facilitates the creation of functions as a service (FaaS), enabling the development of Alexa skills, data analysis pipelines, and reusable microservices. The platform supports the processing of webhooks and integrates with third-party SaaS APIs, allowing for pre and post-processing tasks. Additionally, it offers a toolkit for rapid prototyping, enabling developers to create serverless HTTPS functions quickly. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Clay Labs aims to combine the functionalities of spreadsheets, coding, and automation into a cohesive tool that enhances productivity and innovation.

PacketZoom

Venture Round in 2016
PacketZoom, Inc. provides cloud services to eliminate performance roadblocks on mobile applications. It has strategic alliances with Accellion, Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Mateo, California. As of October 11, 2018, PacketZoom, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Roblox Corporation.

Abstract

Seed Round in 2016
Abstract is the design workflow management system that empowers design teams and stakeholders to seamlessly manage, version, and collaborate. It specializes in the fields of software, web apps, and web designs. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Mashery

Venture Round in 2012
Mashery is the world's leading provider of API technology and services. We have helped over 175 top brands—including USA TODAY, Comcast, Hoover's, Klout, Associated Press, Rdio, and Travelocity—take advantage of APIs to build new revenue channels, speed time-to-market, and spur innovation. Mashery's unique, holistic approach to API management encompasses working with clients to craft profitable platform strategies, ensuring fast, reliable API access, and facilitating relationships with our network of developers. Since Mashery was founded in 2006, we have built a global API delivery network that supports 60,000 active apps built by over 200,000 developers. In May 2013, we officially became a part of Intel Corporation.

AppFirst

Series A in 2011
AppFirst’s is a patented technology that provides a solution for collecting every event across web-scale applications, regardless of the infrastructure type or programming language. With microsecond visibility into all the applications and supporting resources across their shared infrastructure, IT Operations can now deterministically get to the root cause, effectively footprint applications to determine exactly what resources that application requires, and proactively identify when their applications become wobbly. Those responsible for the infrastructure finally have a way to continuously understand the performance of every application running on the shared-resources they own.

AppFog

Series B in 2011
AppFog is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider that facilitates the creation and management of cloud-native applications. It supports various programming languages, including Java, Python, PHP, and Ruby, and offers the flexibility to integrate with multiple cloud infrastructures, such as CenturyLink Cloud and AWS across several regions. The platform allows users to deploy, manage, and scale applications seamlessly within public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Additionally, AppFog provides a powerful command line interface and a robust API, enabling customers to effectively manage their applications' lifecycle and optimize their cloud resources.

Mashery

Series D in 2011
Mashery is the world's leading provider of API technology and services. We have helped over 175 top brands—including USA TODAY, Comcast, Hoover's, Klout, Associated Press, Rdio, and Travelocity—take advantage of APIs to build new revenue channels, speed time-to-market, and spur innovation. Mashery's unique, holistic approach to API management encompasses working with clients to craft profitable platform strategies, ensuring fast, reliable API access, and facilitating relationships with our network of developers. Since Mashery was founded in 2006, we have built a global API delivery network that supports 60,000 active apps built by over 200,000 developers. In May 2013, we officially became a part of Intel Corporation.

AppFog

Series A in 2011
AppFog is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider that facilitates the creation and management of cloud-native applications. It supports various programming languages, including Java, Python, PHP, and Ruby, and offers the flexibility to integrate with multiple cloud infrastructures, such as CenturyLink Cloud and AWS across several regions. The platform allows users to deploy, manage, and scale applications seamlessly within public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Additionally, AppFog provides a powerful command line interface and a robust API, enabling customers to effectively manage their applications' lifecycle and optimize their cloud resources.

AppFirst

Seed Round in 2010
AppFirst’s is a patented technology that provides a solution for collecting every event across web-scale applications, regardless of the infrastructure type or programming language. With microsecond visibility into all the applications and supporting resources across their shared infrastructure, IT Operations can now deterministically get to the root cause, effectively footprint applications to determine exactly what resources that application requires, and proactively identify when their applications become wobbly. Those responsible for the infrastructure finally have a way to continuously understand the performance of every application running on the shared-resources they own.

Mashery

Series C in 2010
Mashery is the world's leading provider of API technology and services. We have helped over 175 top brands—including USA TODAY, Comcast, Hoover's, Klout, Associated Press, Rdio, and Travelocity—take advantage of APIs to build new revenue channels, speed time-to-market, and spur innovation. Mashery's unique, holistic approach to API management encompasses working with clients to craft profitable platform strategies, ensuring fast, reliable API access, and facilitating relationships with our network of developers. Since Mashery was founded in 2006, we have built a global API delivery network that supports 60,000 active apps built by over 200,000 developers. In May 2013, we officially became a part of Intel Corporation.

SocialBomb

Seed Round in 2008
Socialbomb's platform connects your audience’s mobile phones, blu-ray players, computers, and connected devices to their friends and the things they love. Every brand manager wants to build apps that will kickstart conversations across the world's Facebook pages, Twitter streams and iPhones. Socialbomb helps developers and creatives build those apps. They provide a single API that communicates with many social networks at once, so developers can spend their time on the core application instead of programing for each individual service. The Socialbomb engine is a RESTful API that lets customers exchange data dynamically with specific services. They push data to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and other social networks, and then pull information back into their customers' applications for richer features and more meaningful analytics. The Socialbomb API can provide detailed feedback about which content users like, comment on, and share. They also provide a web‐based administration and analytics suite to manage and measure the apps running on their platform. Customers can add publication channels, edit the services they make available, and review user activity metrics.

Mashery

Series B in 2008
Mashery is the world's leading provider of API technology and services. We have helped over 175 top brands—including USA TODAY, Comcast, Hoover's, Klout, Associated Press, Rdio, and Travelocity—take advantage of APIs to build new revenue channels, speed time-to-market, and spur innovation. Mashery's unique, holistic approach to API management encompasses working with clients to craft profitable platform strategies, ensuring fast, reliable API access, and facilitating relationships with our network of developers. Since Mashery was founded in 2006, we have built a global API delivery network that supports 60,000 active apps built by over 200,000 developers. In May 2013, we officially became a part of Intel Corporation.

Mashery

Series A in 2007
Mashery is the world's leading provider of API technology and services. We have helped over 175 top brands—including USA TODAY, Comcast, Hoover's, Klout, Associated Press, Rdio, and Travelocity—take advantage of APIs to build new revenue channels, speed time-to-market, and spur innovation. Mashery's unique, holistic approach to API management encompasses working with clients to craft profitable platform strategies, ensuring fast, reliable API access, and facilitating relationships with our network of developers. Since Mashery was founded in 2006, we have built a global API delivery network that supports 60,000 active apps built by over 200,000 developers. In May 2013, we officially became a part of Intel Corporation.

Mashery

Seed Round in 2006
Mashery is the world's leading provider of API technology and services. We have helped over 175 top brands—including USA TODAY, Comcast, Hoover's, Klout, Associated Press, Rdio, and Travelocity—take advantage of APIs to build new revenue channels, speed time-to-market, and spur innovation. Mashery's unique, holistic approach to API management encompasses working with clients to craft profitable platform strategies, ensuring fast, reliable API access, and facilitating relationships with our network of developers. Since Mashery was founded in 2006, we have built a global API delivery network that supports 60,000 active apps built by over 200,000 developers. In May 2013, we officially became a part of Intel Corporation.
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