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 Android

Waldo

Series A in 2022
Waldo.io is your mobile QA process in one tool. We create software to help iOS and Android mobile application teams deliver mobile UX perfection. The Waldo cloud service removes UX doubt, disconnects, and delays from the software delivery process so you can ensure users get the UX you intended…every release, every device, every time. With Waldo.io, you can create, test, and visualize all your user flows in one place. We’re headquartered in Brooklyn, NY with a second development office in Paris, France.

Kandji

Series C in 2021
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in device management solutions for Apple products, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji offers a sophisticated platform that enables organizations to manage their Apple device fleets with features that include customizable security, compliance, and reporting tools. The software allows users to configure and enforce security parameters for macOS devices while providing monitoring and automatic remediation capabilities. This next-generation management solution is particularly beneficial for larger companies seeking to maintain compliance with specific regulatory requirements.

Kandji

Series B in 2021
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in device management solutions for Apple products, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji offers a sophisticated platform that enables organizations to manage their Apple device fleets with features that include customizable security, compliance, and reporting tools. The software allows users to configure and enforce security parameters for macOS devices while providing monitoring and automatic remediation capabilities. This next-generation management solution is particularly beneficial for larger companies seeking to maintain compliance with specific regulatory requirements.

Wakie

Venture Round in 2020
Wakie is a mobile application developer based in Moscow, Russia, established in 2011. The company specializes in providing real live human wake-up calls through a community-driven approach, allowing users to wake each other up rather than relying on traditional alarm clocks. Its primary applications include Wakie, an international wake-up service, and Budist, which caters to Russian-speaking users. In addition to wake-up calls, Wakie also offers a platform for social calling and chatting, where users can connect with others to discuss various topics or seek advice, fostering meaningful conversations among a global community.

Kandji

Series A in 2020
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in device management solutions for Apple products, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji offers a sophisticated platform that enables organizations to manage their Apple device fleets with features that include customizable security, compliance, and reporting tools. The software allows users to configure and enforce security parameters for macOS devices while providing monitoring and automatic remediation capabilities. This next-generation management solution is particularly beneficial for larger companies seeking to maintain compliance with specific regulatory requirements.

Kandji

Venture Round in 2020
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in device management solutions for Apple products, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji offers a sophisticated platform that enables organizations to manage their Apple device fleets with features that include customizable security, compliance, and reporting tools. The software allows users to configure and enforce security parameters for macOS devices while providing monitoring and automatic remediation capabilities. This next-generation management solution is particularly beneficial for larger companies seeking to maintain compliance with specific regulatory requirements.

Glide

Seed Round in 2019
Glide Apps is a platform that enables users to create mobile apps from Google Sheets. It was founded in 2018 and is a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 class.

Kandji

Seed Round in 2019
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in device management solutions for Apple products, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji offers a sophisticated platform that enables organizations to manage their Apple device fleets with features that include customizable security, compliance, and reporting tools. The software allows users to configure and enforce security parameters for macOS devices while providing monitoring and automatic remediation capabilities. This next-generation management solution is particularly beneficial for larger companies seeking to maintain compliance with specific regulatory requirements.

Dandy

Seed Round in 2019
Dandy is a live dating app that builts to solve the problem of immense time and effort required by existing online dating experiences. It allows USC students to virtually connect through instant messages, without needing to meet in person. The live dating app emulates raw human behavior, as it gives students a convenient way to connect, by addressing issues of unreliability and privacy on current dating apps

Bento Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Bento Labs, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, focused on enhancing the smartphone experience through innovative technology. The firm has developed an Android homescreen that leverages contextual search to help users discover relevant applications, notifications, and content more efficiently. Despite the significant advancements in smartphone hardware since their inception, Bento Labs aims to address persistent challenges in app discovery, data sharing between applications, and personalization. By rethinking the app model, the company seeks to provide solutions that improve user interaction and satisfaction on mobile devices. The team behind Bento Labs boasts experience from renowned technology firms, reflecting a commitment to bettering the smartphone experience for users worldwide.

Snowball

Seed Round in 2014
Snowball is a developer of a smartphone application designed to streamline notifications for Android users. The application consolidates messages from various social and communication platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, SMS, Line, Telegram, and email, into a unified inbox. This allows users to manage their communications efficiently without the need to open multiple apps. Snowball also offers features such as travel assistance, providing users with real-time pricing and arrival times from ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. Additionally, the app prioritizes notifications, enabling users to filter out less important alerts while ensuring they do not miss critical messages and reminders. This focus on enhancing user experience is aimed at reducing app clutter and improving overall productivity.

Cover Lockscreen

Seed Round in 2013
Cover is an Android-only lockscreen replacement that shows you the right apps at the right time. It displays your productivity apps when you're at work, relaxing apps like Netflix at home, and navigation apps in the car. It also lets you quickly peek in at your apps and rapidly switch between them. Cover is building an 100% Android development team to bring contextual computing to the biggest mobile market.

Yummly

Series A in 2012
Yummly enables its users to search for recipes by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, taste, calories, fat, price, cuisine, time, course, and source. The Yummly app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows. Yummly, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Redwood City, California.

MightyText

Seed Round in 2011
MightyText is a technology company based in the Bay Area, California, founded by a team with backgrounds in prominent companies such as Google, Zynga, and Cisco. The company focuses on enhancing the experience of users who send and receive SMS text messages and phone calls. By leveraging the capabilities of the Android platform, MightyText aims to provide innovative products and features that facilitate communication for consumers worldwide.

Yummly

Seed Round in 2010
Yummly enables its users to search for recipes by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, taste, calories, fat, price, cuisine, time, course, and source. The Yummly app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows. Yummly, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Opzi

Angel Round in 2010
Opzi was a knowledge management platform, styled as a "Quora for the enterprise," that became the First Round Network.
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