First Round Capital

First Round Capital, established in 2004, is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage investments. It focuses on building a robust community of technology entrepreneurs and companies, providing custom software solutions, in-person experiences, and unique services to help early-stage companies grow. First Round Capital has invested in notable startups like Uber, Square, and Warby Parker, and has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider to promote diversity in its portfolio. The firm invests nationally, with additional offices in San Francisco and New York, typically providing around $500,000 in the initial investment. It actively supports its portfolio companies and has facilitated a VC-sponsored exchange fund for qualified entrepreneurs. To date, members of the First Round Capital community have raised over $2.5 billion in follow-on capital.

Meka Asonye

Partner

Brett Berson

Partner

Jeff Donnon

CFO

Amy Fu

Vice President of Investments

Todd Jackson

Partner

Josh Kopelman

Founder and Partner

Whitnie Narcisse

Operating Partner

Cory Perkins

Partner Operations Manager

Bill Trenchard

Partner

James Wu

Infrastructure and AI / ML Investor

Past deals in Real Time

Prepared

Series B in 2024
Prepared is a company focused on enhancing public safety through innovative software solutions. It has developed a safety application that facilitates real-time communication during emergencies, particularly in school environments. The application enables teachers to connect directly with first responders, allowing for prompt reporting of emergencies and non-critical incidents. By providing access to vital information such as video, GPS location, and text communication from mobile 911 callers, Prepared aims to improve the efficiency of dispatchers and first responders. The company's mission centers on prioritizing safety and maximizing impact within communities, ensuring that individuals can work more effectively to save lives.

Rillet

Venture Round in 2024
Rillet is a developer of accounting software tailored for high-growth companies, particularly in the SaaS sector. Its platform encompasses a comprehensive range of financial management tools, including customer invoicing, GAAP-compliant revenue recognition, automated bank reconciliations, and accrual-based expense recognition. Rillet also offers real-time analytics and metrics specifically designed for SaaS businesses, enhancing their ability to track financial performance. The software supports multiple entities, geographies, and currencies, enabling consolidated multi-currency reporting within a single platform. Additionally, Rillet provides CRM and expense management features to streamline month-end closing processes and improve overall financial oversight for businesses.

Spline

Seed Round in 2023
Spline is a design tool that facilitates the creation and collaboration of 3D and 2D models, tailored for designers and developers in digital environments. The platform operates directly in the browser, allowing users to create, edit, and collaborate on 3D designs in real-time, which is particularly beneficial for team projects. Spline's capabilities include the creation of interactive 3D prototypes for web and mobile applications, along with versatile export options that support various formats like WebGL. The tool simplifies the design process by enabling users to build three-dimensional website experiences without the need for coding, allowing for the easy manipulation of text, geometric shapes, and imported models. This user-friendly approach helps designers produce cost-effective and straightforward objects efficiently.

Prepared

Seed Round in 2022
Prepared is a company focused on enhancing public safety through innovative software solutions. It has developed a safety application that facilitates real-time communication during emergencies, particularly in school environments. The application enables teachers to connect directly with first responders, allowing for prompt reporting of emergencies and non-critical incidents. By providing access to vital information such as video, GPS location, and text communication from mobile 911 callers, Prepared aims to improve the efficiency of dispatchers and first responders. The company's mission centers on prioritizing safety and maximizing impact within communities, ensuring that individuals can work more effectively to save lives.

LiveControl

Series A in 2021
LiveControl revolutionizes video production by moving it into the cloud, utilizing AI and Machine Learning to simplify the process. The company provides remote videography services that allow users to live stream and capture high-quality content effortlessly. Clients, including universities, jazz clubs, and Broadway theaters, benefit from the ability to automate and manage their productions from anywhere in the world. By seamlessly integrating with various live streaming platforms, LiveControl enables videographers to operate cameras in real-time, making it possible for clients to host events at a significantly reduced cost.

BigBrain

Seed Round in 2021
BigBrain is a developer of interactive platforms focused on digital entertainment. The company has launched a trivia game that allows users to participate in live, multi-player quizzes centered on topical trivia. Participants have the opportunity to win real-money prizes, combining education with entertainment. BigBrain's platform is designed to engage users while providing a fun and rewarding experience.

Spline

Seed Round in 2021
Spline is a design tool that facilitates the creation and collaboration of 3D and 2D models, tailored for designers and developers in digital environments. The platform operates directly in the browser, allowing users to create, edit, and collaborate on 3D designs in real-time, which is particularly beneficial for team projects. Spline's capabilities include the creation of interactive 3D prototypes for web and mobile applications, along with versatile export options that support various formats like WebGL. The tool simplifies the design process by enabling users to build three-dimensional website experiences without the need for coding, allowing for the easy manipulation of text, geometric shapes, and imported models. This user-friendly approach helps designers produce cost-effective and straightforward objects efficiently.

Multi

Seed Round in 2019
Multi is a video calling platform aimed at enhancing collaboration for remote teams through live video interactions. It enables users to engage in real-time conversations, fostering a more natural and effective communication experience compared to traditional methods such as typing or scheduling meetings. Additionally, Multi's collaboration software includes features for accessing, guiding, annotating, and controlling applications remotely. This platform provides latency-free desktop sharing, stable remote control, and secure data transmission, allowing businesses and clients to efficiently complete tasks from any location.

LiveControl

Seed Round in 2019
LiveControl revolutionizes video production by moving it into the cloud, utilizing AI and Machine Learning to simplify the process. The company provides remote videography services that allow users to live stream and capture high-quality content effortlessly. Clients, including universities, jazz clubs, and Broadway theaters, benefit from the ability to automate and manage their productions from anywhere in the world. By seamlessly integrating with various live streaming platforms, LiveControl enables videographers to operate cameras in real-time, making it possible for clients to host events at a significantly reduced cost.

Troops

Series B in 2019
Troops.ai is a revenue communications platform that enhances sales velocity, visibility, and collaboration for sales teams. It operates as a Slackbot, providing real-time transparency into Salesforce information. Users can configure Salesforce reports, communicate deal wins, and access both standard and custom Salesforce data through Slack. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to generate customizable notifications and facilitate data updates across various applications. By delivering actionable pipeline alerts, Troops.ai aims to increase sales activity and improve overall performance. The company has attracted investments from notable firms, including First Round Capital, Founder Collective, and others, reflecting its significant potential in the sales technology market.

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

Etleap

Seed Round in 2018
Etleap Inc., founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, offers an innovative ETL solution designed to streamline the creation of data pipelines. The company's software allows data analytics teams to efficiently collect, combine, and manage data from various sources without the need for extensive coding or engineering expertise. By automating much of the ETL setup and maintenance, Etleap simplifies these processes into manageable tasks that can be completed in about ten minutes, empowering analysts to take ownership of their data projects. This approach not only reduces the time required to integrate data but also enhances the overall productivity of analytics teams, ultimately increasing the business value derived from big data.

PacketZoom

Series A in 2017
PacketZoom, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in cloud services aimed at enhancing mobile application performance. Founded in 2013, the company has developed an end-to-end solution for analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time, without requiring changes to the app code. PacketZoom's offerings include a mobile content delivery network that optimizes cloud file transfers, supports large dynamic content, and accelerates the performance of mobile games, shopping, travel, and news applications. Its solutions, such as mobile express lane and mobile IQ, are designed to improve mobile reliability and speed, ultimately providing valuable insights into app performance for developers and users alike. As of October 2018, PacketZoom operates as a subsidiary of Roblox Corporation.

PacketZoom

Venture Round in 2016
PacketZoom, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in cloud services aimed at enhancing mobile application performance. Founded in 2013, the company has developed an end-to-end solution for analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time, without requiring changes to the app code. PacketZoom's offerings include a mobile content delivery network that optimizes cloud file transfers, supports large dynamic content, and accelerates the performance of mobile games, shopping, travel, and news applications. Its solutions, such as mobile express lane and mobile IQ, are designed to improve mobile reliability and speed, ultimately providing valuable insights into app performance for developers and users alike. As of October 2018, PacketZoom operates as a subsidiary of Roblox Corporation.

Troops

Series A in 2016
Troops.ai is a revenue communications platform that enhances sales velocity, visibility, and collaboration for sales teams. It operates as a Slackbot, providing real-time transparency into Salesforce information. Users can configure Salesforce reports, communicate deal wins, and access both standard and custom Salesforce data through Slack. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to generate customizable notifications and facilitate data updates across various applications. By delivering actionable pipeline alerts, Troops.ai aims to increase sales activity and improve overall performance. The company has attracted investments from notable firms, including First Round Capital, Founder Collective, and others, reflecting its significant potential in the sales technology market.

Relay Network

Series B in 2016
Relay Network, LLC is a technology company based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, that facilitates communication between brands and their customers via a private messaging application. Established in 2009, Relay Network enables businesses to send messages on behalf of service providers, allowing customers to opt in to receive notifications and service alerts. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, insurance, cable, energy, travel, and hospitality. By providing tools for designing, orchestrating, and automating customer engagement, Relay Network aims to enhance the quality of customer interactions and build lasting relationships.

PatientPing

Series A in 2015
PatientPing, Inc. is a health technology company that has established a national care coordination network designed to connect healthcare providers with real-time notifications whenever patients receive care. The network encompasses a diverse group of healthcare personnel, including physicians, nurses, case managers, and care coordinators across various settings such as hospitals, emergency departments, and skilled nursing facilities. PatientPing offers technology solutions tailored to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and other healthcare providers, facilitating improved collaboration and information sharing. One of its key tools, Spotlights, leverages real-time data to identify utilization and performance trends in patient care. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, PatientPing operates as a subsidiary of SVB Leerink Holdings LLC and maintains a strategic partnership with MedAllies, Inc. By fostering connections among care teams, PatientPing aims to enhance the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes.

Sano

Seed Round in 2015
Sano is focused on developing a small, wearable transdermal biosensor patch that continuously captures and transmits blood chemistry data. This innovative technology measures interstitial fluid in the skin's outer layer, allowing for continuous glucose monitoring. By providing real-time data, Sano's solution enables individuals to make more informed decisions regarding their diet and exercise habits. The collected data can be accessed through a third-party development and analytical platform, referred to as the API for the bloodstream, enhancing users' ability to optimize their health behaviors.

Relay Network

Series A in 2014
Relay Network, LLC is a technology company based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, that facilitates communication between brands and their customers via a private messaging application. Established in 2009, Relay Network enables businesses to send messages on behalf of service providers, allowing customers to opt in to receive notifications and service alerts. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, insurance, cable, energy, travel, and hospitality. By providing tools for designing, orchestrating, and automating customer engagement, Relay Network aims to enhance the quality of customer interactions and build lasting relationships.

Sano

Seed Round in 2013
Sano is focused on developing a small, wearable transdermal biosensor patch that continuously captures and transmits blood chemistry data. This innovative technology measures interstitial fluid in the skin's outer layer, allowing for continuous glucose monitoring. By providing real-time data, Sano's solution enables individuals to make more informed decisions regarding their diet and exercise habits. The collected data can be accessed through a third-party development and analytical platform, referred to as the API for the bloodstream, enhancing users' ability to optimize their health behaviors.

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.

Relay Network

Series A in 2011
Relay Network, LLC is a technology company based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, that facilitates communication between brands and their customers via a private messaging application. Established in 2009, Relay Network enables businesses to send messages on behalf of service providers, allowing customers to opt in to receive notifications and service alerts. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, insurance, cable, energy, travel, and hospitality. By providing tools for designing, orchestrating, and automating customer engagement, Relay Network aims to enhance the quality of customer interactions and build lasting relationships.

Gnip

Venture Round in 2010
Gnip is a provider of social media data, serving customers across various sectors, including social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. The company plays a crucial role in delivering social media analytics to a majority of Fortune 500 companies, offering access to over 120 billion real-time social data activities each month from numerous sources. Founded in March 2008 by Eric Marcoullier, Gnip is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington. The company also features an on-demand messaging platform that allows clients to access, filter, and integrate web data, facilitating the development of impactful business and social applications while providing a push API service to enhance efficiency in data management.

OneTrueFan

Seed Round in 2010
OneTrueFan is an online service designed for web publishers that allows users to track who else has viewed and shared the content they engage with. The platform incentivizes user participation by awarding points for activities such as visiting regularly, reading new articles, and sharing links, while users can compete to become the most engaged fan of a particular site. Additionally, players can earn badges for achieving specific milestones within the platform. OneTrueFan addresses the challenge of low visitor retention by fostering deeper engagement among regular readers, who are identified as those visiting at least once a week and significantly contributing to a site's value through comments and shares. The service offers both a website widget and a browser plugin, and it plans to introduce a dashboard for web publishers to analyze reader behavior comprehensively. Furthermore, OneTrueFan aims to create a marketplace that connects virtual currency providers with passionate readers, thereby enhancing the incentive structure for engagement within larger web platforms and media companies.

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.

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.

Gnip

Series B in 2008
Gnip is a provider of social media data, serving customers across various sectors, including social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. The company plays a crucial role in delivering social media analytics to a majority of Fortune 500 companies, offering access to over 120 billion real-time social data activities each month from numerous sources. Founded in March 2008 by Eric Marcoullier, Gnip is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington. The company also features an on-demand messaging platform that allows clients to access, filter, and integrate web data, facilitating the development of impactful business and social applications while providing a push API service to enhance efficiency in data management.

Gnip

Series A in 2008
Gnip is a provider of social media data, serving customers across various sectors, including social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. The company plays a crucial role in delivering social media analytics to a majority of Fortune 500 companies, offering access to over 120 billion real-time social data activities each month from numerous sources. Founded in March 2008 by Eric Marcoullier, Gnip is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington. The company also features an on-demand messaging platform that allows clients to access, filter, and integrate web data, facilitating the development of impactful business and social applications while providing a push API service to enhance efficiency in data management.

Prepared

Prepared is a company focused on enhancing public safety through innovative software solutions. It has developed a safety application that facilitates real-time communication during emergencies, particularly in school environments. The application enables teachers to connect directly with first responders, allowing for prompt reporting of emergencies and non-critical incidents. By providing access to vital information such as video, GPS location, and text communication from mobile 911 callers, Prepared aims to improve the efficiency of dispatchers and first responders. The company's mission centers on prioritizing safety and maximizing impact within communities, ensuring that individuals can work more effectively to save lives.

Rillet

Rillet is a developer of accounting software tailored for high-growth companies, particularly in the SaaS sector. Its platform encompasses a comprehensive range of financial management tools, including customer invoicing, GAAP-compliant revenue recognition, automated bank reconciliations, and accrual-based expense recognition. Rillet also offers real-time analytics and metrics specifically designed for SaaS businesses, enhancing their ability to track financial performance. The software supports multiple entities, geographies, and currencies, enabling consolidated multi-currency reporting within a single platform. Additionally, Rillet provides CRM and expense management features to streamline month-end closing processes and improve overall financial oversight for businesses.
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