First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-headquartered seed-stage venture capital firm that backs technology startups from pre-seed through Series A. Since its founding in 2004, it has sought to build a vibrant community of entrepreneurs and support portfolio companies beyond capital through a suite of services, custom software, and in-person programs. The firm invests nationally and maintains offices in San Francisco and New York, often taking an active role in its companies. Typical initial investments are around $500,000, and it targets opportunities across enterprise, fintech, healthcare, consumer, hardware, artificial intelligence, and web3 sectors. First Round emphasizes founder support and inclusive practices, including initiatives such as the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

Meka Asonye

Partner

Hayley Barna

Partner

Brett Berson

VP, Platform

Jeffrey Donnon

CFO

Annie Duke

Special Partner

Past deals in Video Streaming

LiveControl

Series A in 2021
LiveControl transforms traditional video production by leveraging cloud technology and advanced artificial intelligence. This company offers a unique remote videography service that simplifies the process of live streaming and content creation, enabling users to produce high-quality video with minimal effort. LiveControl caters to a diverse range of clients, including educational institutions, performing arts venues, and event organizers, who benefit from its automated solutions for videography. By allowing remote control of cameras in real-time, LiveControl facilitates collaboration among users worldwide while significantly reducing production costs.

Boom.tv

Series A in 2020
BoomTV is an Esports entertainment platform that provides tools to automate score tracking, streaming, and generating event hubs. Their mission is to enable communities to easily produce and partake in virtual Esports. At the core of it all is our self-driving Esports technology layer that provides a one-button solution for anyone to create, participate, and/or spectate Esports content.

Squad

Seed Round in 2019
Squad is a San Francisco-based company that offers a web-based platform designed to facilitate social interaction among users. The platform allows friends to connect and spend time together by enabling video and audio chats while sharing their screens. Users can showcase various content from their devices, including messages and videos from apps like TikTok, creating an immersive shared experience. Additionally, Squad features an AMA (ask me anything) function, which aggregates information from various online profiles, making it easily accessible in one central location. This blend of social engagement and information sharing positions Squad as a versatile tool for enhancing digital interactions.

LiveControl

Seed Round in 2019
LiveControl transforms traditional video production by leveraging cloud technology and advanced artificial intelligence. This company offers a unique remote videography service that simplifies the process of live streaming and content creation, enabling users to produce high-quality video with minimal effort. LiveControl caters to a diverse range of clients, including educational institutions, performing arts venues, and event organizers, who benefit from its automated solutions for videography. By allowing remote control of cameras in real-time, LiveControl facilitates collaboration among users worldwide while significantly reducing production costs.

The Lobby

Seed Round in 2019
The Lobby is a video shopping platform that connects top fashion brands with influencers, creating an engaging shopping experience reminiscent of QVC combined with TikTok. Tailored for young professionals, The Lobby simplifies the shopping process by introducing new and emerging brands weekly. Customers can request items to be delivered to their offices for a week-long trial period without any upfront fees, allowing them to experience products before making a purchase. This innovative try-before-you-buy model eliminates the risks associated with online shopping, making it a convenient and inspiring option for consumers.

Athenascope

Seed Round in 2019
Athenascope, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Mountain View, California, operates a platform accessible through its website and apps. This platform serves a community of registered users who can upload, generate, and share video highlights from their gaming experiences. The company specializes in leveraging computer vision and artificial intelligence to automatically record and recap gameplay moments, allowing gamers to showcase their achievements without the need for manual video editing. Users can also engage with each other by sharing comments, opinions, and ideas, fostering a collaborative environment around video content collection and promotion.

Studio

Series A in 2018
Studio operates a connected fitness platform that streams live and on-demand classes to users in their homes through a sleek, responsive display. The system personalizes content in real-time by utilizing user feedback and biometric data, allowing access to a diverse range of classes, including cardio, strength training, and yoga. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Studio aims to enhance the fitness experience by combining technology with user engagement to promote a healthier lifestyle.

PacketZoom

Series A in 2017
PacketZoom provides cloud services and a content delivery network solution that accelerates mobile application performance by analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time without changing app code. It helps mobile apps deliver content faster and more reliably by optimizing large dynamic content, such as video and game data, and supports a range of apps including mobile games, shopping, travel, and news. The company focuses on improving mobile reliability and performance for developers and publishers.

Vidme

Series A in 2016
Vidme is a startup video lab that operates a video-sharing platform aimed at fostering a community for expressing and sharing ideas. The platform allows users to upload videos across various categories, including gaming, animation, movies, and entertainment. Users can share their content within relevant community sections, and notably, Vidme enables uploads without requiring users to create an account. This accessibility encourages broader participation and engagement within its community, making it a versatile space for video content creators.

Boom.tv

Seed Round in 2016
BoomTV is an Esports entertainment platform that provides tools to automate score tracking, streaming, and generating event hubs. Their mission is to enable communities to easily produce and partake in virtual Esports. At the core of it all is our self-driving Esports technology layer that provides a one-button solution for anyone to create, participate, and/or spectate Esports content.

Grokker

Series B in 2016
Grokker operates an online fitness platform offering thousands of expert-led videos covering various cooking styles, yoga practices, and workout routines. Its holistic wellness program caters to employees worldwide, promoting physical health through personalized video content and community support.

Studio

Seed Round in 2016
Studio operates a connected fitness platform that streams live and on-demand classes to users in their homes through a sleek, responsive display. The system personalizes content in real-time by utilizing user feedback and biometric data, allowing access to a diverse range of classes, including cardio, strength training, and yoga. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Studio aims to enhance the fitness experience by combining technology with user engagement to promote a healthier lifestyle.

Mobcrush

Series B in 2016
Mobcrush, Inc. is a technology and entertainment company founded in 2014 and based in Santa Monica, California. It specializes in developing a mobile application that facilitates live streaming for gamers. The Mobcrush app connects users globally, allowing them to create and broadcast gameplay live from their mobile devices. It provides a platform for users to watch and interact with content creators, participate in eSports competitions, and engage with a community of like-minded gamers. The application enhances the gaming experience by enabling real-time communication and social interaction among players, making it a hub for mobile gaming and creator-driven media.

PacketZoom

Venture Round in 2016
PacketZoom provides cloud services and a content delivery network solution that accelerates mobile application performance by analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time without changing app code. It helps mobile apps deliver content faster and more reliably by optimizing large dynamic content, such as video and game data, and supports a range of apps including mobile games, shopping, travel, and news. The company focuses on improving mobile reliability and performance for developers and publishers.

Mobcrush

Series A in 2015
Mobcrush, Inc. is a technology and entertainment company founded in 2014 and based in Santa Monica, California. It specializes in developing a mobile application that facilitates live streaming for gamers. The Mobcrush app connects users globally, allowing them to create and broadcast gameplay live from their mobile devices. It provides a platform for users to watch and interact with content creators, participate in eSports competitions, and engage with a community of like-minded gamers. The application enhances the gaming experience by enabling real-time communication and social interaction among players, making it a hub for mobile gaming and creator-driven media.

Mobcrush

Seed Round in 2015
Mobcrush, Inc. is a technology and entertainment company founded in 2014 and based in Santa Monica, California. It specializes in developing a mobile application that facilitates live streaming for gamers. The Mobcrush app connects users globally, allowing them to create and broadcast gameplay live from their mobile devices. It provides a platform for users to watch and interact with content creators, participate in eSports competitions, and engage with a community of like-minded gamers. The application enhances the gaming experience by enabling real-time communication and social interaction among players, making it a hub for mobile gaming and creator-driven media.

Vidme

Seed Round in 2015
Vidme is a startup video lab that operates a video-sharing platform aimed at fostering a community for expressing and sharing ideas. The platform allows users to upload videos across various categories, including gaming, animation, movies, and entertainment. Users can share their content within relevant community sections, and notably, Vidme enables uploads without requiring users to create an account. This accessibility encourages broader participation and engagement within its community, making it a versatile space for video content creators.

Grokker

Series A in 2014
Grokker operates an online fitness platform offering thousands of expert-led videos covering various cooking styles, yoga practices, and workout routines. Its holistic wellness program caters to employees worldwide, promoting physical health through personalized video content and community support.

Grokker

Series A in 2013
Grokker operates an online fitness platform offering thousands of expert-led videos covering various cooking styles, yoga practices, and workout routines. Its holistic wellness program caters to employees worldwide, promoting physical health through personalized video content and community support.

Nimble TV

Series A in 2012
Imagine a true global television experience in which a subscriber in Paris watches U.S. television programming as if they were living in New York. Also imagine a business person traveling the globe while still watching their cable subscription from back home. This is the world enabled by NimbleTV – TV as it should be – TV from Anywhere -- without the limitations of traditional cable and satellite TV services. NimbleTV enhances rather than replaces traditional pay TV services. It creates value for all players in the TV ecosystem, including distribution companies, and content producers. Nimble utilizes its proprietary advanced cloud-based streaming and HD-DVR solution to allow subscribers to access their pay TV subscriptions at any time, from any device, from anywhere around the world. For more information, please visit NimbleTV.com.

WayWire

Seed Round in 2012
WayWire operates an online video curation platform that enables companies to significantly expand their video offerings without increasing production costs. It offers services such as video discovery, delivery, encoding/transcoding, storage, hosting, CDN delivery, and monetization tools. WayWire also provides analytics solutions for visitor behavior analysis.

Aereo

Series A in 2012
Aereo is a New York City-based technology company that enables consumers to access live broadcast television through Internet-connected devices using its cloud-based antenna and DVR technology. This service allows users to pause and rewind live programs or save them for later viewing, eliminating the need for a cable or satellite subscription. Aereo supports various platforms, including iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, and streaming devices like AppleTV and Roku. Membership options start at $8 per month, which includes access to the cloud-based technology and 20 hours of DVR storage, with an upgrade available for $12 per month for 60 hours of storage. New members can try the service free for the first month. Founded in February 2012 by Chet Kanoja and backed by IAC, Aereo aims to provide an alternative way for consumers to enjoy television content.

Aereo

Seed Round in 2011
Aereo is a New York City-based technology company that enables consumers to access live broadcast television through Internet-connected devices using its cloud-based antenna and DVR technology. This service allows users to pause and rewind live programs or save them for later viewing, eliminating the need for a cable or satellite subscription. Aereo supports various platforms, including iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, and streaming devices like AppleTV and Roku. Membership options start at $8 per month, which includes access to the cloud-based technology and 20 hours of DVR storage, with an upgrade available for $12 per month for 60 hours of storage. New members can try the service free for the first month. Founded in February 2012 by Chet Kanoja and backed by IAC, Aereo aims to provide an alternative way for consumers to enjoy television content.

Transpera

Series C in 2010
Transpera is a mobile technology company specializing in monetizing videos on mobile devices. It offers a comprehensive platform and bridging technology designed to facilitate successful mobile video deployments. By serving online content owners, network operators, and advertisers, Transpera provides an integrated solution that connects all components necessary for effective mobile video services. The company enables video publishers to mobilize and distribute their content to mobile users, while also offering brand owners and advertisers a direct channel to reach their target audiences. Transpera's platform enhances the video offerings available to mobile carriers and supports a variety of internet video brands, including prominent names in entertainment and news.

ScanScout

Series B in 2009
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Transpera

Series B in 2008
Transpera is a mobile technology company specializing in monetizing videos on mobile devices. It offers a comprehensive platform and bridging technology designed to facilitate successful mobile video deployments. By serving online content owners, network operators, and advertisers, Transpera provides an integrated solution that connects all components necessary for effective mobile video services. The company enables video publishers to mobilize and distribute their content to mobile users, while also offering brand owners and advertisers a direct channel to reach their target audiences. Transpera's platform enhances the video offerings available to mobile carriers and supports a variety of internet video brands, including prominent names in entertainment and news.

MeetMe

Series B in 2008
MeetMe is a social networking company focused on meeting new people, primarily in the United States. It originated as MyYearbook and now operates MeetMe.com and a suite of iOS and Android apps, available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The platform monetizes through advertising and virtual currency and has a strong mobile presence. It also provides livestreaming video and creator economy solutions to help brands monetize and engage audiences, supported by a portfolio of mobile apps and services designed to foster connection and community.

Flowgram

Seed Round in 2008
[Flowgram](http://www.flowgram.com) is a way to share Web pages, photos, and videos in a browser-based player that acts like an interactive screencast. The company is headed by [Abhay Parekh](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/abhay-parekh), the co-founder of FastForward Networks (which was sold to Inktomi for $1.3 billion in 2000) and an ex-[Accel](http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/accel-partners) Venture Partner.

Transpera

Series A in 2007
Transpera is a mobile technology company specializing in monetizing videos on mobile devices. It offers a comprehensive platform and bridging technology designed to facilitate successful mobile video deployments. By serving online content owners, network operators, and advertisers, Transpera provides an integrated solution that connects all components necessary for effective mobile video services. The company enables video publishers to mobilize and distribute their content to mobile users, while also offering brand owners and advertisers a direct channel to reach their target audiences. Transpera's platform enhances the video offerings available to mobile carriers and supports a variety of internet video brands, including prominent names in entertainment and news.

ScanScout

Series A in 2007
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

MeetMe

Series A in 2007
MeetMe is a social networking company focused on meeting new people, primarily in the United States. It originated as MyYearbook and now operates MeetMe.com and a suite of iOS and Android apps, available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The platform monetizes through advertising and virtual currency and has a strong mobile presence. It also provides livestreaming video and creator economy solutions to help brands monetize and engage audiences, supported by a portfolio of mobile apps and services designed to foster connection and community.

ScanScout

Series A in 2006
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

ScanScout

Series A in 2006
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Odeo

Series A in 2005
Odeo is a platform dedicated to podcasting, offering users the ability to explore, search, discover, share, and publish aggregated podcasts. It serves as a hub for audio and video content syndicated via RSS.
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