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First Round Capital

VC
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First Round Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in US-SF investing in Enterprise, Consumer, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
12 companies on record
Partners
16 listed
AUM
$3B
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Enterprise, Consumer, Marketplace
HQ
US-SF

Last verified: 2026-06-28

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$3.0B

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

16 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Partnering with founders at the seed stage to build extraordinary companies.

How First Round Capital invests

First Round Capital is a vc firm based in US-SF. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, Consumer, Marketplace.

First Round Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $3B in assets under management.

First Round Capital has backed 12 companies in our records, including Notion, Clay, Pomelo Care.

Partners & Team

JK

Josh Kopelman

Partner

Consumer
Marketplace
BB

Brett Berson

Partner

JK

Josh K

Vice President of Finance

TK

Tiffany Kwok

Director of Partnerships

LW

Liz Wessel

Partner

TJ

Todd Jackson

Partner

CF

Chris Fralic

Board Partner

WN

Whitnie Narcisse

Operating Partner

RD

Ryan Donnon

IT Director

RA

Richard Alfonsi

Board Partner

RR

Roy Rosin

Board Partner

HB

Hayley Barna

Partner

BT

Bill Trenchard

Partner

AD

Annie Duke

Special Partner, Decision Science

Decision Science
MA

Meka Asonye

Partner

SA

Steven Aldrich

Board Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
Consumer
Marketplace

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

NO

Notion

Enterprise / AI / Consumer·Seed
CL

Clay

Enterprise / AI·Seed
PO

Pomelo Care

Healthcare·Seed
RO

Roblox

Consumer·Seed
K2

K2 Space

Enterprise / Hardware·Pre-Seed
SQ

Square

Fintech / Enterprise / Consumer·Series A
LO

Looker

Enterprise·Seed
FA

Fal

AI / Enterprise / DevTools & Infra·Seed
LO

Loyal

Healthcare·Seed
UP

Upstart

Fintech / AI·Seed
How to pitch First Round Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Consumer, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Josh Kopelman, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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