VC
United States
Last Deal Aug 2026

First Round Capital

Check Size
€500K – €10M

Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

Investment Thesis

Seed and Series A specialist with hands-on operational support. Embeds recruiting, product, and go-to-market resources with founding teams.

How to Pitch First Round Capital

No Stated Policy
First Round Capital hasn't published an outreach policy. A short, specific cold email is the safest default.

Who To Contact

Annie Duke
Special Partner, Decision Science
Bill Trenchard
Partner

Recent Deals

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YC Portfolio Overlap

First Round Capital backed 1 Y Combinator company.

Clay
Clay

Figma for 3D design

Winter 2021
B2B

Portfolio Highlights

How
Team Who
PMF Method
Beginnings Matter
Serval
Fal
Clay
Notion
Square
Verkada
K2 Space
Roblox
Parallel Planet Labs
Imagine
Vercel
Shopify
Canva
Stable Diffusion

Team

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Annie Duke
Special Partner, Decision Science
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Bill Trenchard
Partner
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Brett Berson
Partner
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Chris Fralic
Board Partner
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Hayley Barna
Partner
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James Wu
Investor
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Josh Kopelman
Partner
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Liz Wessel
Partner
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Maggie Basta
Investor
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Nick Rubin
Investor
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Nyle Sykes
Investor
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Rob Hayes
Board Partner
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Roy Rosin
Board Partner
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Simon Zhou
Investor
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Steven Aldrich
Board Partner
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Todd Jackson
Partner
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Frequent Co-Investors

Investors that share at least two portfolio companies with First Round Capital.

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Ready to Reach First Round Capital?

A fit check scores your pitch against their thesis, stage and ticket. An email draft uses their real deals and thesis, not a template.