First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-based seed venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman, widely recognized as one of the most consistently successful seed investors in Silicon Valley across multiple technology generations, with a track record that includes some of the most significant technology exits of the past two decades. The firm invests exclusively at the pre-seed and seed stages with initial checks from $1 million to $3 million and publishes the First Round Review, one of the most widely-read founder education platforms in technology. The firm has backed more than 350 companies and achieved more than 150 exits. Uber was backed by First Round at its inception. Square, the payments technology company founded by Jack Dorsey, was a First Round portfolio company. Notion was backed at an early stage. Roblox completed a NYSE direct listing in 2021. Warby Parker completed a NYSE IPO in 2021. Beyond its original investments in Uber, Notion, and Roblox, the portfolio includes Clover Health, Flatiron Health, and hundreds of additional enterprise and consumer technology companies.