First Round Capital
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| First round | |
| Industry | Venture Capital |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) |
| Founder | Josh Kopelman Howard L. Morgan |
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
| Website | www |
First Round Capital is a US-based venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
Founded by Josh Kopelman [1] and Howard Morgan [2] First Round typically provides seed-stage funding and focuses on portfolio companies' growth during their first 18 months. It has offices in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York.
Dorm Room Fund
[edit ]In 2012 First Round Capital created the Dorm Room Fund, a 10ドル million[citation needed ] fund focused on investments in student-run startups.[3] In 2019, the firm launched the Graduate Fund, a pre-seed fund for recent graduates of undergraduate or master's programs.[4] The firm is operated by full-time undergraduate and graduate students.[5] [6] It has backed companies that have raised a combined 300ドル million in venture capital from investors including Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Union Square Ventures.[7] The firm has teams in San Francisco, New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston.
In addition to providing early-stage capital,[8] Dorm Room Fund draws upon its own resources as well as First round's to support student entrepreneurs.[5] In January 2018, Dorm Room Fund's Head of Engineering Yasyf Mohamedali launched VCWiz, a tool to help founders (student or otherwise) research, discover, and reach out to seed-stage investors.[9]
References
[edit ]- ^ Well-Known Tech Investor Aims Higher, cnnmoney.com, September 7, 2007
- ^ Mark Suster (April 21, 2011). ""Want To Know How First Round Capital Was Started?"". Fast Company.
- ^ "First Round Expands 500ドルK Student-Run Investment Arm, Dorm Room Fund, To New York City Universities – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018年03月24日.
- ^ "New pre-seed fund powered by First Round Capital will target recent graduates". TechCrunch. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 2019年01月17日.
- ^ a b Casserly, Meghan. "The Dorm Room Fund: A Conversation With First Round Capital's Phin Barnes". Forbes. Retrieved 2018年03月25日.
- ^ Ramsinghani, Mahendra (2014). The Business of Venture Capital. Wiley. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-118-75219-7.
- ^ "DRF 5-Year Report". 5years.dormroomfund.com. Retrieved 2018年03月26日.
- ^ Konrad, Alex. "College-Specific Funds Are On The Rise – But Are They Built To Last?". Forbes. Retrieved 2018年03月25日.
- ^ "Dorm Room Fund has built a CRM for founders raising a seed round". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018年11月13日.