First Round Capital
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| Industry | Venture Capital |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Josh Kopelman Howard L. Morgan |
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
| Website | www |
First Round Capital is an American 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 | edit source]In 2012 First Round Capital created the Dorm Room Fund, a $10 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 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.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Well-Known Tech Investor Aims Higher, cnnmoney.com, September 7, 2007
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