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First Round Capital

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First Round Capital is a venture capital firm that primarily makes early round investments. They look to play an active role in the operations of most the companies they invest in.

Milestones

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  First Round Capital invested in banksimple. (9/1/10)
  Posted 9/1/10 at 5:36pm
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  First Round Capital invested in GroupMe. (8/25/10)
  Posted 8/25/10 at 3:43pm via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in TaskRabbit. (8/25/10)
  Posted 8/25/10 at 9:27pm via venturebeat.com
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  First Round Capital invested in SaveWave. (8/19/10)
  Posted 8/19/10 at 5:50am via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in VigLink. (8/3/10)
  Posted 8/3/10 at 9:55am via xconomy.com
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  First Round Capital invested in Ze Frank Games. (7/15/10)
  Posted 7/15/10 at 7:39pm via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in BillFloat. (7/14/10)
  Posted 7/14/10 at 7:04pm via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in ModCloth. (6/30/10)
  Posted 6/30/10 at 7:10pm via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in Safetyweb. (6/17/10)
  Posted 6/17/10 at 7:01pm via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in Transpera. (6/2/10)
  Posted 6/2/10 at 3:36pm via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in Stickybits. (5/19/10)
  Posted 5/21/10 at 2:23am via businessinsider.com
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  First Round Capital invested in SimpleGeo. (5/18/10)
  Posted 5/18/10 at 7:30am via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in Jelli. (5/13/10)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 2:43am via prnewswire.com
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  First Round Capital invested in Demdex. (5/10/10)
  Posted 5/10/10 at 5:25am via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in Swipely. (5/10)
  Posted 5/11/10 at 1:23am via techcrunch.com
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  First Round Capital invested in AppFirst. (4/20/10)
  Posted 4/20/10 at 9:20pm via thealarmclock.com

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. First Round lets funded entrepreneurs exchange equity (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. TechCrunch [edit]
3. techcrunch.com [edit]
4. TaskRabbit gets $850K to cross errands off your to-do list (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
5. Digital Couponing Startup SaveWave Scores $2.3M From Leading Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. VigLink Grabs Wheel at DrivingRevenue (xconomy.com) [edit]
7. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. PayPal-Backed BillFloat Launches, Secures $4.5 Million Series A Round (Exclusive) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. ModCloth Raises $19.8 Million Series B For Indie Fashion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. SafetyWeb Secures $8 Million So Parents Can Better Secure Their Kids Online (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. BlackBerry Partners Fund Leads $9 Million Funding Round For Transpera (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. Hot New York Startup Stickybits Raises $1.6 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
13. SimpleGeo Digs Up Another $8 Million And A Group Of Former Digg Employees (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. Jelli Secures $7 Million in Series A Funding for Crowdsourced Radio (prnewswire.com) [edit]
15. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. techcrunch.com [edit]
17. AppFirst Raises $1M. Launches Performance Monitoring SaaS (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
18. Educational Technology Company Knewton Scores $12.5 Million More. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. Khosla And RRE Lead $16.2 Million Series C In Xobni (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. techcrunch.com [edit]
21. Browser-For-Kids Maker KidZui Scores $4M, Deals With Best Buy, DreamWorks (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Plastic Jungle Raises $7.4 Million for Gift Card Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
24. techcrunch.com [edit]
25. PeerPong Raises $2.8M for an Aardvark for Twitter (gigaom.com) [edit]
26. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
27. Rixty, Online Payments For The Unbanked, Scores $1.24 Million In Venture Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
29. Flurry Closes $7M Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
30. Jelli Nabs $2M Seed To Crowdsource Radio Stations (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
31. http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/packlate-funding/ (sec.gov) [edit]
32. WSJ Venture Wire (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
33. Chegg Founder Raises Another $7.5 Million For Stealth Startup Kakai, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
34. NYTimes (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
35. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
36. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
37. Hot Potato Raises $1.42 For Event Social Networking (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
38. Outright raises $5.5M to help small businesses with their finances (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
39. Mass High Tech (masshightech.com) [edit]
40. FinSMEs (finsmes.com) [edit]
41. Cap Funding Report [edit]
42. Company Communication [edit]
43. Altruik Raises $4.7 Million For SEO Tools (paidcontent.org) [edit]
44. ScanScout lands $8.5M second round (venturebeat.com) [edit]
45. Thread.com Raises $1.2 Million For Facebook-Powered Matchmaking Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
46. ClickEquations Raises $3 Million For Paid Search Platform (paidcontent.org) [edit]
47. non-Friendly Online Gamer Roblox Raises $2.2 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
48. Personal Finance Startup Mint Raises $14 Million (techcrunch.com) []
49. Continuity Engine Expands Presence with New Round of Funding and Partnership (freshnews.com) [edit]
50. DNAnexus raises $1.55M for DNA sequencing (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
51. Project Fair Bid Raises $4.5 Million For Stealth Auction Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
52. View my * My Posts * Facebook * Twitter * Friendfeed * LinkedIn * Digg * CoTweet Now in Public Beta; Get the Same Twitter CRM Tools as Big Brands (mashable.com) [edit]
53. Image Licensing Network GumGum Grabs $2.6 Million And Is Growing Fast (techcrunch.com) [edit]
54. Yapta lands $2M to track airfare and hotel prices (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
55. VigLink Raises $800K To Take Hassle Out Of Affiliate Programs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
56. OpenX Keeps On Growing, Raises $10 Million More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
57. DoubleVerify Launches After Successful Ramp-Up That Lands Blue-Chip Clients (marketwire.com) [edit]
58. May 2009 TimeData completed its first close of the Series A round (timedatacorp.com) [edit]
59. Knewton Bags $6 Million Series B Round For Adaptive Learning Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
60. Email startup Xobni leaves beta, raises $3.2M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
61. 33Across Gets $1.5 Million to ID Online Influencers (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
62. Aster Data Systems Extends oversubscribed Series B Funding to $17 Million (asterdata.com) [edit]
63. Amazon Invests In Online Ad Optimization Firm Yieldex (paidcontent.org) [edit]
64. Get Satisfaction gets new CEO and funding amid growth (venturebeat.com) [edit]
65. Performline Receives Additional Financing; Launches PerformMatch (centernetworks.com) [edit]
66. Jingle Networks keys up $7.5M for directory assistance (venturebeat.com) [edit]
67. Xobni Closes $7 Million B Round Led By Cisco (techcrunch.com) [edit]
68. Cap Report Index [edit]
69. Foodzie Raises $1 Million For Its Specialty Food Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
70. Mobile Soc Gaming's SocialBomb Does 1st Round (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
71. Transpera Raises $8.25 Million In Series B For Mobile Video Monetization Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
72. techcrunch.com [edit]
73. Citation Needed [add]
74. Second Birthday Brings Series A Funding to SMS Innovator MoVoxx Second Birthday Brings Series A Funding to SMS Innovator MoVoxx [edit]
75. thealarmclock.com [edit]
76. Gigya Raises $11 Million For Two-Pronged Widget Strategy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
77. AppNexus Raises $8 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
78. Mass High Tech/ SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
79. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
80. Company about page (demdex.com) [edit]
81. Teen Social Network myYearbook Gets $13 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
82. Content Licensing Firm GumGum Gets $500k Of $1 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
83. Knewton Raises $2.5 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
84. techcrunch.com [edit]
85. Citation Needed [add]
86. Widget Distribution, Tracking Service Gigya Raises $9.5 Million (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
87. Citation Needed []
88. Press release - UK Techcrunch (uk.techcrunch.com) [edit]
89. techcrunch.com [edit]
90. Cap Funding Report [edit]
91. pehub.com [edit]
92. thealarmclock.com [edit]
93. Citation Needed [add]
94. TechForward, Inc. Announces Funding by NEA (reuters.com) [edit]
95. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
96. thealarmclock.com [edit]
97. thealarmclock.com [edit]
98. techcrunch.com [edit]
99. techcrunch.com [edit]
100. Citation Needed [add]
101. pehub.com [edit]
102. Transpera, latest mobile video channel company (venturebeat.com) [edit]
103. Citation Needed [add]
104. techcrunch.com [edit]
105. readwriteweb.com [edit]
106. Citation Needed [add]
107. Citation Needed [add]
108. Alarm:clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
109. prnewswire.com []
110. paidcontent.org [edit]
111. Xobni raises $4.26M to let you improve your email habits (venturebeat.com) [edit]
112. techcrunch.com [edit]
113. First Round Capital (firstround.com) [edit]
114. Citation Needed [add]
115. myYearbook.com Raises $4.1 Million in Venture Funding (vcgate.com) [edit]
116. siliconbeat.com []
117. Wrapping the Israeli internet scene in 2007 (vccafe.com) [edit]
118. attributor.com [edit]
119. Mint Software raises $750,000 for personal finance service (venturebeat.com) []
120. techcrunch.com []
121. silicontap.com [edit]
122. Citation Needed []
123. gigaom.com [edit]
124. Kid-Friendly Net Firm Kidzui Launches With $8 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
125. Venture Capital: Snapvine turns up the volume a notch (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
126. techcrunch.com [edit]
127. Krugle Secures $6.1 Million in Series B Funding Led by Rustic Canyon Partners. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
128. http://www.demo.com/community/?q=node/93923 (demo.com) [edit]
129. Bazaarvoice Launches With Nearly $4 Million in Series A Funding from Austin Ventures (bazaarvoice.com) [edit]
130. Authernative, Inc. Raises $2.5 Million in Series A Funding to Extend Its Position as Emerging Provider of User Authentication and Identity Management Solutions. (accessmylibrary.com) [edit]
131. wikia.com [edit]
132. Wall Street Jounral (online.wsj.com) [edit]
133. Cap Funding Report [edit]
134. Citation Needed [add]
135. techcrunch.com [edit]
136. Citation Needed [add]
137. techcrunch.com [edit]
138. Visual Shopping Engine Like.com Raises $3.3 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
139. Citation Needed [add]
140. Aggregate Knowledge Gets $5M (silicontap.com) [edit]
141. waytooearly.firstround.com [edit]