First Round Capital — 2019 Investments

Ahead is a mobile app offering daily lessons, activities, and modules to help users manage their thoughts and emotions, overcome procrastination, and support personal growth and self-understanding.

ConsumerMental HealthWellness & Fitness

KKKai Koch(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCourt Square Capital PartnersNENextbluePLPlay VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzFOFoodLabsGEGeneral Catalyst+1 more

Carbon Engineering is a Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology company, founded in 2009, that develops systems to capture large volumes of CO2 directly from the atmosphere.

CleantechClimate TechDeep TechSquamish, CA

DKDavid Keith(Founder)DFDan Friedmann(CEO)

Co-investorsDEDesigner FundETETCapitalKHKhosla VenturesLOLowercarbon CapitalRURusheen Capital PartnersWUWUTIF Capital+7 more

Castle builds payments infrastructure for homeowners, starting with a bill-pay app that helps them automate, consolidate, and reduce their household spending.

FintechPropTech

Co-investorsSUSuffolk TechnologiesF-F-Prime CapitalINIndex VenturesY Y Combinator

Castle offers a treasury yield management product that lets DAOs and other liquidity providers put their treasury assets to work in DeFi according to their risk profile.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsMDMDSV CAPITALF-F-Prime CapitalINIndex VenturesY Y Combinator

Clearbit is a B2B data provider that gathers public web data, proprietary data, and LLMs to produce standardized data sets for enriching records, scoring and routing leads, and revealing website visitor buying intent.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSales Tech

Alex MacCaw(Founder)Harlow Ward(Founder)Matt Sornson(Founder)Rob Holland(Founder)

Co-investorsBOBoxGroupCRCross Creek AdvisorsFEFelicis VenturesONOnStartupsTOTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundUTUtopian Ventures+7 more

Charlotte-based developer of mobile ordering and pickup software for independent coffee shops and small businesses.

Co-investorsMPMPG FundVEVentureSouqBOBoxGroupGGGGV CapitalPRPrimary Venture PartnersTWTwo Sigma Ventures+1 more

Crossbeam unifies partner and CRM data to provide ecosystem intelligence for revenue operations teams.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechPhiladelphia, US

BMBob Moore(Founder)Francis Ryan(Executive Officer, Director)SBSimon Bouchez(Founder)inBuck Ryan(Founder)

BoardAMAndrew McLoughlin(Director)in

Co-investors51515 VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzBLBlitzscaling VenturesDIDig Ventures Management LimitedFEFenway Summer VenturesFIFirstMark Capital+11 more

Glide is a no-code platform that converts spreadsheets into AI-powered business applications for automating manual workflows.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

MPMark Probst(Founder)inDSDavid Siegel(Founder)inJason Smith(Founder)inAntonio García Aprea(Co-founder)inAntonio Garcia Aprea(Founder)Harleigh Gabrielson(Head of Operations)

Co-investorsAVavraY Y CombinatorALAlt CapitalBEBenchmarkIDIdealabJAJASON SMITH+2 more

Happs is a community-driven live video platform that lets independent creators broadcast simultaneously across multiple social channels.

Co-investorsBUBullpen CapitalCOCorazon CapitalCRCrosslink CapitalGOGoodwater Capital

Mighty Networks builds a platform for community management, courses, and events that helps community leaders and entrepreneurs build engaged member bases and generate revenue.

Creator EconomySaaSPalo Alto, US

GBGina Bianchini(Founder)inTHTim Herby(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inTAThomas Aaron(Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder)inDAVID GALE(PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)Matteo Melani(Founder)

BoardNANCY BERGLASS(Director)

Co-investorsBBBBG VenturesCOCowboy VenturesFLFloodgateFOFounder CollectiveGEGeek VenturesGRGreat Oaks Venture Capital+5 more

Refinery29 is a digital media publication producing lifestyle content for a primarily female audience, covering topics such as fashion, shopping, wellness, and horoscopes.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US

Justin Stefano(Founder)inPVPhilippe Von Borries(Founder)inSteven Gordon(Executive Officer)Daniel Marriott(Director)Lance Maerov(Director)inChristina Miller(Director)

Co-investorsFLFloodgateLELead Edge CapitalLELerer Hippeau

Snackpass is an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform that enables restaurants to accept orders through kiosks, mobile apps, and tablets while managing kitchen operations, loyalty programs, and delivery.

ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

KTKevin Tan(CEO)inJMJamie Marshall(Founder)inJonathan Cameron(Founder)SPSejun Park(Head of Hardware)inSMShawn Magee(Engineering / Product)inNathan Lee(Recruiter)

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzBABAM VenturesBOBoxGroupCRCraft VenturesDODorm Room+10 more

Studs designs and sells fashion earrings including flatbacks, huggies, clickers, and curated Earscape sets in materials like 14K gold, titanium, and CZ stones for personal ear piercing wear.

ConsumerE-commerceNew York, US

Anna Harman(Executive Officer, Director)inLisa Bubbers(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsLELerer HippeauREReshape

Tesorio provides a Connected Financial Operations platform that automates accounts receivable workflows including collections, cash application, forecasting, and payment management for finance teams at growing companies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

CVCarlos Vega(CEO)inFFFabio Fleitas(Founder)inCarlos R. Vega(Founder)Chase DeHan(Lead Data Scientist)Peter Hadlaw(ML Engineer)Mari Ventura(Special Projects)

Co-investorsBABAMCAPCACarao VenturesFLFloodgateFUFundersClubKUKube VCMAMadrona Venture Group+16 more

Woolf is an accredited online higher education institution offering degree programs through a collegiate structure spanning multiple continents.

EdTechWilmington, US

Joshua David Broggi(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsCHChamaeleonUTUtopian Ventures