First Round Capital — 2021 Investments

Plymouth Meeting, US

Ed Harycki(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAndrew Sheehan(Director)Richard Vague(Director)

Board seatJKJosh Kopelman· per SEC Form D · $6.9M raise · filed Aug 2021

Co-investorsKHKhosla Ventures

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Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Avraham Freedman(Executive Officer, Director)JBJustin Biegel(Co-founder, COO)inIPIan Pye(Co-Founder, Chief Scientist)inIan Applegate(Founder)Avi Freedman(Co-founder, CEO)in

BoardMehra Vivek(Director)

Board seatBTBill Trenchard· per SEC Form D · $56.3M raise · filed Oct 2021

Co-investorsAUAugust CapitalDCDCVC (Data Collective)DEDelta-v CapitalENEngineering CapitalGAGaingelsGLGlynn Capital Management+7 more

Odeko provides software and operational systems for independent food service businesses to compete with chain restaurants through cost optimization and margin improvement.

Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSNew York City, US

JBJames Burkhardt(Founder)inDADane Atkinson(CEO)inTHTom Hore(Chief Product Officer)inSMStephen Mar(Chief Legal & Administrative Officer)inTodd Sunsted(Executive Officer)Bernar Bekirov(Executive Officer)in

Board seatRHRob Hayes· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesB B Capital GroupB4B4 CapitalBOBoxGroupEMEmles Venture PartnersFJFJ Labs+29 more

Artillery is a performance testing toolkit that provides load testing, Playwright-based end-to-end testing, and production monitoring capabilities for web applications and APIs.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLimerick, IE

HVHassy Veldstra(Founder)inHasan Minatullaevich Veldstra(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardEDEliot Durbin(Director)in

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorACAccuro TrusteesBOboldstart venturesESEssence Venture CapitalGEGeneral CatalystLOLowercase Capital+2 more

Ascend is a membership-based travel concierge for frequent business and leisure travelers, offering a human team that books and manages flights, hotels, and ground transport end-to-end via WhatsApp.

ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsRERevUp CapitalBOBoxGroupDIDistributed VenturesEXExponent CapitalFIFirstMark CapitalINIndex Ventures+4 more

Cocoon provides technology to simplify leave management for employees and employers, handling leave compliance, insurance claims, and payroll administration in the United States.

ConsumerHR TechSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US

ACAlex Cornell(Founder)inSMSachin Monga(Founder)inMCMahima Chawla(Founder)inLDLauren Dai(Founder)AFAmber Feng(Founder)inEliot Brooks(Founder)

Co-investorsINIndex VenturesLELerer HippeauMAMagnify VenturesSESemperVirens Venture CapitalXYXYZ Venture CapitalY Y Combinator+16 more

Cocoon develops low-carbon construction materials, including LoopCem, a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) made by valorizing electric arc furnace (EAF) steel slag to reduce concrete emissions.

Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsLondon, GB

EBEliot Brooks(CEO)inWKWilliam Knapp(Founder)inFSFreddie Scott(CTO)inWilliam Earle A'Hern(Director)Frederic Scott(Director)

BoardLBLily Bernicker(Director)in

Co-investorsBRBrick Mortar VenturesGIGigascale CapitalSOSOSVTHThe Venture CollectiveWIWireframe VenturesINIndex Ventures+4 more

Composer is an AI-powered brokerage platform that enables users to create, backtest, and automatically execute trading strategies through a visual no-code editor, with access to community-built strategies and zero commissions.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

RLRonny Li(Founder)inBRBen Rollert(Founder)inAAAnanda Aisola(Founder)inBenjamin Rollert(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesFJFJ LabsGAGaingelsGOGolden VenturesLELeft Lane CapitalLILigature VC+7 more

Coursedog provides an academic operations platform for higher education institutions to improve course scheduling, degree pathway planning, and administrative efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

NDNicholas Diao(Founder)inJWJustin Wenig(Founder)inNDNicholas Diao(CTO)inZach Drollinger(Head of Sales)Jimmy Montchal(Vice President of Demand Gen)Ian Whear(Vice President / Finance \u0026 Strategy)

Co-investorsCOCoatue ManagementJMJMI EquityPHPHX VenturesPOPoint Reyes ManagementY Y CombinatorVEVenture Investment Associates

Discourse is an open-source, customizable community platform used to build forums, support hubs, internal team chat, and product-feedback spaces, with options for self-hosting or managed hosting.

Developer ToolsSaaSSocial

Co-investorsPAPace Capital

Iru is an AI-powered unified platform for IT and security teams that consolidates endpoint management, identity, threat detection, vulnerability management, and compliance automation.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Adam Pettit(Founder)Mark Daughters(Founder)Wesley Pettit(Founder)

Co-investors51515 VenturesB B Capital GroupB4B4 CapitalFEFelicis VenturesFRFrontline VenturesGEGeneral Catalyst+26 more

Iru provides an AI-powered unified platform for endpoint management, identity, threat detection, and compliance automation serving IT and security teams.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Diego, US

APAdam Pettit(Founder & CEO)Wesley Pettit(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Daughters Mark(Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsB B Capital GroupGRGreycroftMAMango CapitalDEDefinitionFEFelicis VenturesFRFrontline Ventures+4 more

LiveControl provides remote, full-service live video production, using off-site videographers who control on-site PTZ cameras in real time through a proprietary encoder to stream and record events.

MarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Co-investorsCOCoatue ManagementBOBoxGroupSUSusa Ventures

Loyal develops longevity drugs for dogs, targeting the biological processes of aging to extend healthy lifespan and reduce age-associated disease.

BiotechHealthtechLongevity

CHCeline Halioua(Founder)in

Co-investorsAGage1BABain Capital VenturesBLBlueRun VenturesBOBoxGroupCOCollaborative FundFLFlucas Ventures+18 more

Orum offers an AI-powered dialing and coaching platform that helps sales development teams run cold calling as a system, maximizing live conversations by detecting who answered first, optimizing connect rates, and providing coaching insights.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Karthik Viswanathan(Executive Officer, Director)inJDJason Dorfman(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAyush Sood(Director)

Co-investorsCACanapi VenturesCRCraft VenturesHOHomebrewINInspired CapitalUNUnusual VenturesABAbstract Ventures+20 more

Parlor is a domain intelligence service that ranks expired domains by SEO authority, ingesting auction feeds and zone files every six hours and scoring each domain on seven signals to surface a shortlist worth bidding on.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsFOFourth RealmLELerer HippeauTHThrive Capital

Pomelo provides maternity and neonatal care services, offered as a benefit to employees or members through employer and organizational partnerships.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechJersey City, US

MBMarta Bralic Kerns(Founder)in

Co-investorsANAndreessen HorowitzATAtomicoBOBoxGroupPLPLUS CapitalSTStripesSVSV Angel

Co-investors2.2.12 AngelsBLBloomberg BetaGAGaingelsBLBlue Moon

Union54 offers an API that lets companies issue virtual and physical debit cards without a bank partner or third-party processor, combining BIN sponsorship, authorization, and fulfillment.

Developer ToolsFintechSaaSLusaka, ZM

PMPerseus Mlambo(Founder)inAMAlessandra Martini(Founder)inJon Wade

Co-investorsFUFund I, a series of Africa FinTech Collective, LPLOLoftyInc CapitalRURuna CapitalVEVentures PlatformVIVibe CapitalY Y Combinator+14 more

Vitable provides a health benefits platform offering affordable, accessible healthcare to employers and their employees, with a focus on serving everyday workers and low-income populations.

Digital HealthHealthtechHR TechInsurTechSaaSPhiladelphia, US

JKJoseph Kitonga(Founder)inRon Davidson(Head of Strategy and Ops)Farabi Sameer(Product)Kyle Self(Demand Gen)Amanda Matz(Recruiting Manager)Chrisantha Pinto(Chief of Staff)

Co-investorsCHCherryrock CapitalCOCoalition OperatorsCOCommerce VenturesNVNVP CapitalOPOpen Opportunity FundWEWestern Technology Investment+13 more