Where does Rob Hayes work?

Rob Hayes is Board Partner at First Round Capital and Founder at Odeko and Founder at Dishcraft Robotics and Founder at Eero.

What check size does Rob Hayes write?

Rob Hayes typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

What companies did Rob Hayes found?

Rob Hayes founded Bowery, Dishcraft Robotics, Eero, Odeko, Sproutling.

Rob Hayes

InvestorFounder

Board Partner at First Round Capital · Board director at Odeko · Board director at Dishcraft Robotics · Board director at Eero

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedBowery Dishcraft Robotics Eero Odeko · YC Sproutling

Midas 2020 · #11 Midas 2019 · #15 Midas 2018 · #17 Midas 2017 · #21 Midas 2016 · #27 Midas 2015 · #45 Midas 2014 · #75 Midas 2013 · #97

About

Rob Hayes is a venture investor and partner at First Round Capital since 2006, where he has led investments in companies including Uber, Square/Block, Planet Labs, Mint.com, Eero, and TaskRabbit. Prior to First Round, he directed the venture capital unit at Palm Computing and held product management roles at GO Corporation and Geoworks. Hayes holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia Business School, and serves as a trustee at Columbia Business School, the Philadelphia Art Museum, and The Noguchi Museum.

Board director at Odeko YC S19

Intro paths

Rob went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Rob can intro founders to Odeko's investors below.

Odeko's investors · 12

B Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checks B4 Capital$10M – $50M checks Emles Venture PartnersNew York First Round CapitalSan Francisco · $2M checks · since 2021 MPG Fund Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks Primary Venture PartnersNew York · $1M – $3M checks PROOFArlington Sommet ABStockholm Sprint VcBangalore · $300 checks Two Sigma VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2021 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Odeko

James BurkhardtFounder

Dane AtkinsonChief Executive Officer

Tom HoreChief Product Officer

Stephen MarChief Legal & Administrative Officer

Todd SunstedExecutive Officer

Bernar BekirovExecutive Officer

Board director at Dishcraft Robotics

Intro paths

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In turn, Rob can intro founders to Dishcraft Robotics's investors below.

Dishcraft Robotics's investors · 4

Baseline VenturesJackson · $100K – $1M checks First Round CapitalSan Francisco · $2M checks · since 2016 Grit VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $1M checks Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinney

Co-founders at Dishcraft Robotics

LINDA POULIOTExecutive Officer, Director

PAUL BIRKMEYERExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Eero

Intro paths

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In turn, Rob can intro founders to Eero's investors below.

Eero's investors · 9

First Round CapitalSan Francisco · $2M checks Grishin RoboticsSilicon Valley · $250K – $1M checks HomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checks Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks Playground GlobalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checks Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks Shasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checks

Co-founders at Eero

Nicholas S. WeaverExecutive Officer, Director

Nick WeaverFounder

Nate HardisonFounder

Experience

Barndoor AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
Philadelphia Museum of ArtMember Board of Trusteescurrent2022 — present
Columbia Business SchoolMember, Board of Overseerscurrent2019 — presentGreater New York City Area
First Round CapitalPartnercurrent2006 — present
Omidyar NetworkDirector2004 — 2006

Education

Columbia Business SchoolMBA, Finance1993 — 1995
University of California, BerkeleyBA, Political Economy1984 — 1988

Skills & more

Venture Capital52Mobile Devices33Entrepreneurship37Software14Strategic Partnerships36Start-ups72Angel Investing5Business Development15Business Strategy10

From Rob's professional profile.

Deals · 4

OdekoBoard seat

via First Round Capital · filed Jan 2022 · $49.5M raise

BoweryBoard seat

via First Round Capital · filed Jun 2017 · $22.7M raise

Dishcraft RoboticsBoard seat

via First Round Capital · filed May 2017 · $5.2M raise

SproutlingBoard seat

via First Round Capital · filed Jan 2015 · $8.3M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at First Round Capital

Amy Fu

Vice President, Investments at First Round Capital

An Vu

Recruiter at First Round Capital

Anisha Gupta

GTM Strategy and Ops at First Round Capital

Anne Loeslein

Executive Assistant at First Round Capital

Annie Duke

Investor at Renegade Partners

Arielle Jackson

Head of Brand & Product Marketing at First Round Capital

Bill Trenchard

Partner at First Round Capital

Bonnie Porter

Recruiter at First Round Capital

Network4

Amy Fu

Vice President, Investments at First Round Capital

Brett Berson

Partner at First Round Capital

Catherine Ferdon

Angel at First Round Capital

Cristina Cordova

Partner at First Round Capital

Investors connected to Rob in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Rob Hayes work?: Rob Hayes is Board Partner at First Round Capital and Founder at Odeko and Founder at Dishcraft Robotics and Founder at Eero.
What check size does Rob Hayes write?: Rob Hayes typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Rob Hayes found?: Rob Hayes founded Bowery, Dishcraft Robotics, Eero, Odeko, Sproutling.