capital founded 2004 headquarters san francisco website www.firstround.com first round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed stage funding to technology companies . founded by josh kopelman 1 the firm s investment team now includes chris fralic rob hayes howard l. morgan bill trenchard and phineas barnes . 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 . the company seeks to take an active role in supporting the operations of its portfolio companies . 2 to make this possible it built a platform team to encourage community between its portfolio companies hold industry events promote mindshare and offer consulting services . 3 in 2012 the firm launched dorm room fund for college students to fund startups founded by their peers . 4 since its inception in 2004 first round has backed more than 150 companies 5 including uber 6 square 7 warby parker 8 knewton 9 wikia 10 odeo 11 the climate corporation 12 clover health 13 and more . first round has already generated significant returns for its investors from acquisitions such as stumbleupon by ebay for 75 million 14 and mint.com by intuit for 170 million . 15 every december the firm produces a video holiday card 16 based on the biggest video memes of the year and featuring executives from first round and its portfolio companies . in the past holiday videos have gone viral spoofing miley cyrus song wrecking ball call me maybe and gangnam style . references edit well known tech investor aims higher cnnmoney.com september 7 2007 first round capital ideal startup investment angelsoft.net in the studio kent goldman discusses first round s platform approach techcrunch.com september 20 2012 for students by students first round capital announces dorm room fund in philly pandodaily september 24 2012 first round capital crunchbase december 2013 ubercab closes uber angel round techcrunch.com october 15 2010 square closes 200m round from starbucks others pe hub september 17 2012 warby parker raises money to sell prescription glasses online the new york times september 22 2011 newly profitable knewton raises 51m for personalized learning venturebeat december 20 2013 bent on user generated content wikia raises 11m to grow its network of wiki sites the next web november 30 2012 odeo crunchbase december 2013 climate corp. raises another 50m led by founders fund gigaom june 14 2012 rao leena . how this startup is trying to upend health insurance . www.fortune.com . retrieved 30 september 2015 . ebay press release mint.com press release what does the vc sing harlem shaking twerking first round s 2013 holiday video is a wrecking ball allthingsd december 19 2013 external links edit first round company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies v t e philadelphia area corporations including the delaware valley list of companies based in the philadelphia area philadelphia based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list comcast 43 aramark 207 crown holdings 318 delaware valley based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list amerisourcebergen 16 dupont 87 lincoln national 223 universal health services 324 campbell soup 342 ugi 349 burlington stores inc. 500 other notable philadelphia based businesses amoroso s beneficial bank chemtura day & zimmermann fmc corporation independence blue cross pennsylvania real estate investment trust pep boys philadelphia media network radian group urban outfitters notable philadelphia based professional partnerships ballard spahr blank rome cozen o connor dechert drinker biddle & reath duane morris morgan lewis & bockius pepper hamilton saul ewing white and williams other notable delaware valley based businesses actua corporation airgas alliedbarton ametek aqua america asplundh bentley systems brandywine realty trust boscov s carpenter technology cephalon chemours christiana care health system crozer keystone health system david s bridal epam systems enersys hamilton lane liberty property trust penn mutual penn national gaming rita s italian ice sei investments slm sungard susquehanna international group vanguard toll brothers triumph group unisys viropharma vishay intertechnology vwr wawa wilmington trust w. l. gore and associates wsfs bank notable delaware valley based us headquarters of foreign businesses aberdeen asset management ace agustawestland astrazeneca delaware investments glaxosmithkline ing group keystone foods sap america siemens medical shire pharmaceuticals subaru teva pharmacueticals td bank notable delaware valley based division headquarters of us corporations acme cerberus capital management centocor johnson & johnson colonial penn conseco delmarva power exelon gsi commerce ebay hercules ashland mab paints sherwin williams mcneil laboratories j & j neoware hewlett packard peco exelon qvc liberty media rohm and haas dow chemical sunoco energy transfer tasty baking flowers foods retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title first round capital & oldid 701991513 categories venture capital firms of the united statescompanies established in 2004 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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