Investing Profile

Phin Barnes(2)

AngelInvestorVCFounder
Co-Founder at The General Partnership
thegp.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Phin is a member of
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
The Wharton School Network
427 CONNECTIONS
The Wharton School Network
427 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
276 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
The General Partnership Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
107
Current Fund Size
$240M

Phin Barnes is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Phin Barnes's Investments On Record (62)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Minerva
Series AJun 2026$20M
$32M
Co-investors: Brett Martin (Charge Ventures), Gyan Kapur (Surface Ventures), Ryan Darnell (Max Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Trace Cohen (New York Venture Partners (NYVP)), Robin Li (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Matt Turk (DeepChecks), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor)
Olto
Pre SeedJul 2025$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Prateek Sharma (Ahead VC), Abhishek Sharma (Nexus Venture Partners)
Thatch
Series BApr 2025$40M
Series ASep 2024$38M
$87M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Krishna Yeshwant (GV (Google Ventures)), Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Riley Newman (Wave Capital), Sara Adler (Wave Capital)
Stepchange
SeedJan 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures)
Staging Labs
Pre SeedMar 2023$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Daniel Portillo (Sweat Equity Ventures), Tony Gu (Unknown Ventures)
SendOwl
SeedFeb 2023$9M
$14M
Co-investors: David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Bob Rosin (Defy.vc)
Anomalo
Series AOct 2021$33M
SeedDec 2020$6M
$72M
Co-investors: Chris Scoggins (SignalFire), Steve Vassallo (Foundation Capital), David Beisel (NextView Ventures), Parker Barrile (Norwest Venture Partners)
ModernTax
SeedJun 2021$600K
$700K
Co-investors: Craig Schedler (Cream City Venture Capital), Ayo Omojola

Phin Barnes's Experience

Creative Director MinttownPresent
Chief Marketing Officer / Founder RespondwellPresent
Founder MinttownPresent
Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Creative Director Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder The General PartnershipPresent
Partner First Round Capital2012 - 2021
Principal First Round Capital2009 - 2012
Summer Associate McKinsey & Company2008 - 2008
Summer Apprentice First Round Capital2008 - 2008
Founder Loki Concepts2005 - 2007
Chief Marketing Officer / Founder responDESIGN2003 - 2006
Creative Director AND 11997 - 2003

Phin Barnes's Education

The Wharton School MBA
Haverford College BA
Haverford College BA Economics / Sociology
The Wharton School MBA Finance & Operations and Information Management