Investing Profile

Rob Hayes

VCInvestor

Partner at First Round Capital

firstround.com/person/rob-hay...Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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University of California, Berkeley Network

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Columbia Business School Network

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First Round Capital Network

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Current Investing Position

First Round Capital Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$738M

Rob Hayes is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Rob Hayes's Investments On Record (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Barndoor AI	SeedMay 2025$14M	$14M
Co-investors: Eric Chin (Crosslink Capital), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Scott Banister
ShareWell	Pre SeedFeb 2023$1M	$1M
Co-investors: Adrian Aoun, Kyle Vogt, Charlie Cheever
Mad Realities	SeedApr 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Rex Woodbury (Index Ventures), Shawn Xu (Lowercarbon Capital), Chris Ovitz (Electric Ant), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Alexia Bonatsos (Dream Machine), Adar Zango, Reggie James, Trevor McFedries, Nick Caldwell, Alex Adelman, Scott Belsky
Ark Biotech	Pre SeedDec 2021$3M	$3M
Co-investors: David Barber (Astanor Ventures), Alexis Houssou (Hardware Club), Kevin Carter (Night Capital)
Solo Technologies	SeedAug 2021$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Salle Yoo (January Ventures), Jeffrey Wilke
Happs	Series AJun 2021$5M Pre SeedJan 2019	$5M
Co-investors: Phil Schwarz (Corazon Capital), Steve Farsht (Corazon Capital), Ann Lai (Bullpen Capital), Edward Suh (Alpine Ventures), Bangaly Kaba
Kinema	SeedMay 2021$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Crystal English Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage), Jarrod Dicker (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Tom Conrad (Big Sky Health), Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Rich Greenfield (LightShed Ventures), Aniq Rahman (Vast Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Diego Berdakin, Joe Proto, Kevin Lin, Josh Elman
Lobus	SeedApr 2021$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Suzy Ryoo (Cross Culture Ventures), Lex Sokolin (Generative Ventures), Ryan Biggs (Franklin Templeton Investments), Troy Carter