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

31 CONNECTIONS

First Round Capital Network

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Current Investing Position

First Round Capital Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $1.5M

Sweet Spot

$800K

Investments On Record

Rob Hayes is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Rob Hayes's Investments On Record (17)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Odeko	Series AAug 2020$12M Seed RoundJun 2019$8M Seed RoundMar 2019$6M	$26M
Co-investors: Hans Tung (GGV Capital), Brad Svrluga (Primary Venture Partners)
Campuswire	Seed RoundOct 2019$3.6M	$3.6M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures)
Vital	Seed RoundApr 2019$5.2M	$6.2M
Co-investors: Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Zach Weinberg (Operator Partners), Paul Bragiel (Golden Gate Ventures), Dan Bragiel (i/o Ventures), Aaron Patzer
Happs	Pre Seed RoundJan 2019
Bowery Farming	Series BDec 2018$90M Series AJun 2017$20M Seed RoundFeb 2017$7.5M	$117.5M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Hans Tung (GGV Capital), Spencer Lazar (General Catalyst), Jeff Bussgang (Flybridge), Shaun Abrahamson (Urban Us), Jonathan Golden, Scott Belsky
Papaya	Seed RoundFeb 2018$3M	$14M
Co-investors: Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Sebastien de Halleux (Graph Ventures), Tal Keinan (Dynamic Loop Capital), Omar Hamoui (Mucker Capital)
Dishcraft Robotics	Seed RoundMay 2017$5.2M	$5.2M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Helen Zelman Boniske (Lemnos Labs), Chris Evdemon (Sinovation Ventures), Ethan Batraski (Venrock)
Airware	Venture RoundFeb 2017 Series BJul 2014$25M Series AMay 2013$14M Seed RoundMar 2013$3M	$72M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Rob Coneybeer (Shasta Ventures), Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), Stuart Ellman (RRE Ventures), Helen Zelman Boniske (Lemnos Labs), Mike Abbott, Shri Ganeshram