Investing Profile

Rob Hayes

VCInvestor

Partner at First Round Capital

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

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Networks Rob is a member of

University of California, Berkeley Network

190 CONNECTIONS

Columbia Business School Network

39 CONNECTIONS

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

$175M

Rob Hayes is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Rob Hayes's Investments On Record (20)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Solo Technologies	Seed RoundAug 2021$5.3M	$5.3M
Co-investors: Salle Yoo (January Ventures), Jeffrey Wilke
Happs	Series AJun 2021$4.7M Pre Seed RoundJan 2019	$4.7M
Co-investors: Phil Schwarz (Corazon Capital), Steve Farsht (Corazon Capital), Sam Yagan (Corazon Capital)
Kinema	Seed RoundMay 2021$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Aniq Rahman (Vast Ventures), Tom Conrad (Big Sky Health), Crystal English Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Rich Greenfield (LightShed Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Diego Berdakin, Joe Proto, Josh Elman
Lobus	Venture RoundApr 2021$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Lex Sokolin, Troy Carter
Odeko	Series AAug 2020$12M Seed RoundJun 2019$8M Seed RoundMar 2019$6M	$180M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Hans Tung (GGV Capital), Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Brad Svrluga (Primary Venture Partners), Dan Abelon (Two Sigma Ventures)
Campuswire	Seed RoundOct 2019$3.6M	$3.6M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Jason Citron
Vital	Seed RoundApr 2019$5.2M	$24M
Co-investors: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Zal Bilimoria (Refactor Capital), Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Dan Bragiel (i/o Ventures), Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures), Scott Law (Meridian Street Capital), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Zach Weinberg (Operator Partners), Paul Bragiel (Niu Ventures), James Beshara, Aaron Patzer
Bowery Farming	Series BDec 2018$90M Series AJun 2017$20M Seed RoundFeb 2017$7.5M	$490M
Co-investors: Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Hans Tung (GGV Capital), Spencer Lazar (General Catalyst), Jonathan Golden (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Stonly Baptiste Blue (Third Sphere), Shaun Abrahamson (Third Sphere), Jeff Bussgang (Flybridge Capital Partners), Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Scott Belsky, Henry Kravis, Justin Timberlake, Wiley Cerilli