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

363 CONNECTIONS

Columbia Business School Network

107 CONNECTIONS

First Round Capital Network

61 CONNECTIONS

Omidyar Network 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 (26)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Scorbit	SeedNov 2025$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Nathan Owen (Grand Ventures), Marissa Mayer
Barndoor AI	SeedMay 2025$14M	$14M
Co-investors: Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Eric Chin (Crosslink Capital), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures)
ShareWell	Pre SeedFeb 2023$1M	$1M
Co-investors: Kathryn Minshew (XFactor Ventures), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Charlie Cheever, Adrian Aoun
Mad Realities	SeedApr 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Rex Woodbury (Index Ventures), Chris Ovitz (Electric Ant), Packy McCormick (Breather), Shawn Xu (Dorm Room Fund), Alexia Bonatsos (Dream Machine), Scott Belsky (A24), Alex Adelman, Reggie James, Trevor McFedries, Adar Zango, Nick Caldwell
Ark Biotech	Pre SeedDec 2021$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Kevin Carter (SV Angel), Alexis Houssou (Hardware Club), David Barber (Astanor Ventures)
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: Edward Suh (Alpine Ventures), Steve Farsht (Corazon Capital), Ann Lai (Bullpen Capital), Phil Schwarz (Corazon Capital), Bangaly Kaba
Kinema	SeedMay 2021$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Crystal English Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), 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), Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Chris Sacca (Lowercase Capital), Kevin Lin, Diego Berdakin, Joe Proto