First Round portfolio

First Round (Venture capital) is known to hold 10 companies, 5 of them startups. 9 of them are hiring now, with 950 open roles. Its companies closed 3 venture rounds in 12 months, raising $707M. Most of them work in Financial AI, LLM & Generative AI, Sales Enablement.

Source: Alion Venture capital Oct 2, 2026
Investments
10
5 of them startups
Hiring now
9
950 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
3
$707M raised
Exits
3

Companies First Round has invested in

Clay AI Agents · United States Series D $115M · this month 58 roles portfolio pageSep 25
K2 Space Satellite Manufacturing · United States Series D $500M · 2 mo ago 191 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Pomelo Care United States Series C $92M · 8 mo ago 74 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Fal AI Compute & Inference · United States Series B $49M · 19 mo ago 35 roles portfolio pageSep 25
EvolutionIQ InsurTech · United States Venture round $20.2M · 2 yr ago 16 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Verkada Security Services · United States Venture round $100M · 2 yr ago 271 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Roblox Corporation Game Development · Finland 234 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Upstart Consumer Loans & Pawnshops · United States 68 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Loyal Veterinary Medicine · United States 5 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Mandiant Inc BI & Dashboard Software portfolio pageSep 25

Focus

Markets
Financial AI20%
LLM & Generative AI10%
Sales Enablement10%
Lead Generation10%
AI Agents10%
Marketing & Sales AI10%
Mobile Games10%
Speech & Audio AI10%
Where its companies are
United States80%
Finland10%
Stage of its companies
Series C and later50%
Venture, series not stated33%
Series B17%

Questions about First Round

How many companies has First Round invested in?

First Round is known to hold 10 companies: 5 startups, and 3 exits so far, read from its own portfolio page and the funding rounds that name it.

Is First Round investing now?

First Round has no round in the press in 12 months and no new company on its portfolio page in 90 days.

What does First Round invest in?

The markets of the companies First Round holds: Financial AI (20%), LLM & Generative AI (10%), Sales Enablement (10%), Lead Generation (10%), AI Agents (10%).

Which First Round portfolio companies are hiring?

9 companies First Round holds are hiring now, with 950 open roles listed on this page.

Who does First Round invest alongside?

The investors that hold the most companies together with First Round: Andreessen Horowitz, Sapphire Ventures.

How this page is made

A company counts as a holding when the investor’s own portfolio page links to it, a program’s catalog lists it, or a funding round in the press names the investor. The numbers are rebuilt every night; each company shows where it came from and when it was first seen.

Sources: its portfolio page, read Oct 3

First Round portfolio: 10 known companies. Alion, Oct 2, 2026. https://alion.io/company/first-round/portfolio

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