First Round portfolio

First Round (Venture capital) is known to hold 189 companies, 116 of them startups. 116 of them are hiring now, with 3,121 open roles. Its companies closed 30 venture rounds in 12 months, raising $2.6B. Most of them work in AI Agents, Marketplaces, Medical AI.

Source: Alion Venture capital Oct 20, 2026
Investments
189
116 of them startups
Hiring now
116
3,121 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
30
$2.6B raised
Exits
30

Companies First Round has invested in

Blaxel AI Agents · United States Seed $7.3M · 15 mo ago portfolio pageOct 11
EvolutionIQ InsurTech · United States Venture round $20.2M · 2 yr ago 17 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Alma Digital Mental Health · United States Series D $130M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageOct 11
Aisera AI Agents · United States Venture round $90M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageOct 11
SingleStore Databases & DBMS · United States Venture round $116M · 4 yr ago 39 roles portfolio pageOct 11
Thirty Madison United States Venture round $112M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageOct 11
GumGum Advertising · United States Venture round $22M · 6 yr ago 4 roles portfolio pageOct 11
HotelTonight Venture round $37M · 9 yr ago portfolio pageOct 11
eero Network Equipment · United States Venture round $49.6M · 10 yr ago portfolio pageOct 11
Uber Ride Hailing · United States 590 roles portfolio pageOct 11
Roblox Corporation Game Development · United States 248 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Planet Earth Observation · United States 110 roles portfolio pageOct 11
Upstart Consumer Loans & Pawnshops · United States 71 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Superhuman Office & Productivity Software · United States 65 roles portfolio pageOct 11
Merlin Labs Drone AI · United States 23 roles portfolio pageOct 11
Clover Health Health Insurance & Benefits · United States 22 roles portfolio pageOct 11
Flatiron Health Medical AI · United States 18 roles portfolio pageOct 11
M7 Health, Inc. Hospitals & Health Systems 4 roles portfolio pageOct 11
Kiavi Mortgage Lending & Brokers · United States 2 roles portfolio pageOct 11
DoubleVerify Advertising · United States 1 role portfolio pageOct 11
Rupa Health EHR & Clinical Software · United States 1 role portfolio pageOct 11
Squareup Payment Processing & Gateways 1 role portfolio pageOct 11
Clearbit Capabilities Data Providers & Datasets portfolio pageOct 11
Climate AgTech portfolio pageOct 11
Cocoon E-learning · United States portfolio pageOct 11
Mandiant Inc BI & Dashboard Software portfolio pageSep 25
OnDeck Business & SME Lending · United States portfolio pageOct 11

Focus

Markets
AI Agents7%
Marketplaces3%
Medical AI3%
Financial Software & Embedded Finance2%
Financial AI2%
Custom Software Development2%
AI Development Tools2%
E-learning2%
Where its companies are
United States74%
United Kingdom1%
Ireland1%
Hong Kong1%
Norway1%
Canada1%
Spain1%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated61%
Series C and later14%
Series B10%
Series A10%
Pre-seed & seed6%

Questions about First Round

How many companies has First Round invested in?

First Round is known to hold 189 companies: 116 startups, and 30 exits so far, read from its own portfolio page and the funding rounds that name it.

Is First Round investing now?

Yes: in the last 12 months 0 rounds in the press named First Round (0 as the lead), and 179 companies joined its portfolio page in 90 days.

What does First Round invest in?

The markets of the companies First Round holds: AI Agents (7%), Marketplaces (3%), Medical AI (3%), Financial Software & Embedded Finance (2%), Financial AI (2%).

Which First Round portfolio companies are hiring?

116 companies First Round holds are hiring now, with 3,121 open roles listed on this page.

Who does First Round invest alongside?

The investors that hold the most companies together with First Round: Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, BoxGroup, GV.

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 18

First Round portfolio: 189 known companies. Alion, Oct 20, 2026. https://alion.io/company/first-round/portfolio

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