# First Round Capital: investment profile

Published mandate, cheque sizes and source evidence for First Round Capital. Sources checked 2026-10-11.

Source: https://12inf.ai/resources/funds/first-round-capital
Updated: 2026-10-14

Seed-focused firm backing US founders at angel, pre-seed and seed with sizeable initial checks, aiming for meaningful ownership and offering extensive platform support rather than caring about lead labels.

## Published mandate

- **Stage:** Pre-seed, Seed

- **Cheque:** $1M–$7M

- **Geography:** US

- **Sectors:** Enterprise, AI, Hardware / Robotics, Health, Fintech, Consumer

## Notable investments

- [Aranya](https://www.caplight.com/investor/firstround) — Seed (lead), 2026-09

- [Genera](https://www.caplight.com/investor/firstround) — Seed (lead), 2026-08

- [Ellis](https://www.caplight.com/investor/firstround) — Seed (lead), 2026-07

## Sources

Sources checked **2026-10-11**.

Verified on the fund's own site

- [First Round Capital — How we work](https://firstround.com/how-we-work)

- [First Round Capital — Website](https://firstround.com/)

- [First Round Capital — Companies](https://firstround.com/companies)

- [caplight.com — Firstround](https://www.caplight.com/investor/firstround)

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