First Round

Type

Accelerator/Incubator

Status

Active

Location

Riihimäki, Finland

Total investments

6

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.40

Follow on index

0.17

Exits

2

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
E-CommerceSoftwareMobileAppsMobile AppsDeveloper ToolsiOSAndroidSubscription ServiceArt

Summary

First Round appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2007. The company was established in Europe in Finland. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Riihimu00e4ki.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Android, Apps. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Drop, PacketZoom, KiwiCo. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. This First Round works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 partakers. Despite the First Round, startups are often financed by WI Harper Group, VTF Capital, Sinovation Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are The Longevity Fund, Sea Lane Ventures, Sam Altman. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by First Round Capital, The Longevity Fund, General Catalyst.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
Finland

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
0
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.40
Follow on index
0.17
Investments by industry
  • Mobile (4)
  • Developer Tools (3)
  • Mobile Apps (3)
  • Apps (3)
  • Software (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (6)
Peak activity year
2016

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
3

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Glide Apps 21 Apr 2022 Software, Mobile, Apps, Mobile Apps Early Stage Venture 20M United States, California, San Francisco

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