Venture Fund Member Profile
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First Round Capital is an early stage venture capital firm managed by Joshua Kopelman, Chris Fralic, Rob Hayes and Howard Morgan. We look to partner with entrepreneurs to build innovative technology companies.
We are seed-stage investors, often providing a company’s first outside capital, and are not afraid of investing in pre-revenue companies. We understand the challenges of launching a new product. We look to take an active role in most of the companies we invest in. We believe our experience, insight and expertise are far more valuable than our capital -- and we look for entrepreneurs who feel the same. To learn more about what we look for, click here.
We recognize that time is an extremely valuable resource for an entrepreneur -- and seek not to waste it. We operate as an entrepreneurial shop and are able to make quick decisions. No investment committees. No months of negotiations. If we're going to invest, we usually decide within days.
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Howard Morgan Partner (and Angel Investor) First Round Capital (and NY Angels) |
Howard Lee Morgan is President of Arca Group Inc. in Villanova, PA, a Director of Idealab the Pasadena, CA based creator and operator of internet companies, where was a founding investor in 1996 and served as President of idealab! New York, a partner with First Round Capital, and a member of the New York Angels. He received a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1968, and a B.S. in physics from City College of the City University of New York in 1965. He is helping to nurture a number of Idealab companies, including CarsDirect.com, the leading internet seller of automobiles, Partsearch, providing back end solutions for finding parts in the electronics field, Evolution Robotics, Enery Innovations, Newbury Networks and Picasa, Inc., offering digital photography acessing and sharing solutions.
Representative Investments
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myYearbook.com myYearbook.com is an online yearbook for the digital age where millions of young people around the world--from teens to college students to young professionals--gather to socialize. The company is headquartered in New Hope, PA and other investors include U.S. Venture Partners. |
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Wikia Wikia was founded in 2004 by Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia, and Angela Beesley. Wikia manages Wikicities, a collection of over 250 wiki communities. Other investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Amazon, and prominent angels. |
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Gigya Gigya opens the doors and lets email users express themselves in the medium they use every day. Until now email has been left behind in the self expression revolution. Users can keep their email address, or use a Gigya account, and create emails with videos, slide shows, music, widgets, games, even their MySpace layout. They choose from a selection of thousands of elements or embed code from their favorite sites. |
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RockYou Personal customization is a multi-billion dollar market worldwide ($4B in ringtones alone). RockYou is a market leader in the creation of viral customization services for the web. Their first product enables users to create photo slideshows and upload them to other Web sites such as MySpace, Hi5, Friendster, and Xanga. Other investors include Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. |
Howard participated in the FundingPost event: PA Early-Stage Venture Event
on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in PA, Sponsored by Wolf Block
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