First Round,
for those that are ready to scale

$2.5M Average Ticket

Product & Growth playbook

Funding strategy

With an average ticket size of $2.5M, we invest in pre-seed and series A rounds. Because capital is not enough, our internal operators provide ad-hoc support when you most need it.

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Numbers Talk

*Target figures

FUND I

$52.5M

Companies

23

First check

$1-2M

FUND II

$100M*

Companies

20*

First check

$1-4M

*Target figures

What do we look for?

I think you are wondering what do we look for
to invest in your company.

Founders with global mindset

Data-driven decision makers

Product-led growth companies

Stages from Pre Series A to Series A

What do we offer?

It’s not all about asking! We offer
pretty good conditions too!

Product & Growth tactics and playbook.

Engineering at Scale

Data Driven Mindset

+$200k in select benefits with our network
of first tier partners.

Media and Communication

Our Operators

Our Fund is part of a platform which, in addition to capital, allows us to provide portfolio companies access to a breadth of resources and industry operators

First Round Team

GPs & Partners

Investment team

Operational partners

Laura González-Estéfani

Founder & CEO

GPs & Partners

Clara Bullrich

Co-Founder

GPs & Partners

Santiago Canalejo

Chief Operations Officer

Operations

Operational Partners

Andres Areitio

General Partner, First Round | Americas

Fundraising

GPs & Partners

Andrés Dancausa

General Partner, First Round | EMEA

Fundraising

GPs & Partners

Álvaro Sanz

Investment Director, First Round | EMEA

Investment Team

Fundraising

Oliver Henry

Investment Manager, First Round | Americas

Investment Team

Fundraising

David Smith

VP, Data & Analytics | Americas

Product-led Growth

Katya Skorobogatova

Growth Operational Partner

Product-led Growth

Guillermo Cortina

Financial Operational Partner

Operational Partners

First Round Team

Pepe López de Ayala

Intern, First Round | EMEA

First Round Team

Our Extended Family

Our Community of mentors, subject matter experts and partners

Mentors

Our international community of mentors and subject matter experts provide support when you need it

Antonio González

Academic Director of Programa Despega by Amazon and IE University

Alvaro Prieto

Category Lead, PC, Office products, B2B at Amazon

Federica Ilaria Fornaciari

Digital Strategy Director @Havas Media Group

Katia Yakovleva

Head of DE Strategic Accounts at Spotify

Marc Mogalle

Managing Director at Business Buddies GmbH

Andrej Kostresevic

Partner at DART Labs/Nomads

Laura Gabrysiak

Data Science Manager at VISA

Camila Farani

President of G2 Capital and Shark Tank Brazil

Edson Rigonatti

Astella Investimentos

Fernando Seabra

Planeta Startup / FIESP

Theo Orosco

Exact Sales

Gisele de Paula

Co-founder ReclameAqui y Instituto Cliente Feliz

Thiago Reis

Maior especialista de vendas B2B do Brasil

Camila Achutti

CEO Mastertech

Max Oliveira

Cofundador & CEO da empresa MaxMilhas

Tomás Duarte

Co-Founder & CEO TrackSale

Bruno Pinheiro

Founder & CEO at PiaR

Santiago Lagier

Co Founder - CEO en Brandtrack

Alvaro Febrel

Sr Director of Product Management at Nordstrom

Diego Mariño

Self

Pepita Marín Rey-Stolle

CEO & Co-Founder at We Are Knitters

Kaajal Mansukhani Mahesh

Communication Specialist at Freepik Company

Derek Draper

Workday

Jeremy Schwach

CEO at Bluetree Network

Charles Douglas-Osborn

Head of Product at NewtonX

Mia Howard

Founding Partner - Schools and Talent at The Opportunity Trust

Enrico Noseda

Angel Investor

Rick Chen

Director, Communications at Metromile

Carolina Huaranca Mendoza

Angel Investor

Taisia Antonova

CPO & Co-Founder at Polyteia

Natasha Angapova

Principal Product Manager at Skyscanner

Jane Borzova

Data-driven project and program manager

Ivan Kako

Blizzard Entertainment, EA, Real

Guto Clark

Director Business Development at Amazon

Luis Renato Olivalves

North America Entertainment Media Partnerships Director at Facebook

César Puerta

Senior Staff Software Engineer at Twitter

Karen Acosta

Founder at Out Of Box Consulting

Carla Pérez-Vera

Samsung Next

Gretel Perera

Director, PR at Roku | Co-Founder, Latinas in Tech

Sandra Ramos

Senior Manager, Communications and Special Projects at Univision News

Maria Sanchez Vargas

Communications Lead at Uber / Samgung / LG

Pablo Ortega

GSMA

Ana Aldea

Founder at Datasocial

Jorge Soto

Soto Ventures

Juan Aisa

CEO You First Sports

Fernando Prieto

Partner at Gato Salvaje Studio

Ildiko Guba

Founder and CEO Chi Spa

Alvaro Aróstegui

Iberdata

Gianmarco Broggini

Managing Director at Payment Technologies srl and Broggini Consulting Services

Iñigo Chávarri Marroquín

Paytec

Gabriel Saenz de Buruaga

Wink

Alex Puregger

CEO at Fon

Teddy Rebollo

Founder & CEO at Ibericoclub.com

Sergi Quinto Freixanet

Consultant

Álvaro Zamácola

Executive Director - PROEDUCA GLOBAL I ex-CM @BlaBlaCar

Borja Zamácola

Director General at Aristocrazy, Grupo Suárez

David Gilarranz

Group CEO Digital at MTN

Alberto D. Sarubbi

Data Architecture - Global Insights at Blizzard Entertainment

Cristina Garcia

Founders

Our community of First Ticket & First Round founders helping each other in the creation of a company

David Marcus

Mo Labs

Cheryl Sew Hoy

Tiny Health

Matthew Goulet

Sturdy

José Velez

Detech.ai

Thiago Aragão Sousa

Finbits

David Ruidor

Goin

Juan García Braschi

Boopos

Eduardo Vilar

Returnly

Alberto Méndez Rebollo

Plexigrid

Margaret Norris

Aidaly

María Luque

Uelz

Shail Mehta

The Last Gameboard Inc.

Álvaro Compains

Taste it

Lauren Longo

Talli

Beatriz Ayala

Musicasa

Matteo Cera

Hogaru

Wendel Afonso

Harmony

Raiha Buchanan

GigaPay

Rodrigo Tamellini

GamerSafer

Pedro Moura

Flourish FI

Eric Santana

Festalab

Pau Vivas

Delitbee

Oliver Hughes

Count

Glaydston de Oliveira Veloso

Coodesh

Alan Sternberg

Beams

Pablo Pazos

Barkibu

Karl Joel Hypén

AdLaunch

Maria de Freitas

uMore

Luigi Lenguito

Bfore.ai

María González Manso

Tucuvi

Douglas Almeida

Stayfilm

Ivo & Vicente Machado

Wisecut

Guillaume Cohen-Skalli

Paloma Health

Lola Priego

Base

Gabriel Ayala

Suscrip

Ricardo Vea

Smowltech

Julio Casal

Constella

Ramiro Blazquez

Wannalisn

Fran Villalba Segarra

Internxt

Mark Jozsef Engelhardt

Fridai

Bruno Cordeiro

Condofy

Guilherme Bento

PliPag

Paulo Tenorio

Trakto

Sasha Miagkyi

Outloud.ai

Ignacio España

Kronte

Susanne Klepsch

Meetfox

Patrick Patzig

Coachbetter

Cristina Martín

Usyncro

Eduardo Ortíz de Lanzagorta

Fuell

Gianluca Segato

Uniwhere

Monica Chitnis

Squadra

Joel Hypén

AdLaunch

Alberto M. López

WeFish

Alvaro Echeverria

Simpliroute

Reva McPollom

Lessonbee

Santiago Hernandez

tusdatos.co

Justin Myers

Explorest

Xavier Josep Trallero Guillot

Airning

Juan José Oller Duque

Bitphy

Igla Generoso

Digital Innovation One

Stephen Reade

Nalej

Mario Mouraz

Climber

Davide Barenghi

Comigosaude

Gerardo Aristizabal

Cajero

Matt Roberts

Zokri

Marcus Ataide

eMasters

Sergio Aragón Martínez

Yieldpass

Alejandro Martinez

Erudit

Ivan Mayo Calvo

Dixper

Laurence Fontinoy

Woom

Matt Boney

Daycation

David Pena

Peoople

Iñaki García

uSizy

Dan Stern

Alba

Nadim Curi

Citycop

Oswaldo Trava

Instafit

Michel Francis

Reloadly

Santiago Montero

Aervio

Oriol de Pablo

Joyners

Jorge Ruiz

Finconecta

Sebastian Jasminoy

Fluvip

Jaclyn Baumgarten

Boatsetter

Sofia Quintero

Enjoy HQ

Ramiro Almeida

Optimus Ride

Kyle Wong

Pixlee

David Troya

Glamping Hub

Isaac Marcet

Playground

Rodrigo Teijeiro

Recargapay

Arjun Lall

Get Rocket

Jacob Rosenbloom

Levee

Diego Ballesteros

Bewe

Luis Verdeja

Jobartis

Oleg Lesov

Softcube

Jorge Prado

Fastmind

Jorge Hernan Rodriguez

EPICA

Farah Mulji

Educartis

Mauricio Palacio

Eventtia

Javier Cardona

1Doc3

Juan de Antonio

Cabify

Alejandro Artacho

Spotahome

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