Investor profile
Rob Hayes
Angel & Partner at First Round Capital, Member, Board of Overseers at Columbia Business School Private Equity Program
An angel investor based in New York, United States, Rob Hayes has 9 known investments: Kinema, Scorbit, Mad Realities, Campus, ShareWell, Happs, Lobus, Solo Technologies and Ark Biotech.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Rob Hayes portfolio companies (9)
- Kinema
- Scorbit
- Mad Realities
- Campus
- ShareWell
- Happs
- Lobus
- Solo Technologies
- Ark Biotech
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Partner at First Round Capital, whose known portfolio counts 18 companies
- Omni
- Artemis
- Drop
- Open
- Noon
- The Expert
- daydream Labs
- Maven
- Manifest OS
- Solidroad
- Steno
- Actively
- and 6 more
Member, Board of Overseers at Columbia Business School Private Equity Program, whose known portfolio counts 6 companies
- Travefy
- Pelican
- Ingk Labs
- Visitorg
- Preo
- AskNeo
Investor Profile
The known portfolio sits in sectors Commerce, Consumer, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas Consumer Software, Developer Tools, E-Commerce and Enterprise SaaS.
Rob Hayes appears in Seed and Series A rounds across the known deals.
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Colleagues
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Chris Fralic
Board Partner
Philadelphia, United States
Hayley Bay Barna
Partner
New York City, United States
Todd Jackson
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Josh Kopelman
Partner
Philadelphia, United States
Mandela SH
Angel Track
United States
Ashley Mayer
Angel Track
Brooklyn, United States
Liz Wessel
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Halle Tecco
Adjunct Associate Professor
London, United Kingdom
Peter Kazanjy
Author
San Francisco, United States
Jeremy G. Philips
Adjunct Professor
United States
William O'Farrell
Adjunct Professor
New York, United States
Aamir A. Rehman
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
New York, United States
James C. Wu
AI Founder & Investor
San Francisco, United States
Stephanie Palmeri
Board Member, Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund
San Francisco, United States
Carson Kahn
Angel Investor, Mentor (Fast Track)
San Francisco, United States
Brett Berson
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Michael Lombardi
Angel Track
Colorado Springs, United States
Shinya Shimada
Investor
New York, United States
Sharrifah Lorenz
Angel Investor and Mentor
San Francisco, United States
Hilary Gosher
Adjunct Professor
New York, United States
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Rob Hayes?
Rob Hayes is an angel investor based in New York, United States with 9 known investments on file, among them Kinema, Scorbit and Mad Realities. The sections above list the sectors, stages and firms attached to that record.
What does Rob Hayes invest in?
Listed sectors include Commerce, Consumer, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include Consumer Software, Developer Tools, E-Commerce and Enterprise SaaS. Those tags come from the companies attached to this profile, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Rob Hayes invest at?
The known deals of Rob Hayes include Seed and Series A rounds. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Rob Hayes listed at?
Rob Hayes is listed as Partner at First Round Capital. 47 other people in the database share a firm with Rob Hayes.
How do I contact Rob Hayes?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Rob Hayes. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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