First Round Capital

Pre-Seed & Seed

The firm that defined institutional seed investing, famous for the First Round Review and a product-heavy community platform. Its stack pairs sourcing data with founder-support and talent tooling.

$1B+ across funds AUM San Francisco, CA Founded 2004

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The stack

7 tools

CRM & Pipeline

Affinity

Editor's pick

4.5

Relationship intelligence CRM for dealmakers

Enterprise / CustomView

Deal Flow & Sourcing

Harmonic

Editor's pick

4.6

Startup discovery engine for venture investors

Enterprise / CustomView

Data Rooms & Deal Docs

DocSend

Editor's pick

4.7

The pitch-deck link that tells you who read slide 14

From $10/user/mo (annual)View

Cap Table & Equity

Carta

Editor's pick

4.5

The system of record for startup equity — and your fund

Custom / TieredView

Portfolio Monitoring & Metrics

Standard Metrics

Editor's pick

4.6

AI-powered portfolio monitoring and reporting built for venture funds

Enterprise / CustomView

Portfolio Support & Talent

Getro

4.5

Job boards and talent networks for VC portfolios, on autopilot

CustomView

Productivity & Collaboration

Notion

Editor's pick

4.7

The connected workspace VCs run their firms on — docs, wikis, and databases

Free; from $10/seat/moView

Illustrative stack reconstructed from public job postings, vendor case studies and investor interviews.

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