Robert Hayes – Startup Investor Profile

Rob Hayes, a partner at First Round Capital, invests across categories including financial tech, sharing economy, robotics, agriculture, and consumer hardware. He typically leads investments in seed-stage startups such as Uber, Square, Mint.com, Gnip, Planet Labs, and Bowery Farming. Rob’s interests span financial tech, the sharing economy, meal delivery, and consumer hardware. He has a background in venture investing at Omidyar Network and worked at Palm. Rob resides in Philadelphia and holds an MBA from Columbia University and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Location: San Francisco, CA

Country: United States of America

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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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AI Reasoning: Searches found Rob Hayes (First Round) with public mentions but no clear public investment in past 6 months. First Round remained active; Rob Hayes had activity in 2024 tied to portfolio companies (e.g., Bowery Farming historically) but no explicit investment dated within last 6 months. Based on available web results and lack of a clear investment timestamp within past 6 months but indication of involvement within 12 months, classify as active.

Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.

Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.