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Early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City.
New York, NY
Joined November 2009
We're excited to announce the promotion of @dfkoz to Partner. Under Dan's leadership, we've built a world-class Platform to accelerate founders through community, recruiting, customer connections & more - an effort we are deeply committed to for the long term. Congrats, Dan!.
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Announcing our latest funds, FirstMark V & OF III. We are grateful for the support of our investors and our community of entrepreneurs.
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Proud to see FirstMark's @amishjani and @rickheitzmann on the @cbinsights/@nytimes's Top 100 VC list alongside so many great friends and co-investors.
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Congrats to these four from the FirstMark family who've been named to @Forbes' #Cloud100 list. The companies on the list "stand out for their growth, sales, valuation & culture." 🚀 . @InVisionApp (@ClarkValberg).@Pendoio (@TOlson).@Dataiku (@FDouetteau).@Dashlane (@ESchalit)
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Don't miss this week's Crypto Driven event featuring @amirhaleem, CEO of @helium & @KyleSamani, founder & managing partner at @multicoincap, one of the best investors in crypto. 🌐. Open & free to all! . 🎟️ RSVP here:
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We’re thrilled to announce Beth Ferreira, an experienced investor and operator, is joining FirstMark as our newest partner.
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Starting this Friday, Juneteenth will be an official annual company holiday at FirstMark. The team will dedicate the time to reflection, action and service. Just one step as part of a broader and deeper conversation, which needs to happen throughout the year.
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Congratulations to FirstMark Partners @rickheitzmann and @amishjani for being named as two of the most important VC's in New York 🥂. Check out the whole list here 👇.
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Congrats to the FirstMark Family for representing across the board! 🎉. Overall: #12 (@Shopify).Wellness: #2 (@Ro) + #4 (@Parsley_Health).Retail: #4 (@Shopify).Design: #7 (@InVisionApp).Consumer Electronics: #6 (@StarryInternet).Beauty: #8 (@Pinterest).
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We're now live with our 2nd speaker of the night, @amirhaleem, Co-founder & CEO of @helium, at #CryptoDriven. Join us:
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Congratulations to @8en and the entire @Pinterest team! Today's IPO is an enormous milestone, and one more step on the long road ahead. @RickHeitzmann and @FirstMarkCap have been proud to be a part of the journey.
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2/ Congrats to @lisaaxu, who is being promoted to Principal on our investing team in recognition of her thoughtful approach as an investor and relentless commitment to founders.
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Congrats to @amirhaleem & the entire @Helium team on the $15M Series C and their online store launch! "Built to power the world's first peer-to-peer wireless network, the Helium Hotspot rewards owners for connecting a new class of devices to the internet."
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3/ We also congratulate @itsjackcohen, who is now a Vice President on our Platform team. Our Platform, and particularly the @FMGuilds, create compounding network effects that drive extraordinary reach and impact for our portfolio companies.
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"AI has gone in the wrong direction and here are a few lessons as to why: . 1. Stop looking for silver bullets, cognition is complicated. 2. There's no substitute for common sense. 3. Learning isn't just about big data & number-crunching." . - @GaryMarcus at #DataDrivenNYC
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"Code is becoming a fundamental topic of education." @ryanbubinski, co-founder of @Codecademy at #CodeDrivenNYC
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“Instead of building its network itself, @helium would make it fully decentralized and let users build it themselves by buying and connecting their own hot spots… . The new model, which was released in 2019, worked like a charm.” .
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We're incredibly excited to welcome @rahulvohra (CEO of @Superhuman) and @najjmahal (CEO of @EthelsClub and @somewhere__good) to speak next Thursday (9/24) at #DesignDrivenNYC. The event is free to join, virtual, and open to all!. RSVP here today:
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Becoming a manager for the first time is a big step in anyone's career—with many exciting (and daunting) challenges. So we asked seasoned leaders to share their best advice for first-timers and here's what they had to say. What advice would you give? .
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Q: “When do you know your culture is failing?” -@mattturck of @FirstMarkCap . A: “When people’s behavior surprises you.” -@bhorowitz of @a16z . #DataDrivenNYC
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🚨 New event! 🚨 . The data world is converging towards a suite of tools for analytics, known as the "modern data stack.". Join #DataDrivenNYC on 11/11 for a conversation with two key emerging players, @jthandy (@GetDBT) & @jlowin (@PrefectIO). RSVP→
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We're growing our team! Apply to join FirstMark as an Associate here in NYC. Full description of the role & requirements below.
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Today is a special day for the FirstMark family as we kick off our annual CEO Summit at the iconic @NYSE . Then tonight, we are honored to welcome over 200 founders and investors to our Annual Founder Dinner for an unforgettable night celebrating the incredible tech ecosystem
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1/ We're proud to announce our newest funds, FirstMark VI and OF IV, with $1B+ in commitments.
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As deep and early believers in the incredible potential of AI, we are proud to support the upcoming GPT/LLM Hackathon in partnership with @LererHippeau @OpenAI @AnthropicAI @BloombergBeta, and @645ventures. Click here to RSVP:
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Phenomenal panel today at the VC Platform Summit with FirstMark Partner & Head of Platform @dfkoz, @noahbreslow from @BainCapVC, @tiffanypchao from @EmCollective, and Kyle Holm from @sequoiaTPI 🚀
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Congratulations to @ckanojia and the entire @StarryInternet team! Today, as they join the public markets, this powerful milestone is one more step towards bringing better, faster internet to all. @AmishJani and @FirstMarkCap have been proud to be a part of the journey. ✨
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Congratulations to FMC family company @ro on their announcement that they're working with @HealthNYGoc to bring vaccines to the homes of vulnerable New Yorkers -- an incredible partnership of hope and leadership 👏.
Announced today – Ro is working w/ @HealthNYGov to vaccinate vulnerable New Yorkers, including the elderly, disabled and homebound, directly in their homes for free. Read more about this first-of-its-kind program:
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1/ At FirstMark, our people are our greatest asset. So it is with great pride that we celebrate the promotions of two FirstMark team members.
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All-star lineup for next week's CTO Summit! ⭐️. @LloydTabb, Founder/CTO @LookerData.@Rands VP Eng @SlackHQ.@AustinFish, CTO @DigitalOcean.@Awadallah, Founder/CTO @Cloudera.@MBelousova, CTO @Grubhub.@DougGaff, VP Eng @Zapier.@HydnBrwn, CPO @Upwork.@JasoncWarner, SVP Tech @GitHub.
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We're growing our team! Apply to join FirstMark as an investor. Full description of the role & requirements below.
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Congrats to the FirstMark family companies appearing on this list of best places to work in NYC: . @ro .@Frame_io .@HyperscienceAI .@JustworksHR .@CockroachDB .@Bluecore .@ActionIQinc . 👏👏👏🏾.
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"New York ecosystem will continue to thrive. It's become a very full and rich tech ecosystem, and real-world network effects have been building for a while." - FirstMark's @MattTurck on our home city's resilience amidst Covid-19.
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Looking for a great new job opportunity? Check out hundreds of open positions across the FirstMark portfolio:
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Congratulations to FirstMark-backed @Sketchfab on joining the Epic Games family! 🚀.
We are happy to share that Sketchfab is joining the Epic Games family! Together we will make 3D content more accessible. Read more here 👉
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Congratulations to FirstMark portfolio companies @dataiku and @HyperscienceAI for being recognized in @CBinsights's AI 100, the list of the 100 most promising private AI companies in the world🌎.
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Some amazing historical metrics from @Foursquare: 10B+ check-ins, 100M+ venues #DataDrivenNYC
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"NY is turning out to be a pretty interesting place for tech. " - @dittycheria from @MongoDB at #DataDrivenNYC on the success of NY tech companies like Datadog, MongoDB, and UiPath.
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Apps consist of three critical layers: data, logic, and a user interface. Softr enhances all three. ✨. Thrilled to welcome @mariam_hakobyan & @softr_io team to the FirstMark family as they create the world’s largest ecosystem for building no-code apps.
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Announcing our investment in @JustworksHR with inspiring NYC founder @ioates. Read @bethferreira’s thoughts on the opportunity here:
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Deeply grateful to all of our speakers, sponsors, and attending CEOs who made the inaugural #CloudNY an enormous success @BatteryVentures
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Deal prices are down significantly and there is an abundance of dry powder. Yet, instead of a buying frenzy, VC spending has hit a six-year low. Why?. @adamn shares his thoughts below.
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We're thrilled to welcome Kathryn Weinmann to the FirstMark team, who is joining us as a principal to focus on consumer tech alongside @rick and @derek_chu!
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We're thrilled to announce that Adam Nelson (@adamn) is joining FirstMark as our newest partner. Welcome, Adam!. Our full announcement: In Adam's words:
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We're proud to see @firstmarkcap founder & Managing Director @rickheitzmann in some great company on @cbinsights/@nytimes "Top 100 VCs":
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What everyone at the FirstMark office has seen for the last month walking by @mattturck's office.
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Excited to announce our investment in @getroman! 🎉 Please join us in welcoming Zach (@ZReitano), Saman (@saman325), Rob (@NeverSchutzUp), and the entire team to the FirstMark family!
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Packed house tonight for Data Driven NYC at @tryramp with @mattturck!. Kicking off the night is @Get_Writer Cofounder & CEO @may_habib 👏
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"We've invested in 1,400 companies, we run 46 accelerators." -@jefielding, Managing Director at @Techstars. "We really just look for that incredible founder spark." #HardwiredNYC
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Honored to have the @celtics @Wyc_Grousbeck stop by our office today! 🏆. (FirstMark’s Knicks fans not pictured)
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Congratulations to @ioates and the entire @JustworksHR team! 🎉. "We are strong believers in Justworks as they continue to push forward to revolutionize the HR industry." - @bethferreira, Partner at FirstMark.
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Starry, a next generation licensed fixed wireless technology developer and internet service provider announces plans to go public via a merger with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp [1/3].
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Lots of FirstMark family companies in the list of "Best Places to Work in NYC 2020": .* @HyperScienceAI .* @Bluecore .* @CockroachDB .* @dashlane .* @JustworksHR .* @Conductor .* @orchardhomesco . 👍👏.
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Congratulations to Spencer and the entire @CockroachDB team on their $87M Series D! We're incredibly proud to back a company that's had resiliency at their core since day one.
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FirstMark is growing our team! We're looking for a talented IR & Operations Associate to work closely with our COO and help us accelerate the success of our firm and our exceptional founders🏎. Know anyone? Send them our way 👀.
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Today’s GPT/LLM Hackathon is kicking off with some phenomenal talks! . Amazing to see 150+ AI engineers in the room today and hundreds more joining to hack remotely 🔥. @davederiso @LererHippeau
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Excited to have @pushmatrix, Head of VR @Shopify, discussing the intersection of VR and commerce at #HardwiredNYC
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We're pumped for tonight's premiere of Fintech Driven, the latest FirstMark community organized around themes we're passionate about. Thank you to @eglyman @tryramp for sharing company-building lessons with NYs best fintech founders and VCs. cc @adamn @DezFleming
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🚨 FirstMark is hiring! 🚨. We're looking for two Talent Associates, focused on Executive and Engineering recruiting, to help Founders build exceptional teams. Learn more here:
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Congrats to FirstMark family company @synthesiaIO on their $50M Series B! 🚀🚀. Big milestone in the company’s vision to become the platform for AI synthetic video. 👏👏 @vriparbelli @Stjerrild @LourdesAgapito @MattNiessner and team! . 🙏 @jordanrcrook .
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Fresh capital for congrats to @georgebdavis and team, and welcome @G20Ventures. Understanding customer conversations at scale is more important than ever, and a great task for AI. Proud to have been involved since the seed round @Greycroftvc.
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Incredible crowd at tonight’s #DataDriven event featuring @_willfalcon of @LightningAI, @YouveGotFox of @AssemblyAI and @awadallah of @vectara - hosted by @mattturck 🚀
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A first of its kind, the new #DesignOps Handbook is "a guide to understanding how DesignOps will enable your team to scale design.". It's yet another fantastic resource in the #DesignBetter.Co library from the @InVisionApp team. 👏🏽
Get insights from design leaders @daveixd, Meredith Black, @CollinWhitehead, Kate Battles, and @greggcorp—in the new DesignOps Handbook! . Read it on #DesignBetter
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Congratulations to Emmanuel (@eschalit) and the entire @Dashlane team on their $110M Series D! 🔐 And we're thrilled to welcome their new CMO, @JoyEHoward, to the FirstMark family. 🚀
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"Parsley Health is not slightly better primary care, it is 10x better." . @kit_ulrich shares her perspective on our investment in @robinberzinmd and @parsley_health:.
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A hearty congratulations to FirstMark Partner .@rickheitzmann for being included on the 2021 edition of the Midas List, the list of the world’s best venture capital investors🏅. Check out the whole list by @Forbes .
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Please welcome @WorkitHealth to the FirstMark family! @RobinaMcintosh, @lmclaug, and the entire team have built a powerful, digital-first platform for recovery with hopes of reaching as many people in need as possible.
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.@clementdelangue, Founder/CEO of @HuggingFace, the creator of the most popular open-source NLP library, talks about why NLP is the most important field of machine learning. #DataDrivenNYC
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We’re here at the @NYSE to kick off our 2018 CEO Summit! Excited for an incredible lineup of speakers.
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"A few years ago, the discussion around 'Big Data' was mostly a technical one. the discussion is shifting into a necessary conversation around impact on our economies, societies and lives." - @mattturck's 2019 Data & AI Landscape
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Congratulations to these four from the FirstMark family for being named to @FastCompany's Most Innovative List for 2020! 🎉. @Shopify (@Tobi).@Pinterest (@8en).@Omaze (@MattPohlson).@Helium (@AmirHaleem) .
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Huge congratulations to @mariam_hakobyan, @mkrtchyanartur, and the entire @softr_io on winning @ProductHunt's *Product of the Year* award! . Such a deserved win alongside some other fantastic products. 🥇.
Congrats to @softr_io for winning the Product of the Year Golden Kitty #GoldenKittyAwards2021 😻.
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"If a product manager isn't spending a lot of time with customers, they aren't doing a good job" - @AppDynamics @jyotibansalsf #CloudNY.
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We’re excited to announce that @DavidWaltcher has joined FirstMark as a Principal focused on enterprise software! . David will be based in New York and work closely with @Amishjani to partner with early-stage entrepreneurs building products that serve developers and technical use
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Congratulations to @jnfriedman and the entire @Schoology team on the start of their next incredible chapter with @MyPowerSchool!
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Congratulations to several FirstMark family companies that were recognized in the #ForbesAI50, a list of the most promising AI companies in America🚀. @dataiku .@ezrainc .@HyperscienceAI.
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We're still glowing from last week's CEO Summit - thanks to all of our founders/CEOs who joined us for an incredible day at the historic @NYSE!
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Huge news out of @Ro today! Exciting launch of @HelloRory—their brand new end-to-end women's health platform focused on ~43M women in the US experiencing menopause. Congratulations to @ZReitano, @RachelHBlank, and the entire team!
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