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First Round Capital raising $220 million for new fund

First Round Capital's Josh Kopelman.
First Round Capital's Josh Kopelman. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images.

First Round Capital is raising around $220 million for its seventh venture capital fund, according to SEC filings.

  • No changes to the partnership since First Round raised $175 million for its sixth fund two years ago, save for the previously-announced addition of BirchBox co-founder Hayley Barna.

Why it matters: The bi-costal firm wrote the earliest checks for such companies as Uber and Ring.

Venture capital