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  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://firstround.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Blaxel**, Seed, December 2025, led a round\n  - [Blaxel Sandboxes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/blaxel-sandboxes.md), graded C, 60.9/100\n  - Source: https://blaxel.ai/blog/Blaxel-Raises-7-3M-Seed-Round-led-by-First-Round-to-Build-Cloud-Infrastructure-for-the-AI-Agent-Eco-23247e47b1ea8067b923d998364e3ced\n- **Clay Labs Inc.**, Seed, Series B, led a round, through First Round\n  - [Clay](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.md), graded C, 57.7/100\n  - Source: https://www.clay.com/blog/clay-raises-62m-to-turn-any-growth-idea-into-reality\n- **Crossmint**, through First Round\n  - [Crossmint API + Docs MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crossmint.md), graded B, 67.2/100\n  - Source: https://crossmint.com/announcement/crossmint-raises-23-6m-led-by-ribbit-capital\n- **fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)**, Series A, September 2024, Series B, February 2025, Series C, July 2025\n  - [fal image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image.md), graded B, 65.5/100\n  - [fal music models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music.md), graded B, 68.5/100\n  - [fal video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.md), graded B, 69.1/100\n  - Source: https://blog.fal.ai/generative-media-needs-speed-fal-has-raised-23m-to-accelerate/\n- **AgentHub Inc.**, Seed, July 2024, Series A, January 2025, Series B, March 2026, led a round\n  - [Gumloop](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gumloop.md), graded C, 61.6/100\n  - Source: https://betakit.com/y-combinator-grad-gumloop-secures-3-1-million-in-seed-funding-to-grow-no-code-automation-tool/\n- **DanswerAI, Inc. (Onyx, formerly Danswer)**, Seed, March 2025, led a round\n  - [Onyx](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onyx.md), graded B, 65.1/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/why-onyx-thinks-its-open-source-solution-will-win-enterprise-search/\n- **Parallel Web Systems**, Series A, November 2025, Series B, April 2026\n  - [Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.md), graded BB, 75.1/100\n  - Source: https://parallel.ai/blog/series-a\n- **Persona Identities, Inc.**, Series D, 2025\n  - [Persona](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/persona.md), graded B, 69.6/100\n  - Source: https://incyber.org/en/article/identity-verification-us-start-up-persona-raises-200-million/\n- **Reducto**, Seed, October 2024, Series A, April 2025, Series B, October 2025, led a round\n  - [Reducto API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reducto.md), graded B, 63.1/100\n  - Source: https://reducto.ai/blog/seed-round\n  - Source: https://reducto.ai/blog/reducto-series-a-funding\n  - Source: https://reducto.ai/blog/reducto-series-b-funding\n- **TaskRabbit, Inc.**, through First Round\n  - [Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskrabbit.md), graded E, 44.4/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/28/ikea-buys-taskrabbit/\n- **Together AI**, Seed, May 2023\n  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100\n  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding\n- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Seed, May 2023\n  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/seed-funding\n- **Town.com, Inc.**, Series A, June 2026, Series B, October 2026\n  - [Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md), graded D, 48.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.town.com/press/series-b\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Code execution sandboxes, 2\n- Lead \u0026 company data, 1\n- Payment \u0026 monetisation platforms, 1\n- Image generation, 1\n- Music generation, 1\n- Video generation, 1\n- Workflow automation, 1\n- Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues, 1\n- Web search APIs, 1\n- Identity \u0026 business verification, 1\n- Document parsing \u0026 extraction, 1\n- Home services \u0026 local trades, 1\n- Fine-tuning, 1\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 1\n- Personal assistants, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Paul Sinaï](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-sinai/), Blaxel\n- [Charles Drappier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/charles-drappier/), Blaxel\n- [Mathis Joffre](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mathis-joffre/), Blaxel\n- [Nicolas Lecomte](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nicolas-lecomte/), Blaxel\n- [Christophe Ploujoux](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christophe-ploujoux/), Blaxel\n- [Rodri Fernández Touza](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rodri-fernandez-touza/), Crossmint\n- [Alfonso Gómez-Jordana Mañas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alfonso-gomez-jordana-manas/), Crossmint\n- [Burkay Gur](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/burkay-gur/), fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)\n- [Gorkem Yurtseven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gorkem-yurtseven/), fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)\n- [Max Brodeur-Urbas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/max-brodeur-urbas/), AgentHub Inc.\n- [Parag Agrawal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/parag-agrawal/), Parallel Web Systems\n- [Rick Song](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rick-song/), Persona Identities, Inc.\n- [Charles Yeh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/charles-yeh/), Persona Identities, Inc.\n- [Raunak Chowdhuri](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/raunak-chowdhuri/), Reducto\n- [Adit Abraham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adit-abraham/), Reducto\n- [Leah Solivan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/leah-solivan/), TaskRabbit, Inc.\n- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Jean-Denis Greze](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jean-denis-greze/), Town.com, Inc.\n- [Tony Vincent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tony-vincent/), Town.com, Inc.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has First Round Capital invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Blaxel, Clay Labs Inc., Crossmint, fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.), AgentHub Inc., DanswerAI, Inc. (Onyx, formerly Danswer), Parallel Web Systems, Persona Identities, Inc., Reducto, TaskRabbit, Inc., Together AI, Together Computer, Inc. and Town.com, Inc. backed by First Round Capital.\n\n### How are First Round Capital's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Blaxel Sandboxes (C, 60.9), Clay (C, 57.7), Crossmint API + Docs MCP (B, 67.2), fal image models (B, 65.5), fal music models (B, 68.5), fal video models (B, 69.1), Gumloop (C, 61.6), Onyx (B, 65.1), Parallel Search and Task APIs (BB, 75.1), Persona (B, 69.6), Reducto API + MCP (B, 63.1), Taskrabbit Partner API (E, 44.4), Together Code Sandbox (D, 53.7), Together AI Fine-tuning (C, 54.8), Together AI Inference (B, 67.8) and Town (D, 48.8).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. 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