FirstMark Capital


FirstMark Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York City. FirstMark invests in early-stage technology companies, frequently as the first institutional investor. Notable investments include Airbnb, Pinterest, Shopify, DraftKings, Upwork, and InVision.
Among the firm's areas of focus are Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, healthcare, enterprise applications, education, financial technology, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, and marketing technology.

History

FirstMark was founded on June 30, 2008 by Mr. Lenihan, Jerry Poch, Amish Jani and Rick Heitzmann. The firm has raised 4 early-stage funds and 2 growth funds.
FirstMark has also raised two growth-stage funds.
FirstMark Capital was founded by Rick Heitzmann and Amish Jani in 2008. The firm now has five managing directors: Rick Heitzmann, Amish Jani, Matt Turck, Beth Ferreira and Adam Nelson.
In addition to its investment team, the firm employs a Platform team focused on areas like corporate development, talent, content, and community who are responsible for supporting FirstMark companies after an investment. FirstMark also organizes four NYC-based communities revolving around Artificial Intelligence & Big Data, design and product management, emerging and frontier technology, and software development.

Investments

The firm's most notable investments include Pinterest, which debuted on New York Stock Exchange on April 18, 2019, as well as Shopify. Other current and historical investments include Riot Games, creator of League of Legends, InVision, Discord, Airbnb, Upwork, TraceLink, Dashlane, Starry, and Ro among others.
FirstMark focuses on Series A and Seed-stage investments, with capital reserved for follow-investments.