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About Investor

Rob Hayes is an Angel Investor at First Round Capital and is based in San Francisco, United States. He focuses on SaaS, enterprise technology, AI, and developer tools companies at the Pre-seed and Seed stages. His investment interests include scalable software, enterprise applications, artificial intelligence, and technologies that improve software development. Rob typically invests between $25K and $500K, with a preferred ticket of approximately $150K. As a lead investor, he plays an active role in company evaluation, financing decisions, transaction execution, and portfolio development. Through First Round Capital and his angel investments, he supports early-stage founders building high-growth software and technology companies.