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Todd Jackson

Todd Jackson

Partner atFirst Round CapitalFirm active Oct 7West Coast
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Todd Jackson is a Partner at First Round Capital. He previously held product roles at Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox, and founded Cover, which was acquired by Twitter in 2014.

What Todd can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeedCan lead the round
Ownership target10-12%, > 12%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

First Round Capital writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: First Round Capital.

Career

  1. Facebook · Product Manager for Newsfeed, Photos and Groups
  2. Cover · co-founder and CEO
    2013-2014
  3. Twitter · Director of Product Management for the Content & Discovery teams
    2014-2015
  4. Dropbox · VP of Product & Design
    2015-2018
  5. First Round · Partner
    Now
  6. Facebook · Product Manager
  7. Cover · CEO
    2013-2014
  8. Twitter · Director of Product Management

Companies founded

Cover

Investments named in public bios

FalParallelTownPloyArtemisActivelyNoon

Focus

product-market fitventure capitalearly-stage startupsproduct leadershipgenerative mediaProduct

Education

Stanford University, Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science

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Questions

Who is Todd Jackson?

Todd Jackson is a Partner at First Round Capital. He previously held product roles at Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox, and founded Cover, which was acquired by Twitter in 2014.

How much does Todd Jackson invest?

Todd Jackson invests through First Round Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed.

How do I pitch Todd Jackson?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Todd in the subject. A warm intro from a founder First Round Capital backed works better.

What did Todd Jackson do before First Round Capital?

Product Manager for Newsfeed, Photos and Groups at Facebook; co-founder and CEO at Cover; Director of Product Management for the Content & Discovery teams at Twitter; VP of Product & Design at Dropbox; Product Manager at Facebook; CEO at Cover; Director of Product Management at Twitter.

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