Rob Hayes

Current

• Member, Board of Directors at MINT
• Partner at First Round Capital

Past

• Director at Omidyar Network
• Member, Board of Directors at Krugle
• Board Observer at Digg

• Managing Director at Diablo Hills Associates
• Senior Director, Business Development at PalmSource
• Director, Palm Ventures at Palm, Inc.
• Product Manager at Geoworks

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Education

• Columbia Business School
• University of California, Berkeley

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• My Company

Rob Hayes’s Summary

Rob has been a partner at First Round Capital since 2006. Rob came to First Round Capital from Omidyar Network where he was their first venture investor. He led most of Omidyar Network's initial venture capital deals and later built and ran the technology investing group.

Prior to joining Omidyar Network in 2004, Rob was at Palm where he started up their corporate venture fund. While in that role he also managed the strategy effort around Palm OS that led to the spinout of PalmSource. Rob started at Palm as product manager for the initial device-independent releases of Palm OS. During this time, Rob was responsible for the versions of Palm OS on dozens of devices including the initial Treo products.

Rob previously spearheaded complex, system-level product development efforts at companies such as Geoworks and Go Corp where he focused on building products for the Japanese market. He began his career with the Japan External Trade Organization, studying international trade issues and building relationships between US and Japanese businesses, at a time when trade friction between the two countries was at its peak.

Rob Hayes’s Specialties:

Software, mobile, internet, and media investments. Seed through growth stage.

Rob Hayes’s Experience

• Member, Board of Directors

  MINT

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

• Partner

  First Round Capital

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  July 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Director

  Omidyar Network

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  April 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 4 months)

• Member, Board of Directors

  Krugle

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  October 2005 — July 2006 (10 months)

• Board Observer

  Digg

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)

• Managing Director

  Diablo Hills Associates

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 3 months)

• Senior Director, Business Development

  PalmSource

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; psrc; Computer Software industry)

  January 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 11 months)

• Director, Palm Ventures

  Palm, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; plmo; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  April 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 10 months)

• Product Manager

  Geoworks

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years)

Additional Information

Rob Hayes’s Websites:

• My Company

Rob Hayes’s Groups:

•    The Lobby 07

Rob Hayes’s Contact Settings

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