Happy holidays from First Round Capital

• Cyber Monday, VC style

  First Round Capital delves into the year's busiest online shopping day.

  FORTUNE -- When it comes to Cyber Monday, few shoppers think about visiting a venture capital website. But First Round Capital has tried to change that this year, by launching a page full of special offers from 26 of its e-commerce portfolio companies.

  Most of the deals are different from what the companies are offering through their own website, while around MORE

  Dan Primack - Nov 26, 2012 3:49 PM ET
  Posted in: Cyber Monday, First Round Capital, Venture Capital

• Bill Trenchard makes it official with First Round

  Serial entrepreneur and angel investor finds a new home.

  FORTUNE -- Earlier this year we reported that Bill Trenchard, co-founder of LiveOps and Jump Networks, had agreed to spend the summer making investments for First Round Capital. Basically a feeling-out period for both sides.

  Well, it seems that the experiment felt pretty good.

  First Round announced today that Trenchard is joining the firm full-time as its third West Coast partner, bringing the overall MORE

  Dan Primack - Nov 1, 2012 2:25 PM ET
  Posted in: Bill Trenchard, First Round Capital, Venture Capital

• Funding the dorm room

  A different type of education finance.

  FORTUNE -- The dorm room is for today's generation of young entrepreneurs what the garage was to their forefathers. So it's not surprising that several venture capital firms have hired student "scouts" to patrol campuses for promising new start-ups.

  But, until now, no venture capital firm had empowered students to make actual investment decisions. The exception to that rule is First Round Capital, which has committed MORE

  Dan Primack - Sep 24, 2012 3:03 PM ET
  Posted in: First Round Capital, Venture Capital

• Exclusive: Bill Trenchard joins First Round

  Noted seed investor switches shops.

  Bill Trenchard is planning to spend his summer making investments for First Round Capital, Fortune has learned. He will work out of the firm's West Coast office for at least the next several months, after which he may remain with First Round or move onto another endeavor.

  Trenchard most recently had been investing on behalf of Founder Collective, where he will remain listed as a founder partner. His deals have MORE

  Dan Primack - Jun 5, 2012 2:49 PM ET
  Posted in: Bill Trenchard, First Round Capital, Founder Collective

• It's here: First Round Capital's holiday video

  First Round Capital has become king of the VC holiday videos (at least since Gary Snoman passed away), with infectious dance, song and Spice. This year they (and their portfolio companies) channel their inner Rebecca Blacks:

  Dan Primack - Dec 20, 2011 12:37 PM ET
  Posted in: First Round Capital, Venture Capital

• Venture Capital Deals

  Fisker Automotive, an Irvine, Calif.-based electric vehicle maker, has raised $100 million in new VC funding, according to a regulatory filing. The company previously raised around $540 million, plus a $528 million low-cost loan from the Department of Energy. Shareholders include New Enterprise Associates and return backer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. http://www.fiskerautomotive.com

  ThredUp, a San Francisco-based online kids clothing exchange, has raised $7 million in Series B funding. Redpoint Ventures MORE

  Dan Primack - May 8, 2011 1:00 PM ET
  Posted in: First Round Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners, Venture Capital