Todd Jackson
Partner·First Round Capital
Bio
Professional summary
Todd Jackson is a Partner at First Round Capital based on the West Coast. Before joining First Round, he was VP of Product and Design at Dropbox through its IPO period, worked on product at Twitter after Twitter acquired his startup Cover, and earlier held product roles at Facebook and Google, including work on Gmail. His investment and founder support profile is strongly oriented around product-market fit, product strategy, and translating complex technical capabilities into simple, powerful user experiences.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a crisp product-market-fit narrative, especially where complex technology becomes a simple, high-utility workflow for users.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference product-market fit and founder lessons from Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Twitter, and Cover.
- 2Emphasize how the product turns technical complexity into a simple user-facing tool.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official First Round profile lists recent investments including Fal, Parallel, Town, Actively, Noon, Artemis, and Daydream.
First Round highlights Todd's work with founders through its Product-Market Fit Method.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- First Round CapitalPartner
Education
- Stanford UniversityDegree
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