Generative Media

First Round Capital

Check: First Round's published firm-wide initial checks are typically $1M–$7M, averaging about $3.5M; it has participated in rounds from $100K to $20M. No personal range is published for Todd.

Todd backs technical founders who can turn complex technology into an elegant power tool and is unusually focused on the mechanics of reaching product-market fit. His disclosed portfolio—fal, Parallel, Town, Ploy, Artemis, Actively, and Noon—centers on generative-media infrastructure, AI-native software, agentic products, security, sales reasoning, website automation, and design-to-code workflows.

Craft Ventures

Check: No personal check-size range is published. His disclosed Craft investments include seed and Series A rounds, while his earlier Figma work included advising and investing in PLG SaaS from pre-seed through Series C; these are stage indicators, not personal check limits.

Sean backs technically ambitious design, developer, and bottom-up software that gives professionals greater control rather than reducing their work to generic automation. His Figma experience informs a patient PLG lens: build a deeply integrated product, let self-serve usage and customer data reveal the enterprise motion, and add sales at the right moment. Recent creative-AI work emphasizes open ecosystems, programmable workflows, proprietary formats or data, and durable orchestration layers that persist as underlying models change.

Craft Ventures

Check: No Zao-specific check range is public. His attributed deals span Series A through late growth, while Craft operates separate early-stage and growth funds. Founders should confirm current vehicle, ownership target and sizing through inquiries@craftventures.com rather than infer a range from individual announced rounds.

Zao invests in software with a particular focus on data and AI infrastructure and developer tools. His work favors open, interoperable or community-led platforms that become default infrastructure: technically excellent products with fast time to value, authentic developer adoption, a clear activation event and a path from grassroots use to enterprise-scale workloads. He pairs growth investing with embedded operating work on finance, business operations and product-led growth.