First Round Capital held their annual west coast bash in San Francisco last night at the Great American Music Hall.
The venue was perfect for a shindig: great flow for networking traffic, food in all the right places and an on-stage spectacle from Fliptography who were shooting 7 second videos of people which resulted in individual flipbook leave behinds for attendees.
Did I mention the complimentary valet and the fact that a boat load of A-listers showed up to partake in an evening of schmooze and cocktails.
Below is a sample of shots I took in relatively poor light so sadly, some of them are grainy. Thanks to Josh and team for hosting a fabulous event.
First Round Capital’s partners: Howard Morgan, Chris Fralic, Josh Kopelman and Rob Hayes
Harilaos Loukos, Mike Copeland and Nicholas Goubert
Joe Hurd, Paul Martino and Chris Law
Daniel Rudick and Filip Tack
Renee Blodgett, Susan Bratton, Mary Hodder (taken by Susan)
Ted Rheingold and Jason Shellen
Thor and Amy Muller, Oren Michels
Ron Conway
Eric Tilenius and Dan Arkind
Nat Goldhaber, Mary Hodder and Janice Fraser
Alexander Mouldovan, David Ellington and Karl Simmons
Mike Copeland
The Zynga team and Robert Goldberg
Barak Berkowitz
Renee Blodgett, Christine Herron
Toktumi’s Peter Sisson
The First Round Capital Team
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
