Private company

FirstMark Capital

American venture capital firm

FirstMark is a venture capital firm based in New York City. FirstMark invests in early-stage technology companies, frequently as the first institutional investor and leading the rounds it participates in. Notable investments include Pinterest, Shopify, DraftKings, Stubhub, Airbnb, Upwork, Riot Games, and Frame.io.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2008Founded1

FirstMark is a venture capital firm based in New York City. FirstMark invests in early-stage technology companies, frequently as the first institutional investor and leading the rounds it participates in. Notable investments include Pinterest, Shopify, DraftKings, Stubhub, Airbnb, Upwork, Riot Games, and Frame.io.2

Corporate structure

FirstMark Capital is part of a group headed by Fmmc, LP. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of FirstMark Capital

  • Richard Heitzmann Owns 50% to 75% of Fmmc, LP, since 06/2011 (Form ADV)
  • Amish A Jani Owns 50% to 75% of Fmmc, LP, since 06/2011 (Form ADV)
  • Firstmark Capital Holdings, LLC Owns control (general partner, trustee or manager) of Fmmc, LP, since 01/2019 (Form ADV)
  • Fmmc, LP
    • FirstMark Capital New York City

Built from major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G; owners and owned firms from Form ADV, the registration investment advisers file with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Investment adviser

FirstMark Capital is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. This is what it reports on Form ADV, the registration every adviser files and keeps current.

Who owns it

Owners of 5% or more as the firm lists them (Schedule A), and the owners of those owners up the chain (Schedule B).

  • FMMC, LPowns 75% or more, since 01/2019
  • FIRSTMARK CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLCowns general partner, trustee or manager of FMMC, LP, since 01/2019
  • Richard Heitzmannowns 50% to 75% of FMMC, LP, since 06/2011
  • Amish A Janiowns 50% to 75% of FMMC, LP, since 06/2011

The story

FirstMark was founded in 2008 by Amish Jani and Rick Heitzmann. The co-founders started the firm based on their core belief that New York was set to become the dominant global hub for technology startups.

Since inception, FirstMark has raised 10 funds with dedicated funds for both early- and growth-stage investments. As of 2024, the firm has $3.5B in committed capital.

From Wikipedia’s article on FirstMark Capital, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • venture capital

Listed on Wikidata.1

FirstMark is a network-driven firm, built around communities with networks that give it access to the companies, entrepreneurs and advisors in the technology ecosystem. FirstMark's Platform comes to life through peer networks, full lifecycle recruiting, and customer and partner development.

Notably, Guilds by FirstMark is a collection of invite-only communities FirstMark runs for C-level executives that currently counts over 2,700 members representing over 60% of global tech unicorns. These communities provide FirstMark portfolio companies "unfair access" to a network of peers, 100+ annual company-building events, and more.

FirstMark is also known for its flagship events, including their annual CEO Summit & Founder Dinner (which takes place at the New York Stock Exchange and welcomes 250 Founders & Venture Capitalists), CloudNY (which welcomes 150 cloud CEOs to hear from legendary tech founders and CEOs), and Data Driven NYC (a 20,000-person AI/ML community that has been running for more than a decade and has featured leading AI researches, founders, and investors).

From Wikipedia’s article on FirstMark Capital, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2008Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4