Hayley Barna Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Investments
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11
- Portfolio
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5
- Exits
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5

Hayley Barna General Information
Description
Ms. Hayley Barna serves as Partner at First Round Capital. She was also a Co-Founder of Birchbox. She serves as Board Member at RAB Lighting. She serves as a Board Member at Collective Retreats and Madison Reed. She is an Advisor at MakerSights. She served as Board Member at Caper. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior to joining First Round she co-founded and scaled Birchbox, the leading beauty and grooming retailer seed funded by First Round in 2010. Since joining First Round in 2016, Barna has led investments across many industries and business models including healthcare (Alma, Thirty Madison), consumer (Clare, Collective Retreats), tech-enabled hardware (Mirror, Caper) and marketplaces (Anvyl, Crowd Justice) among others. She focuses on New York based companies. Barna is passionate about increasing the diversity of the venture ecosystem. She is a member of the executive committee of All Raise, an organization committed to accelerating the success of female founders and funders. Before launching Birchbox in 2010, Barna received her MBA from Harvard Business School. She started her career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in New York. She also spent time at two very different ends of the retail spectrum through her roles in strategy at the auction house Christie's in Hong Kong and product management at Amazon in Seattle. Barna has been recognized as Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, Fortune's 40 Under 40 and Ad Age's Women to Watch, among other honors. She is a board member at Collective Retreats, RAB Lighting and Madison Reed, and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees at Society for Science.
Business Details
Primary Investor Type
Hayley Barna Investments (11)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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831 Stories | 26-Jan-2024 | Seed Round | Publishing | Generating Revenue | ||
Matter of Fact | 23-Mar-2023 | Personal Products | Out of Business | |||
Anvyl | 15-Feb-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Matter of Fact | 28-Sep-2021 | Personal Products | Out of Business | |||
Live Tinted | 22-Apr-2020 | Personal Products | Generating Revenue | |||
MakerSights | 20-Jun-2019 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Love Stories TV | 24-Jan-2018 | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Thirty Madison | 19-May-2017 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Generating Revenue | |||
AYR | 01-Feb-2016 | Seed Round | Clothing | Generating Revenue | ||
Umi (Food Products) | 11-Nov-2015 | Seed Round | Food Products | Out of Business |
Hayley Barna Exits (5)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Love Stories TV | 17-Dec-2024 | Buyout/LBO | |
Matter of Fact | 07-Nov-2024 | ||
Anvyl | 01-Oct-2024 | ||
The Wing | 11-Feb-2021 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Umi (Food Products) | 13-Jun-2017 | Out of Business |
Hayley Barna Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Hayley Barna Co-Investors (21)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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First Round Capital | 2 |
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Cowboy Ventures |
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Flexport |
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Horizons Ventures |
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Redpoint Ventures |
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Hayley Barna FAQs
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Who is Hayley Barna?
Hayley Barna is an angel Investor who has made 11 investments.
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What kind of investor is Hayley Barna?
Hayley Barna is an angel investor.
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What does Hayley Barna do?
As an angel investor, Hayley Barna invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Hayley Barna hold?
Hayley Barna holds 2 board seats including Madison Reed and RAB Lighting.
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What has Hayley Barna invested in?
Hayley Barna has made numerous investments in companies like 831 Stories, Matter of Fact, and Anvyl within the Publishing, Personal Products, and Business/Productivity Software industries.
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What has Hayley Barna invested in recently?
Hayley Barna's latest investment was on 26-Jan-2024 in 831 Stories, a company within the Publishing industry.
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