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Richard Alfonsi

VC

Board Partner, First Round Capital

Former Twitter and Stripe exec advising First Round portfolio

San Francisco, CA
SeedSeries A
FintechEnterprise SaaSConsumer

Background

Richard Alfonsi is a Board Partner at First Round Capital. He previously served as VP of Global Online Sales at Twitter from 2012–2016 and Head of Global Revenue & Growth at Stripe from 2017–2019, where he scaled the team from 500 to 2,000 employees. Earlier he was VP of Global Display Sales at Google. He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB and a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Duke.

Investment Focus

Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

FintechEnterprise SaaSConsumer

Based in: San Francisco, CA (North America)

Last updated: Jun 11, 2026