Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

In addition to being an incredibly supportive investor in us from the beginning, this LP has become an extremely close friend. As I was walking home after dinner, I thought about the person who had introduced us to this LP. In 2007, when we set out to raise our first Foundry Group fund, early stage tech VC was in the shitter.

LP 155

LP Advisory Board Venture Capital Early Stage 155

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. Build a long-term LP based, anchored by diverse asset types (Universities, Endowments, Family Offices, Pensions, Insurance Companies, Sovereign Wealth Funds & Fund of Funds). I sat on panels.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Early Stage LP Partner 150

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2015

We had a blast together and as we went out to raise our Foundry 2007 fund, Scott made several introductions which resulted in two wonderful, long term LP relationships. When we started Mobius, we were four founders and two EAs. They ignored us. A year or two later they had less than 3% market share on mobile.

Advisory Board 70

Advisory Board Venture Capital LP Seed Stage 70

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The IPO market remained closed to IT startups, but there were big acquisitions like Google buying YouTube for $1.65B (Fall 2006) and late stage financing rounds for companies like Facebook (Microsoft round at $15B valuation in Fall 2007). A16Z today or Founders Fund or General Catalyst a few years ago). So at a fund level (e.g.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

David Cohen

JANUARY 28, 2015

After that random day meeting, Brad became a co-founder of Techstars along with me, Jared Polis, and David Brown. I consider him a co-founder of Techstars, even if that’s not how the way back machine will necessarily tell the story. So many great founders. So many great partners.

Boston 48

Boston Cofounder LP Partner 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Every year Upfront Ventures surveys Limited Partners (LPs) who are the main source of capital that invests in VC funds and thus the main source of capital that goes to startups to get an early-warning sense of the year ahead, leaving aside any Black Swans. Note that all of these names were not started in Silicon Valley.

LP 286

LP Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup 286