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JULY 31, 2014

The prior fund that I had co-founded – Mobius Venture Capital – had blown up after having a very successful first fund in 1997. He was a partner and co-founder of Centennial Funds and he and Steve Halsted basically created the VC industry in Colorado in the early 1980s. Venture Capital fundraising VC'

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JULY 30, 2015

Yesterday we closed our fifth fund, Foundry Venture Capital 2016, L.P. In 2007 we raised our first fund – Foundry Venture Capital 2007. As with all four of our other funds, it’s a $225 million fund. We subsequently raised a $225 million fund in 2010 , another one in 2013 , and a late stage fund in 2013.

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JULY 11, 2010

So, if I contribute $1,000 to the campaign of the Colorado state treasurer, I violate this SEC rule and become someone who is “paying to play.&# Tags: Politics first amendment pay to play sec Venture Capital. Now, don’t misunderstand me – I think pay to play is grotesque.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Along with my partner Jason Mendelson and our friends Brad Bernthal (University of Colorado Law School) and Mike Platt (partner at Cooley LLP) we have launched a series of courses in conjunction with our portfolio company Sympoz on starting a company.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2015

So – I decided to go down a website memory lane trip for Intensity Ventures (my personal investment company), SOFTBANK Technology Ventures (my first VC firm), and Flatiron Partners (Fred Wilson and Jerry Colonna’s first VC firm, which was an affiliate of SOFTBANK).

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Integration With The Rest of Colorado. Venture Capital Matters. Parallel Universes. Lack of Diversity. Community Power. Give Before You Get. The Power of Apprenticeship. Everyone Is A Mentor. Embrace Weirdness. Be Open To Any Idea. Myths About Entrepreneurial Communities. We Need To Be Like Silicon Valley.

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MAY 26, 2016

It will – once again – be at my house in Longmont, Colorado. Signups are open for the second Reboot VC Bootcamp happening January 19-22, 2017. If you are interested, here are some reactions to the first Reboot VC Bootcamp. The post The Next Reboot VC Bootcamp appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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JUNE 6, 2014

So we packed up, moved from Boston to Boulder, and decided to build a life in Colorado, while I continued to invest. .” But at almost 30, I just didn’t feel done, and in many ways I felt that I was just at the beginning of a new journey (which turned out to be true.)

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’m at Venture Capital in the Rockies today. This is our annual Colorado VC / entrepreneur thingy. I like to think of this as the warm, cuddly, lovable version of a bear – the one that won’t crush you when it hugs you. Somehow these two thoughts merged together in my head and continue to circle around.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Occasionally we’ll go to a resort in Colorado Springs (a two hour drive). Close to Home : We try to avoid the offsite becoming a boondoggle. We keep it close to home and relatively modest. Many of them are either at Jason’s house, my house, or a hotel in Denver.

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MAY 8, 2012

We are geographically agnostic – anywhere in the US – about 33% of our investments are in Colorado, about 33% are in California, and the rest are spread around the US. Our goal isn’t to invest in all of the great companies; it’s to invest in around a dozen great companies a year.

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