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Kindred Spirits – Our Investment In Founder Collective

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From those founders, we are aware that FC takes their mission “to be the most aligned fund to founders at the seed stage” very seriously. As an LP, I’ve had the good fortune to be an investor in many funds, including some exceptional ones. FC’s portfolio is made up exclusively of seed stage investments at seed valuations.

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Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

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While I don’t have portfolio level stats for them, their new endeavor Foundry Next (to invest in smaller funds and then follow-on into key investments) has built up an LP basket of 23 positions in a variety of new VC funds.

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Too Many Seed Investment Choices

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Yesterday I sent emails out passing on participating in two seed rounds for companies I really like. They had lots of investors trying to invest and each company was competitive with two other seed stage companies we’ve seen in the past 30 days. Finally, we believe strongly in active engagement as a seed investor.

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The Paradox of VC Value-Add

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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. We deeply believe that the way companies are created and funded, especially at the seed stage, is radically changing on a permanent basis.