Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

Foundry Group is best known for our investments in startups, but our vehicle currently investing in other venture funds, Foundry Group Next, is off to what we believe to be a great start and I wanted to share an update about it by talking about our new investment in a fund managed by Founder Collective.

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Founder LP Technical Review Seed Stage 75

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 24, 2014

When Google went public in August of 2004 one of the first things I did with my employee grants was sell enough to pay off my student loans. It’s for reasons like these that I support getting startup founders some liquidity during their company’s first few years, perhaps as early as Series A financing when appropriate.

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Founder San Francisco Liquidity Event LP 109

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. It literally drove FOMO. This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software.

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Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The entire US economy was booming (in an unsustainable debt binge, in retrospect) from 2004 through much of 2008, and the tech world was booming along with it. 4) VCs Keep Quiet About Fading Away - As described above, VC firms usually die gradually and quietly rather than spectacularly and publicly as is sometimes the case for startups.

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LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154