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Scaling Techstars Horizontally

Feld Thoughts

However, for the past eight years, my partners and I at Foundry Group haven’t once scaled vertically (we haven’t added any partners since 2007 when we started) until we added Lindel Eakman as part of Foundry Group Next. Our reach, network, visibility, and impact has grown significantly since 2007. Techstars IoT (NYC).

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Our 2016 Foundry Group Fund and A Little History

Feld Thoughts

In 2007 we raised our first fund – Foundry Venture Capital 2007. Each is roughly invested 1/3rd into companies in Colorado, 1/3rd into companies in the bay area, and 1/3rd into companies in the rest of the US (Boston, NY, Seattle, LA, Portland, Austin, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Burlington, and Phoenix.).

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Any sizable company would find it easy – as well as advantageous – to move their technology to Seattle or Omaha or Minneapolis to avoid the brain damage of auditing and accounting for and paying the taxes under HB 1192. SAP Business Objects Crystal Enterprise XI, SAP Business Objects Crystal Reports 8.5, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

When we started Foundry Group in 2007, we stated that we would invest in companies throughout the United States. While we haven’t seen each other in person for a while, we periodically go back and forth on email and have a deep emotional intimacy that comes from the relationship we built through our time in YEO.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Perrigo, a maker of over-the-counter drugs and infant formulas, agreed to buy the assets of Minneapolis-based Paddock Laboratories for $540 million in cash. billion in 2007. Powermat was founded in 2007 and has sold in excess of 750,000 products since its launch, rapidly establishing its niche as an industry leader.