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Our 2016 Foundry Group Fund and A Little History

Feld Thoughts

Yesterday we closed our fifth fund, Foundry Venture Capital 2016, L.P. In 2007 we raised our first fund – Foundry Venture Capital 2007. We are syndication agnostic – we’ll invest with other VCs or invest by ourselves. As with all four of our other funds, it’s a $225 million fund.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

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This trend is particularly applicable to angel groups who syndicate seed/startup stage deals with a large number of angel groups and seed VCs in their region. Syndication among angel groups is a real advantage when larger round size is required (at any stage) but can increase the valuation in early rounds. Wilmington Investor Network.

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Transparent Funding Announcements

Feld Thoughts

I don’t know if it’s because Danielle is in the bay area (while Rand is in Seattle), or the story has broadened. Another company that did an awesome transparent funding announcement was Buffer (and app and company I love, but am only a tiny investor in via an AngelList syndicate) when they announced We’re Raising $3.5m

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. You can find groups near you through the Angel Capital Association. [ Venture Capital Funds VC firms are like seed firms in that theyre actual companies, butthey invest other peoples money, and much larger amounts of it.VC Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time.