Private Equity
1 min read · 27 May 2009
2 min read · 27 May 2009
2 min read · 27 May 2009
NVCA plans to use StartUpHire data to chart the VC's contribution to economic recovery
2 min read · 25 May 2009
2 min read · 20 May 2009
2 min read · 20 May 2009
2 min read · 14 May 2009
Quietly this morning, Ryan McIntyre, managing director of the Foundry Group, announced that the firm invested in Cloud Engines, maker of the Pogoplug network-attached storage adpater. Details of the financing are scant, but McIntyre confirmed that Foundry is the sole investor in the company's Series A round. The funding amount is undisclosed. Prior to Foundry jumping in, Cloud Engines was angel-backed, he said. Announced at the CES in January, Pogoplug connects a USB hard drive or flash stick to your home computer, allowing you to retrieve files from home while you're on the road. McIntyre talks more about the company in his blog post.
1 min read · 13 May 2009
4 min read · 06 May 2009
Last month, when Brad Feld, managing director and co-founder of the the Foundry Group said he was going to cook and serve fries at the Spud Bros eatery in Boulder, Colo., I asked if he was kidding. He said it was definitely NOT a joke. Sure enough, Feld worked behind the counter of Spud Bros, which claims to make "Quite Possibly the World's Greatest French Fries," and served up tasty potatoes for two hours. Having Feld as a guest chef raised $500 for a local nonprofit called the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County. This weekend, Spud Bros (with the help of the marketing agency Metzger Associates) posted a video of Feld's culinary techniques. You can see it after the jump, including a reference to Twitter that would make Feld's VC pal Fred Wilson grin.
1 min read · 03 May 2009
