June 2008 Archive

Jun 23

Among our core beliefs at Foundry Group is the idea that we bring more value to our business as a team than as individuals.  We believe that as a group we have more impact on our portfolio companies, are better at making investment decisions and are more thoughtful about the themes in which we invest. This is somewhat of a departure from the typical venture capital model, in which venture partners are often islands unto...

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Jun 05

It is time to announce the newest member of our portfolio: Smith & Tinker. Consider this more of teaser announcement since S&T is not quite ready to describe in detail just what it is they are up to. As a preview, we'll say this much: they fit within our human-computer interaction (HCI) theme and the tagline on their web site reads, "reinventing play for the connected generation". To quote further from their site, S&T says...

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