Avalon Ventures Raises A New $200 Million Fund And Gets A New Website

Congrats to my friends at Avalon Ventures on raising their new $200 million fund.  I’ve been friends with and co-invested with Rich Levandov, one of Avalon’s partners, since the mid-1990

January 10, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust

I just had an exchange with an entrepreneur that I don’t know.  It went something like the following via several emails over the course of a week. Entrepreneur: I’m working

January 8, 2011 · 4 min · Brad Feld

24 Hours In Las Vegas With My Dad

Last night during my two mile post dinner walk from the Hard Rock (where I had an awesome dinner at Nobu) to the Venetian (where I subsequently had a very

January 7, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Orbotix Sphero at CES

Today’s fun “company at CES that Foundry Group has invested in” is Orbotix.  They’ll be in their booth #4419 in the North Hall iLounge.  Orbotix makes Sphero, the world’s

January 6, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Sifteo's Revolutionary Tabletop Games

Several of the companies we’ve invested in are launching products at CES this year.  The first one up is Sifteo.  Today, Sifteo launched and you can preorder Siftables as part of their

January 5, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I Love Starting The Year Off With CES

After a two-fer of deeply annoying arrogance demonstrated by two different VCs on the first business day of 2011 that I’m still pondering (a mix of conflict avoidance behavior and

January 4, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Does Me-Too Stuff Bore You?

As 2011 kicks off, I think we are in for a ton of innovative software and Internet stuff this year.  Yeah, some of it will be “just like everything else

January 3, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Numbers Reset To Zero

Most of the companies I’m an investor in have a fiscal year that lines up with the calendar year.  As a result, with a few exceptions, the 2010 numbers are

January 3, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

TechStars Boston Applications Are Heating Up

The TechStars Boston application deadline is 1/31/11.  However, the early application deadline is actually 1/13/11 – anyone that applies by this date is eligible to come to TechStars for a

December 29, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Searching For VC Term Sheets Prior To 1990

On the heels of all the noise around Groupon’s $100m financing at a $7.5b (billion) post valuation, I thought I’d put out a call for “old VC term sheets –

December 28, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld