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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How do you spend time with the entrepreneurs? Brad: They come to us and we go to them; we spend a lot of time together. I think it’s really us developing that relationship with them. We made an investment recently in a company called Sifteo, I’m
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 9)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Jeff: The one thing that we have going for us is that we do see so many patterns and so many deals and teams. We’ve done so many experiments – eighty-two, in my case, over six years – and seen what’s successful and what’s unsuccessful. Each deal
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder And Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 8)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you require the people to have senior executive experience? Jeff: No. Half of my entrepreneurs are first-time entrepreneurs. The youngest entrepreneur I’ve backed was nineteen, and he had already done three companies. I think the oldest entrepreneur I’ve backed was fifty-five.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Have you ever thought about what could make your deal flow more efficient? Brad: I like the chaos. I like the randomness of it. I have plenty of interactions with people. I try to learn at least one thing in every interaction. We’re very focused on
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 7)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you think about the return you would like to have over a certain period? Jeff: I don’t really think about the term in terms of time because you can’t force exits, you can’t precipitate things. You can’t say, “Hey, I want this performance over this
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Let’s talk about your deal flow. Where do you get your deals from? Brad: They come from all over the place. I think a chunk of them come from people who we already either know or have an existing relationship with, who we’ve worked with before.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 6)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: In the past twelve months, how many investments have you made? Jeff: In terms of new investments, not follow-ons, I did twelve. Irina: What was the average dollar amount that you invested? Jeff: Those were between $100,000 and $200,000.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the fifteenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Brad Feld, managing director of Foundry Group , venture capital firm focused on making investments in early-stage information technology, Internet, and software startups, based in Boulder, Colorado.
