Brad Feld
The case for down rounds
Media outfits reported earlier this week that the crypto lending platform BlockFi is looking to raise roughly $100 million in fresh funding in a round that would value the company at about $1 billion.
5 factors founders must consider before choosing their VC
At a time when we are witnessing record VC activity, founders would be well served to go back to the basics and focus on the principles of fundraising when determining who sits on their cap table.
A new book coauthored by Brad Feld invites founders to get their weekly Nietzsche
In all likelihood, you do not currently associate Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, essayist and cultural critic, with entrepreneurship. Serial entrepreneurs Brad Feld and Dave Jilk —
VC Brad Feld has a new book — and some advice — for startups trying to deal with the unknowable
Brad Feld, the longtime investor and founder of both Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado, and Techstars, the now-global accelerator program, has a new book coming out next week called “The Startu
Deciding how much equity to give your key employees
Equity is your most valuable currency — here’s how to use it well for hiring.
Techstars’s new CEO on the state of the famed accelerator and what’s next for 2020
Like another famous accelerator program founded around the same time, Techstars has grown considerably since its 2006 launch in Boulder, Colorado. In fact, the brand seems to be in so many places tha
VC Brad Feld on WeWork, SoftBank, and why venture firms may have to slow down their pacing in 2020
Yesterday, we had a chance to talk with longtime venture investor Brad Feld of Foundry Group, whose book “Venture Deals” was recently republished for the fourth time, and for good reason.
Brad Feld: what founders need to know about recent changes in VC deal terms
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Connie Loizos hopped on the line wit
Dig into the key issues in venture today with investor and Techstars co-founder Brad Feld
Few can hold a candle to Brad Feld’s list of accolades in the startup, tech and venture world. As a multi-time founder of both startups and venture firms alike, Feld is widely known for having c
Holloway launches in-depth startup guides, aims to rewrite publishing with $4.6M from NYT, tech VCs
Founders need to get smart quickly about the many nuanced aspects of building a company, from understanding weird language in a big term sheet to hiring a key software developer. But the best practica
Boundless gets $7.8M to help immigrants navigate the convoluted green card process
Foundry Group has led the round for Boundless, an information platform providing immigrants tools and support.
How to read fiction to build a startup
“The book itself is a curious artefact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can las
Vengo, maker of touch-screen vending machines, just collected $7 million in fresh equity funding
Vengo, a six-year-old, Bethpage, New York-based startup that makes touchscreen vending machines for a wide variety of uses and clients, has raised $7 million in new equity funding led by Arcade Beaut
Study says the US is quickly losing its entrepreneurial edge
According to a new study conducted by the Center for American Entrepreneurship and NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, the US may be losing its competitive advantage as the dominant nucleus of th
Investors are waking up to the emotional struggle of startup founders
Mahendra Ramsinghani Contributor Share on Twitter Mahendra Ramsinghani is the founder of Secure Octane Investments, investing in cloud infrastructure and security startups. When he is not investing, h
Foundry Group quietly announces a big fat $750 million fund
Foundry Group, the Boulder, Colo.-based venture firm co-founded 11 years ago by startup whisperer Brad Feld, has raised a $750 million seventh fund to target early-stage and growth-stage companies,
Brad Feld: Don’t get too excited about all those “new” acquisitions by non-tech companies
It might be of particular interest to TC readers to know that from Brad Feld's perspective -- and he's been in the startup world for 30 years -- non-tech companies acquiring tech startups is neither a
Glowforge raises $22 million to popularize its 3-D laser printers, catalog of materials
Of all the ways to make a 3-dimensional object, 3D printing is still the freshest, whether what’s involved is plastic extrusion, milling away wood or metal, or the spinning of cells into functional
Tech Giants Sign Letter Against EU Laws To Hand Huge New Powers To ISPs
New European legislation which threatens net neutrality is set to go before the EU Parliament Tuesday. The EU is planning new rules it claims will ‘protect’ Net neutrality, but a leading legal exp
Selling News Feeds As A Service, Stream Raises $1.75M
Building off the strength of a successful open source project, a new startup that provides newsfeed development and management as a service -- Stream -- has raised $1.75 million in its first round of