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Monthly Archives: June 2010

Mobile developers make the magic (so why do platforms owners keep kicking them in the teeth?)

I’ve been spending a ton of time in the mobile world lately, mostly on behalf of Founders Co-op portfolio companies AppStoreHQ and Urban Airship, and the deeper I get in the mobile ecosystem, the more perplexed I am by Apple and Google’s behavior toward the iPhone and Android developer communities. With iPhone (the high-end pioneer) and Android continue…

June 18, 2010

Foundry backs BigDoor and CEO Keith Smith offers a peek behind the curtain

It’s only Tuesday but it’s already been a big week here at Founders Co-op. First, the news broke about our  newest company, RevenueLoan, raising $6MM to create a new and potentially disruptive finance offering for high-tech companies. Then BigDoor Media, a Founders Co-op portfolio company, announced a $5MM venture round led by Brad Feld at continue…

June 8, 2010

It’s official! Founders Co-op is in the Royalty Based Finance business

TechCrunch just published a terrific introduction to our newest Founders Co-op company: RevenueLoan. Andy and I got excited about the idea of royalty based finance for early-stage companies more than a year ago and have experimented with the structure in our first fund. As we worked through the details on these deals we realized that there continue…

June 7, 2010

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