We are pleased to announce our investment in FirstDocs, Inc. FirstDocs, located in Westwood, MA, is a legal process automation company dedicated to providing business and legal solutions to in-house legal departments and law firms. FirstDocs has developed a software platform that automates much of the creation process for the legal profession’s most commonly used documents.  For law firms, automating this process allows for both faster and more consistent document creation – saving them time...

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We invested in Topspin Media last summer, and they've been busy cranking out multiple releases of their Artist Manager platform while simultaneously supporting numerous album releases from established and new artists who have adopted Topspin's technology to enable them to release their music direct-to-fan. As a reminder, Topspin provides advanced marketing tools and services to enable recording artists to build successful brands and businesses online. Many musicians chose to release their music using Topspin's...

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We made seven new investments in 2008. Two of the investments were seed rounds, four were first rounds, and one was a second round investment. We invested across three of our themes: Glue, Human Computer Interaction, and Digital Life. We covered plenty of geography with investments in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and Boulder. While the global economy took a major downtown in 2008, we are strong believers that great companies can...

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Of all the questions that we get, this one is the most common: “What do you guys like to invest in?” Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach. The themes we pursue tend to be horizontal in nature and are often driven by underlying technology protocols and standards or emerging market trends and customer needs....

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