Brad Feld

Brad Feld

Residence	Boulder, Colorado, United States
Education	MIT
Occupation	Venture Capitalist, Author
Spouse(s)	Amy Batchelor

Brad Feld (born December 1, 1965) is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

Feld began financing technology startups in the early 1990s, first as an angel and later an institutional investor. Feld was an early investor in Harmonix, Zynga, MakerBot, and Fitbit.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

In 1987, Feld co-founded Feld Technologies — a software application development firm — while he was a student at MIT.^[5] In 1993, the company was acquired by AmeriData, where Feld took the role of chief technology officer.^[5]^[6]

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Feld helped operate Interliant, an application service and hosting provider.^[7] Interliant failed in 2002, following the collapse of the dot-com bubble.^[8] Feld openly talks about his experience at Interliant, using it as an example of entrepreneurial failure.^[1]

Before co-founding Foundry Group in 2007, Feld co-founded VC firms Intensity Ventures and Mobius Venture Capital. After its inaugural $225 million fund, Foundry Group has raised three more funds of $225 million each — in 2010, 2012, and 2013.^[9]

In 2006, Feld helped David Cohen co-found Techstars, an early-stage venture fund and startup accelerator.^[10]

Feld serves on the boards of nonprofits National Center for Women & Information Technology, Startup Colorado, and UP Global.

Writing

Since 2005 Feld has been writing on Feld Thoughts, a technology venture blog.^[1]

Feld is the author or co-author of a series of books focused on entrepreneurship, technology venture capital, and startups in general.^[11]

Personal life

Feld was born in Arkansas and grew up in Dallas, Texas.^[12] In 1983 he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend MIT. Since 1995 he has lived in Boulder, Colorado with wife and co-author Amy Batchelor.

Bibliography

Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup with David Cohen (2010)
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist with Jason Mendelson and Dick Costolo (2011)
Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City (2012)
Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur with Amy Batchelor (2013)
Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors with Mahendra Ramsinghani (2013)
Startup Metrics: Making Sense of the Numbers in Your Startup with Seth Levine (forthcoming)

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