Announcing my new startup seed fund
Announcing my new startup seed fund
by David Cohen
Posted on 05/13/2009
Today, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of a new seed fund designed to invest in early stage web/software startups nationwide. This new $2.5M fund was finalized last week and will begin investing immediately.
As many of you know, I have personally invested in about a dozen startups over the past four years and have been fortunate enough that many of those have been successful. I have also been very encouraged with the results of funding pre-seed investment through TechStars, the mentorship-driven summer program based in Boulder and Boston. Based upon the successes I've had with these activities, I am humbled to now be joined by an amazing group of investors who are also providing capital for this new fund that I am managing.
The new fund will invest in approximately 20 startups over a five year period. It will invest between $50K and $200K per company, with a typical "bite size" being $100K. While this new fund will choose the best available investments nationally, we believe that some of those will naturally include companies exiting TechStars. With this fund, I will lead some investments and will follow other funds or angels in other cases. I am especially honored that the advisors to the fund are Howard Lindzon, Brad Feld, Howard Diamond, Lisa Rutherford, and Jason Mendelson, so the range of experience represented by the fund is quite extraordinary. More information about the fund is available at DavidGCohen.com.
I look forward to continuing to help fund, encourage and support the next generation of great entrepreneurs. I cannot imagine anything more fulfilling.
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Good luck getting people behind this one. Though you make some VERY fascinating points, youre going to have to do more than bring up a few things that may be different than what weve already heard. What are trying to say here? What do you want us to think? It seems like you cant really get behind a unique thought. Anyway, thats just my opinion.
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Congratulations! How does a prospective investor get notified when you are raising more money?
I couldn't find anything about your fund at your site, but I did notice that your Bio page has a bad link to http://www.ghdoffer.com/
The investing link from the your homepage menu also doesn't work.
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Congrats David. Looking forward to seeing what comes out of this. Keep working hard.
it's not limited to any geography, but it's very unlikely we'd invest outside of North America.
there's no \"application\". i invest in what i find that's interesting. feel free to send me information - ideally an executive summary - and i can tell you if there's any interest.
nice news David!!
this kind of news somehow make us think less in global crisis... but, why it's limited to the eeuu? why not go abroad.??
Seems like a pretty smart move and a great way to continue to work with and grow companies coming out of Tech Stars.
How do start-ups apply to this new fund?
Congratulations David! That's quite an accomplishment; I'm sure it will be a great success under your very capable and wise leadership. You have a very proud Mother in law! Leslye
congrats david. exciting news for Boulder entrepreneurs.
Congrats on getting this done David. And thanks for all the great contributions you've made to the Boulder area over the last few years. They have been awesome!
Awesome news. Congrats!
Congratulations David! Looking forward to seeing what you invest in. Don't forget to get in touch when you find interesting deals!
Awesome for you. Awesome for startups. Awesome. :D
Congrats David!
Big congrats David.
Congratulations again!
This is Awesome. Just submitted my application.
Great stuff David! Glad to have met you in person at Glue and look forward to our paths crossing again. Keep Seattle on your radar screen...lots of cool stuff going on.
Howard Diamond now that's a name that I haven't heard in a while. Howard is great guy (so are the other guys)! Congrats. Good Venturing
Congratulations! I know you'll do well in your latest endeavor. (You can explain it to me later.)
Congrats on the launch of your new fund! You've helped our company immeasurably... I have no doubt that your fund will see tremendous success. Cheers!
you continue to make tremendous contributions to the region david. amazing what one person can do when they are motivated. thanks for all your hard work....
Congratulations -- it's great to have someone as humble, smart and successful as you joining the ranks of fund managers in our community.
Congrats! Really exciting, should be a big boost to the Boulder startup scene!
one day I must meet u
Exciting news David. Congrats :)
Congrats David! That's great news for TechStars and Boulder -- excited that there's increasingly more action here. Boulder FTW! Excited to see your investments as they unfold.
Way to go! I look forward to hearing about many great new projects!
Awesome news David. Can't wait to see what you find interesting enough to invest in.
Thanks for the bad link - I removed it. The DavidGCohen.com site is brand new so I'm still tweaking. However, the "Investing" link on the top right works fine for me. Let me know if it really doesn't work for you. Ping me at dgc@davidgcohen.com and I'll answer your other question about the fund. Thanks!
Congratulations! How does a prospective investor get notified when you are raising more money?
I couldn't find anything about your fund at your site, but I did notice that your Bio page has a bad link to http://www.davidgcohen.com/investments.html
The investing link from the your homepage menu also doesn't work.
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