We are excited to announce that as of November 30, ff Venture Capital closed on a $27 million fund, ff Silver. TechCrunch broke the news and Betabeat also covered it. Our investment philosophy – part of what makes us successful – is our search for sustainable long-term growth areas. Our fund’s strategy is to look...
[Continue Reading]Holiday Video 2011 – The Circle of Startup Life
From all of us at ff Venture Capital: Wishing you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year, and a little cheer with our 2011 Holiday Video, a tribute to our startups and partners – The Circle of Startup Life:...
[Continue Reading]Portfolio Company Spotlight: Identified
Job creation is political topic #1, so we have a particular interest in portfolio companies like Identified and TheResumator, which help match employers and job seekers. Identified launched its public beta last month. Effectively, Identified gives you a score for your desirability as an employee. It’s similar in principle to Klout. Identified uses three attributes...
[Continue Reading]Announcing ff Venture Capital fall interns
We’re fortunate to have two rising star interns this fall, Wei Deng and Raffi Sapire, who have already made real contributions to ff Venture Capital. We welcome applications for spring/summer internships. Wei Deng Wei Deng graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School. She practiced corporate law at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and...
[Continue Reading]Announcing our summer intern class
A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital‘s summer intern class. We’re actively recruiting interns for the fall. You’ve already heard from some of them, and you’ll be hearing more over the course of the summer. Franklin Bi Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and...
[Continue Reading]Ultimate Office for Fitness, Post #2—Photos and Coverage
We’ve received a very positive response to our post about creating a fitness-friendly office. Daily Burn posted some photos, and we thought some additional ones would be interesting. Our intern Matt Fairbank took the photos below. When visitors enter the office, the first thing they see is our portfolio: Though most of the office is...
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