Like many venture capitalists, Ashmeet Sidana watched his firm, Foundation Capital, grow smaller during his nearly nine-year tenure, narrowing from a $750 million fund closed in 2008 to a $282 million fund closed in 2013. In some ways, its downsizing was inevitable. As the costs of starting both consumer-facing and enterprise startups has shrunk, the […]
Ashmeet Sidana
The Kingmaker in the Background: Kathryn Gould
Most venture capitalists don’t curse like sailors. Most can’t boast a 90 percent internal rate of return over the course of their investing careers, either. Kathryn Gould — the inimitable founder of Foundation Capital, who today spends much of her time today on her vineyard in the foothills of California’s Sierra mountain range — is […]