http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/16/founders-co-op-gets-warm-reception-wants-startups-that-will-survive-cold-recession/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:25:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/16/founders-co-op-gets-warm-reception-wants-startups-that-will-survive-cold-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-32329 Techvibes | Blog | Calgary, Edmonton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montréal, Ottawa, Portland, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:16:10 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5609#comment-32329 [...] Huang of Xconomy Seattle recently sat down with Founder's Co-op General Partner Andy Sacks to learn more about their plans. [...] [...] Huang of Xconomy Seattle recently sat down with Founder’s Co-op General Partner Andy Sacks to learn more about their plans. [...]

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/16/founders-co-op-gets-warm-reception-wants-startups-that-will-survive-cold-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-32311 Conrad Clyburn, Co-Founder, The Clymer Group Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:19:03 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5609#comment-32311 Interesting concept. Sounds like a hybrid between a pre-seed capital fund and an angel network. I love it, just what is needed in the medical technology space between academic laboratory (generators of med innovation) and colonizing small businesses (the one's that take the risk out of prototypes, secure FDA clearance & create initial markets). Perhaps they should look at syndicating the model regionally to other underserved tech clusters. Interesting concept. Sounds like a hybrid between a pre-seed capital fund and an angel network. I love it, just what is needed in the medical technology space between academic laboratory (generators of med innovation) and colonizing small businesses (the one’s that take the risk out of prototypes, secure FDA clearance & create initial markets). Perhaps they should look at syndicating the model regionally to other underserved tech clusters.

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