Hanson Gifford

Gifford discusses some Foundry companies that are showing great success rates, including: Concentric, which treats acute ischemic strokes; Emphasis, with a procedure replacing open-heart surgery ...

Bellas talks about two Foundry companies which utilize new surgical procedures. The first is Thermage, which uses a procedure that stimulates new collagen growth. The ...

The dot com bubble has changed the way companies are now valued, and their valuations over time. Bellas discusses how valuations are currently determined, and ...

Bellas talks about where innovation is currently happening in biotech and medical device companies. The large pharmaceutical companies aren't covering the same innovative ground as ...

While Morgenthaler funds The Foundry, they are also, in essence, funding each new venture that The Foundry incubates. Bellas and Gifford describe the details of ...

The Foundry can only fund a certain number of ventures. Hanson talks about the different factors that go into choosing the companies, including market opportunity, ...

Gifford has found that having The Foundry act as an incubator was the best method possible to help new ventures get started. Over the cycles ...

Hanson Gifford, president and CEO of The Foundry, talks about why the company was founded and what they do to help fledgling companies get off ...

Bellas talks about the growing medical trend of surgery without knives and some of the benefits this has.

Robin Bellas, partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, explains the structure of the venture capital firm.