More than seven years ago, Topspin’s founders Shamal Ranasinghe and Peter Gotcher were introduced to each other by Ryan McIntyre. So to find Topspin working closely with Ryan’s partnership Foundry Group in 2008 feels pretty damn natural. Fateful, even.
We don’t talk publicly about our financing efforts (so save your inquiries, please), but Ryan did such a great job talking about why they’re happy to be in business with us we’d be remiss not to post a link here. Thanks, Ryan, the feeling is 100% mutual. Ditto to Tim at Redpoint. We couldn’t be more excited.
Ryan and fellow Foundry partner and Topspin friend Jason Mendelson play in a band called Soul Patch. On June 21st Soul Patch played their first show in four years in Boulder, Colorado. I told Jason if Topspin and Foundry found themselves partners before the gig, I’d be there. As anyone following my Twitter stream knows, I made the show and was glad I did. They killed. iPhone photo of Jason stepping out from behind the kit for a run at the (moar) cowbell and vocals (second from left) and Ryan shredding the SG, above.
Ian, thanks for the kind words, and for coming to the gig too.
Looking forward to our journey together!
FYI, I wrote another more personal post on Topspin over at McInblog at:
http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/blog/archives/2008/07/topspin-baby.php
Best,
Ryan
Ian, many thanks for the thoughts and the trip out to see the band. We are stoked to be a small part of the company and are very excited to see what the future holds.
Pingback: Ian Rogers’ Topspin Raises New Cash - GigaOM