Today we announced that I’m leaving Twitter to become a partner at the venture capital firm, Foundry Group. The blog post on foundrygroup.com does a great job explaining the background and context around this decision. Of course, I had to announce the news via a tweetstorm which you can see below. I’ll be back in the fall to talk about my journey into venture capital. See you soon!
1) I have news. After 6 years at Gnip/Twitter, I’m leaving at the end of May to pursue a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity (more on that later)
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
2) The last 6 years have been amaaazing. One example: I learned how to properly pronounce “amazing” from @adambain
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
3) So many friends to thank, but I’ll start with our customers & partners…
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
4) Especially grateful to our early customers who made the risky-as-hell leap to build their products on top of ours. Thank You!!
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
5) Of course, huge thanks to @jvaleski @robjohnson @cshogue & @bfeld for making the leap of faith and allowing me to join @gnip
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
6) Can’t begin to thank @dickc, @jack, @znh, @conway & @janamal enough for bringing @gnip & @twitter together
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
7) @funkefred @rcalmond @DrSkippy @themoose, @compston @ericwryan @ggreenstreet @cairns @sbmaier @sethmcguire you’re simply the best!
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
8) To the @gnip and @TwitterBoulder teams, there are no words other than I love you
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
9) So, what’s next? I’m joining my dear friends @bfeld, @sether, @ryan_mcintyre, @jasonmendelson, @LDEakman as a partner at @foundrygroup!
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017
10) I’ve watched Foundry w/ complete admiration for 10 yrs do VC the right way. Unbelievable honor to join the team: https://t.co/zduCJRTNhq
— Chris Moody (@chrismoodycom) April 19, 2017