# The Foundry

> The Foundry is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Health Care and Therapeutics. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2014
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefoundryllc
- Website: http://www.thefoundry.com

The Foundry is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Health Care and Therapeutics. The Foundry, LLC is the premier medical device company incubator. We work with inventors to rapidly transform their concepts into companies by providing an incomparable combination of leadership, an experienced, multi-disciplinary team, a state-of-the-art facility and an extensive funding network. The Foundry Team is comprised of veteran medicaldevice entrepreneurs and investors with real world experience—and success—in developing world class medical device companies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for The Foundry. Shizune tracks 2 team members at The Foundry. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/the-foundry?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hanson Gifford | Founder, CEO & Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanson-gifford |
| Kara Liebig | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kara-liebig |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIRE1 | FIRE1 and is based in Dublin, Ireland, will focus on developing novel therapeutic devices. |  | Series A | Jan 09, 2014 | http://fire1foundry.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Covidien](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/covidien) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lightstone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightstone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Foundry invest in?

The Foundry invests primarily in Health Care, Therapeutics and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The Foundry?

Public channels for The Foundry include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at The Foundry?

The team at The Foundry includes Hanson Gifford (Founder, CEO & Managing Partner) and Kara Liebig (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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