Archimedes Ventures
Archimedes Ventures was an incubator established by Keith TeareKeith TeareKeith Teare is a technology entrepreneur and investor associated with the founding of TechCrunch, EasyNet and RealNames, and an executive at SignalRank.Open the full entry and Michael ArringtonMichael ArringtonMichael Arrington is an American entrepreneur and investor who founded the technology publication TechCrunch in 2005, created Crunchbase in 2007, sold TechCrunch to AOL in 2010, and went on to found CrunchFund and the crypto-asset investment firm Arrington Capital.Open the full entry in 2005, associated with the early development of TechCrunchTechCrunchTechCrunch is an American technology news outlet founded in 2005 by Michael Arrington and Keith Teare and headquartered in San Francisco; it mainly covers technology companies, startups, and venture capital, and hosts events such as TechCrunch Disrupt. Its ownership passed successively through AOL, Verizon, and Yahoo, and in 2025 Regent announced its acquisition.Open the full entry and Edgeio. Later phases used names including Archimedes Labs and Archimedes Studio.
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Key facts
May 2005Joint founding
Keith Teare announced the venture with Michael Arrington on May 17, 2005, describing an organization developing and incubating projects rather than a conventional venture fund.[1]
Operating model: Internal projects and consulting
The initial team concentrated on its own projects, collaborated with other startup teams and sought engineering, product and design contributors willing to work for founder equity. Limited consulting work supported operations.[1]
June 2005TechCrunch’s early context
In his 2025 TechCrunch retrospective, Teare reproduced Arrington’s June 11, 2005 introductory email describing Archimedes as investing in, advising and creating Web 2.0 businesses. TechCrunch documented the internet changes that motivated the venture.[2]
Later development: Successive Archimedes phases
Teare described a TechCrunch era, a post-TechCrunch period from 2010 to 2016 and a subsequent phase. He likened the original model to a modern venture studio; later phases do not establish uninterrupted joint management by Arrington.[2]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Core connections include Keith Teare, Michael Arrington, TechCrunch and Edgeio. Names and management relationships should be understood in their respective historical periods.[2]