Foundry Group is a venture capital firm that posts about its investments, strategy and policies.
HN links it for the firm's team page and announcements; the one comment is suspicious of the firm's move, based on partner ties.
Maybe this is not so innocent as I thought. Apparently Seth Levine is the partner of Brad Feld, the founder of Techstars:
http://www.foundrygroup.com/team.php
What a slimy move. It won't make any difference in the long run though.