Following the change in ownership, in July 2019 Jody Madden took over the role of CEO from Craig Rodgerson with Madden's former role as Chief Customer Officer being taken on by Alex Foulds.įoundry had its origins in plug-in development, and its first product was the Tinder (and later Tinderbox) plugins. In April 2019, Foundry was acquired by Roper Technologies. In February 2017, the company rebranded as Foundry, dropping the "The".
In May 2015 it was announced that private equity firm HgCapital acquired Foundry from The Carlyle Group "for an enterprise value of £200 million". In April 2015 reports were that Adobe Systems was preparing to buy Foundry from The Carlyle Group. Earlier the same month, it ranked at number 70 in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100, with 2011/2012 sales of approximately £15 million, a 49% increase from 2010/2011.
Known primarily for Modo, a 3D modelling and animation package.
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In September 2012, Foundry merged with Luxology, a Mountain View-based software house Management buyout with backing from Advent Venture Partners,Īnd then acquired by The Carlyle Group in April 2011. Wyndcrest Holdings, in March 2007, and took over DD's existing įoundry was bought by the owners of Digital Domain, Craig Rodgerson joined Foundry as new CEO in October 2017. She superseded Bill Collis, who remained president and board member. Īlex Mahon was named CEO in November 2015. In 2007, software developers Bill Collis, Simon Robinson, and Ben Kent from Foundry, in association with Anil Kokaram from Trinity College Dublin won a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy Awards (Oscars) for the design and development of The Furnace, an integrated suite of software tools that provides temporal coherence for enhancing visual effects in motion picture sequences with high robustness, modularity and flexibility. Foundry was founded in 1996, by Bruno Nicoletti, with Simon Robinson joining soon afterwards.