Foursquare founder @dens given Special Project by VCs. Huge haircut after down round

Dennis Crowley, Foursquare’s remaining co-founder gets kicked up to the boardroom, “of his own volition.” In news that may or may not be connected, 4sq gets yet another honking chunk of change to burn through—but the price is said to value Foursquare at way less than it was worth previously.

This will be the Series-E round, worth $45 million, led by Union Square. Other investors number Morgan Stanley, DFJ, Andreessen Horowitz, and Spark.

Presumably one or more of these VCs weren’t keen on Crowley’s performance at the location-based service, so asked him to tag in the old COO and CRO. Meanwhile, he’s been asked to “make something awesome.”

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