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Seed and early-stage are our specialty.
We've been investing in early-stage technology companies since 1995 and have been privileged to play a role in some of our region's most innovative technology stories. Entrepreneurs come to us to help them build companies from scratch, solve marketing challenges, mitigate risks, and create opportunities for success. We are a resource-rich venture firm that offers a well-established network of internal and external expertise for every stage of the company-building process. Our deep connections give our portfolio companies a competitive advantage in financing, recruiting, strategic planning, and partnering.
We've been investing in early-stage technology companies since 1995 and have been privileged to play a role in some of our region's most innovative technology stories. Entrepreneurs come to us to help them build companies from scratch, solve marketing challenges, mitigate risks, and create opportunities for success. We are a resource-rich venture firm that offers a well-established network of internal and external expertise for every stage of the company-building process. Our deep connections give our portfolio companies a competitive advantage in financing, recruiting, strategic planning, and partnering.
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Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 51-200
Phone:+1 206-674-3000
Founded date: 1995
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C; Series D; Series E
Portfolio 137
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 03.10.2023 | Pulumi Cor... | pulumi.com | $93.5M | United Sta... |
| 22.03.2023 | Numbers St... | numbersstation.ai | $17.5M | United Sta... |
| 22.03.2023 | Clerk | clerk.com | $45M | United Sta... |
| 28.02.2023 | Archway So... | archwaysoftware.com | $15M | United Sta... |
| 20.09.2022 | TrovaTrip | trovatrip.com | $15M | United Sta... |
| 17.09.2022 | DevZero | devzero.io | $26M | - |
| 17.09.2022 | DevZero | devze.ro | - | United Sta... |
| 16.09.2022 | Stack | trystack.io | $2.7M | United Sta... |
| 19.08.2022 | Tangibly | tangibly.com | $7.8M | United Sta... |
| 16.08.2022 | PlexTrac | plextrac.com | $150M | United Sta... |
| 06.07.2022 | Flexe | flexe.com | $260.9M | United Sta... |
| 28.05.2022 | Clozd | clozd.com | $52M | United Sta... |
| 26.04.2022 | Relational... | relational.ai | $197M | United Sta... |
| 23.02.2022 | Plus | plusdocs.com | - | United Sta... |
| 15.02.2022 | Terray The... | terraytx.com | $180M | United Sta... |
| 11.02.2022 | Leaf Logis... | leaflogistics.com | $37M | United Sta... |
| 29.01.2022 | Route | route.com | $252M | United Sta... |
| 10.01.2022 | Pendulum | pendulumfn.com | $5.9M | - |
| 22.11.2021 | TaskHuman | taskhuman.com | $29.5M | United Sta... |
| 04.11.2021 | Magnify.io | magnify.io | $6M | United Sta... |
| 04.11.2021 | Anomaly | findanomaly.com | $17M | United Sta... |
| 15.10.2021 | SPICE AI | spiceai.io | $14.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.10.2021 | Yoodli | yoodli.ai | $6M | United Sta... |
| 01.10.2021 | TROOP | trooptravel.com | $19M | Spain, Com... |
| 01.10.2021 | Game Jolt | gamejolt.com | $2.6M | Haiti, Cen... |
| 29.09.2021 | Read AI | read.ai | $31M | United Sta... |
| 27.09.2021 | Style Geno... | stylegenome.com | - | - |
| 27.09.2021 | Spotnana | spotnana.com | $116M | United Kin... |
| 17.09.2021 | Battlesnak... | play.battlesnake.com | $1.5M | - |
| 08.09.2021 | A-Alpha Bi... | aalphabio.com | $45.2M | - |
| 12.08.2021 | TaxBit #1 ... | taxbit.com | $235M | United Sta... |
| 05.08.2021 | Statsig | statsig.com | $63.8M | United Sta... |
| 03.08.2021 | AutoHub | ebay.com | - | Chile, Met... |
| 23.07.2021 | Paro.io | paro.io | $42.25M | United Sta... |
| 20.07.2021 | Paro | paro.ai | $50M | United Sta... |
| 16.07.2021 | Modulus | modulustherapeutics.com | $3.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.07.2021 | Observe, I... | observeinc.com | $415M | United Sta... |
| 16.02.2021 | Ozette Tec... | ozette.ai | $32M | United Sta... |
| 12.11.2020 | OthersideA... | othersideai.com | $5.4M | United Sta... |
| 05.10.2020 | Strike Gra... | strikegraph.com | $27.4M | United Sta... |
| 02.09.2020 | Trade | drinktrade.com | $9M | United Sta... |
| 25.08.2020 | Stratify T... | stratifytech.com | $4.9M | - |
| 11.08.2020 | Coda | coda.io | $180M | United Sta... |
| 13.07.2020 | UiPath | uipath.com | $3.53B | United Sta... |
| 01.07.2020 | Fauna Inc. | fauna.com | $81.5M | United Sta... |
| 11.06.2020 | zeitworks | zeitworks.com | $6.5M | United Sta... |
| 18.05.2020 | Go1 | go1.com | $448M | Australia,... |
| 08.04.2020 | Sila | silamoney.com | $21.7M | Jamaica, P... |
| 03.04.2020 | OctoML | octoml.ai | $131.9M | United Sta... |
| 16.09.2019 | Unearth Te... | unearthlabs.com | $11.5M | United Sta... |
| 27.08.2019 | Tesorio | tesorio.com | $27M | United Sta... |
| 14.03.2019 | Ovation | ovation.io | $32.85M | United Sta... |
| 07.03.2019 | Knock | knockcrm.com | $62M | United Sta... |
| 26.06.2018 | Jama Softw... | jamasoftware.com | $233M | Netherland... |
| 24.05.2018 | CrowdCow | crowdcow.com | $10M | United Sta... |
| 01.02.2018 | Pulse Labs | pulselabs.ai | $2.5M | United Sta... |
| 30.10.2017 | Wonder Wor... | makewonder.com | $67.9M | United Sta... |
| 03.08.2017 | SmartAssis... | smartassist.io | $5M | United Sta... |
| 03.08.2017 | AnsweriQ | answeriq.com | $5M | United Sta... |
| 10.04.2017 | Branch | branch.io | $495M | United Sta... |
| 05.04.2017 | Snowflake | snowflake.net | $4.77B | United Sta... |
| 06.02.2017 | Jobalign | jobalign.com | $7.23M | United Sta... |
| 02.02.2017 | Suplari In... | suplari.com | $13.4M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2016 | M87 | m-87.com | $8M | United Sta... |
| 14.09.2016 | LumaTax, I... | lumatax.com | $9M | United Sta... |
| 13.07.2016 | Shyft | myshyft.com | $8M | United Sta... |
| 08.12.2015 | Eventbase | eventbase.com | $16.5M | Canada, Br... |
| 18.12.2014 | Echodyne | echodyne.com | $199.2M | United Sta... |
| 07.12.2014 | MakeTime I... | maketime.io | $35.65M | United Sta... |
| 24.09.2014 | Pro.com | pro.com | $60.5M | United Sta... |
| 18.08.2014 | Algorithmi... | algorithmia.com | $37.9M | United Sta... |
| 16.01.2014 | Evocalize | evocalize.com | $15M | United Sta... |
| 08.10.2013 | iSpot.tv | ispot.tv | $382.48M | United Sta... |
| 21.12.2012 | 2nd Watch | 2ndwatch.com | $56.2M | United Sta... |
| 17.01.2011 | Cheezburge... | cheezburger.com | $32.7M | United Sta... |
| 13.04.2010 | Searchandi... | searchandise.net | $7M | United Sta... |
| 16.03.2009 | Skytap | skytap.com | $121.45M | United Sta... |
| 21.01.2009 | PetraVM | petravm.com | $1.5M | - |
| 14.01.2009 | Smartsheet | smartsheet.com | $115.85M | United Sta... |
| - | Qumulo | qumulo.com | $345M | United Sta... |
| - | Esper | esper.io | $157.6M | United Sta... |
| - | Mobilewall... | mobilewalla.com | $16.5M | United Sta... |
| - | CommerceIQ | commerceiq.ai | $175M | - |
| - | Animoto | animoto.com | $29.4M | United Sta... |
| - | ExtraHop | extrahop.com | $310.1M | - |
| - | Wicket Lab... | wicketlabs.com | $4.8M | United Sta... |
| - | FreightWeb... | myfreightweb.com | - | - |
| - | Wrench, In... | getwrench.com | $5.2M | United Sta... |
| - | Zoomers | tryshared.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | HelloTech ... | hellotech.com | $17M | United Sta... |
| - | Domicile | bookdomicile.com | $5M | - |
| - | Nautilus B... | nautilus.bio | $421M | United Sta... |
| - | Highspot | highspot.com | $642.6M | United Sta... |
| - | Ally.io | ally.io | $141M | - |
| - | Rover.com | rover.com | $50M | United Sta... |
| - | Give InKin... | giveinkind.com | $3.5M | United Sta... |
| - | Eclypsium | eclypsium.com | $46.75M | United Sta... |
| - | Doorstead | doorstead.com | $37.3M | - |
| - | MontyCloud | montycloud.com | $5.85M | United Sta... |
| - | WhyLabs | whylabs.ai | $14M | United Sta... |
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News 262
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.09.2022 | - | Much has been made of the creator economy and the potential for the more than 50 million creators building online communities to turn their passions, interests, and ability to connect with audiences into their principal source of income. Cr... |
| 13.09.2022 | - | Largest Fundraise ever by a Seattle-Based VC Reinforces Strength of Early-stage Opportunities in the PNW and the Region’s Role in Building Disruptive Companies with Global Impact |
| 08.09.2022 | - | Recently we did a deep dive into Web3 and identified tools and experiences to make Web3 and Crypto approachable for consumers as a key area of interest to Madrona. And today, we are excited to announce our investment in Stack, which is educ... |
| 07.09.2022 | - | At Madrona, we back enduring companies with great teams that have massive potential to transform industries. We backed Spice AI in a pre-seed round last fall as they built a developer-first platform that made it easier to integrate AI into ... |
| 30.08.2022 | - | Today Madrona is excited to introduce our new Managing Director — Karan Mehandru. Karan is a curious, creative investor who we have known for over a decade. We have worked alongside him at companies like Jama Software and CommerceIQ. He has... |
| 28.08.2022 | - | The term “full-stack” developer has grown in popularity over the past several years. The term generally means that a developer can code on the back end/server-side and the front end/ client-side, and they have a broad mix of coding and deve... |
| 06.08.2022 | - | From the Madrona Team |
| 05.08.2022 | - | Coming up with transformative ideas and picking big markets is the first job of a founder, but the key ingredient for any durable company is exceptional people. World-class founders build world-class teams, but as any first-time founder wil... |
| 28.06.2022 | What is your investment thesis for operational ML systems? | - |
| 21.06.2022 | - | As companies around the world adjust to the current hybrid environment and the realities of having a distributed workforce, entrepreneurs need to keep in mind the little-known details that go into having employees spread around the country ... |
| 17.06.2022 | - | Madrona has always been focused on ambitious entrepreneurs aggressively pushing their industries forward. Throughout the course of our history, we have seen and backed new tech solutions in nascent categories – from on-prem to cloud to SaaS... |
| 16.06.2022 | - | We are so excited to welcome the newest addition to our investing team, Palak Goel! |
| 07.06.2022 | - | Are you an angel investor or interested in becoming one? Please join Madrona on the evening of June 14th at Madrona’s office to network and hear a conversation with other Web3 angel investors and operators. They will talk about ways to appr... |
| 31.05.2022 | - | We polled the founders of five companies from our inaugural Intelligent Application 40 list to bring together some of the best advice they have from hard lessons they’ve learned throughout their journey or the best advice they received duri... |
| 25.05.2022 | - | Madrona has been investing in great founders and ideas for 27 years. From Amazon to Smartsheet to Snowflake to Ozette – we have been there with the founding and leadership teams through all types of economic conditions. This experience has ... |
| 25.05.2022 | - | Just before I joined Qualtrics in 2017, The Economist magazine observed that “Google can see what people search for, Facebook what they share, [and] Amazon what they buy.” What made and continues to make Qualtrics such a unique and category... |
| 24.05.2022 | - | Madrona saw the move to intelligent applications early on – we have been investing in the founders building them, the technology powering them and the infrastructure to support them for over 10 years. Today, we believe machine intelligence ... |
| 04.05.2022 | - | Low-Code/No-Code solutions are not new – they have existed in some way, shape, or form for more than thirty years. Microsoft Excel was probably the earliest LCNC solution of its kind — it enabled workflows in various ways for billions of pe... |
| 26.04.2022 | - | When I first met Molham Aref and heard what he and his team at RelationalAI were building, I was blown away by his vision but was skeptical about whether he and the team could pull it off. For over a decade now, I have seen teams struggle t... |
| 25.03.2022 | The Power of Why | Madrona’s mission is to help positively transform the world by partnering with incredible entrepreneurs to build lasting and significant companies. Every March at our Annual Meeting, we provide a progress report to our investors – primarily... |
| 22.03.2022 | - | George Devol created Unimate, the first digitally operated and programmable robot in 1954, and since then, we have been awed by the likes of C-3P0 from “Star Wars,” Tipsy – the cocktail serving robot in Las Vegas, and Scout – Amazon’s deliv... |
| 15.02.2022 | - | Terray Therapeutics announced today their Series A round of $60 million led by Madrona. We have been working with the company for over two years through the pandemic and are excited to talk more broadly about the company, their mission and ... |
| 14.02.2022 | - | Prototyping is a critical process for early-stage companies. And how you work and with whom you work in the earliest stages of building, when focus is so crucial to the success of your company, can determine whether or not you end up with a... |
| 10.02.2022 | - | We are excited to welcome Leaf Logistics to the Madrona family. Logistics is a growing space, and technology has the power to significantly change the industry, improve customer service, and deliver greater efficiency to everyone from retai... |
| 24.01.2022 | - | I’m sure that when the good people at the Utah Office of Tourism created the State’s “Life Elevated” slogan, they were mindful of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s timeless observation: “life is a journey, not a destination.” Utah is on an incredible j... |
| 19.01.2022 | - | I am pleased to announce that James Phillips is joining the firm as a Strategic Director. James is a one-of-a-kind unique talent. He has been a founder building a company from the ground up and he has run massive product driven businesses a... |
| 11.01.2022 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Jon Turow to the Madrona team as an investing Partner! |
| 07.01.2022 | - | Harmful narratives, like “mis” and “dis” information, are an important and growing problem for companies, government and ultimately, society. In recent years, and specifically in 2021, we saw an accelerating trend of digital social media na... |
| 01.01.2022 | - | It is with incredible sorrow and heartbreak that we share the news that Birkan Uzun died yesterday as a result of a skiing accident in Oregon. Losing someone you care deeply about is always hard, but losing Birkan is truly tragic. Birkan wa... |
| 16.12.2021 | - | For over 25 years, Madrona has partnered with exceptional founders and their teams from Day One for the long run. These partnerships are anchored on shared trust, strong alignment and a commitment to invest time and capital over many years ... |
| 16.12.2021 | - | New directors bring critical experience building technology and life sciences companies & teams; we also add to our core investment team. |
| 29.11.2021 | Insights | - |
| 17.11.2021 | - | I am excited to announce that Madrona Venture Group has joined the $9.5 million Series A round for TaskHuman. TaskHuman is our most recent investment in our Future of Work Investment Theme. This theme has been evolving for the last several ... |
| 02.11.2021 | - | Seattle is recognized worldwide for its outsize influence on incubating world-changing technologies. But fewer people realize that our city’s tech economy might never have materialized without the foresight, curiosity, and work ethic of Mad... |
| 14.10.2021 | - | So, what exactly is an Intelligent application? Simply put, it is a SaaS application that leverages ML or is infused with AI to act dynamically based on evolving situations. A simple example would be an application that dynamically adjusts ... |
| 07.10.2021 | - | We couldn’t be more excited to announce our investment in Yoodli. We met Varun and Esha a few months ago, but it feels as if we’ve known each other a lifetime. From our first meeting at the AI2 incubator, it was clear to us that this team i... |
| 04.10.2021 | - | There were many amazing things about my life at Concur. At the very top were the people I was privileged to work alongside. And how we approached everything we did. A consistent request of everyone, was to “imagine the way the world should ... |
| 01.10.2021 | - | Founders Yaprak and David DeCarmine |
| 27.09.2021 | - | This past year, Madrona and the Singh Family Foundation initiated and ran an intern program focused on under-represented groups in the technology industry. A cross-functional team at Madrona worked with outside groups including Summer Searc... |
| 21.09.2021 | - | We are excited to share more about why we led A-Alpha Bio’s Series A round announced today and to congratulate David, Randolph and their team on their vision and progress to date. A-Alpha is a platform life sciences company unlocking the op... |
| 20.09.2021 | - | This past year, Madrona and the Singh Family Foundation initiated and ran an intern program focused on under-represented groups in the technology industry. A cross-functional team at Madrona worked with outside groups including Summer Searc... |
| 12.08.2021 | - | I am excited to announce that Madrona Venture Group has joined the $130 million Series B round for TaxBit. TaxBit is our newest investment in an area we helped define – Intelligent Applications. Intelligent Apps combine data and machine lea... |
| 05.08.2021 | - | Scores of data tools capture historical product usage metrics but there is nothing in the market today that enables you to build for the future. Today, we are excited to announce our investment and partnership with Vijaye Raji and the Stats... |
| 05.08.2021 | - | This month is the 26th (25+1) anniversary of Madrona’s founding which presents a timely opportunity to look back at the past and reflect on our firm’s journey but also to look forward to the future and contemplate what lies ahead for the br... |
| 28.07.2021 | - | At a series of events in the summer of 2014, I gave a presentation on how the era of “big data” would give way to the era of “dataware”. Audiences were more skeptical than inspired by the presentation, but at the time the idea of software b... |
| 21.07.2021 | - | Today at Madrona we are excited to announce our seed investment in Integris, a data risk intelligence solution that enables companies to discover, classify and control how they’re using their customers’ data. This control enables companies ... |
| 20.07.2021 | - | At Madrona, we have been paying close attention to the changes many companies have experienced over the past year when it comes to their workforce. From the immediate and monumental coronavirus-induced shift to virtual-first ways of doing w... |
| 18.06.2021 | - | If you’re an early stage founder, fundraising pitches are one of the highest leverage conversations you can have in your entrepreneurial journey. This stressful process can be less stressful if you know what investors look for in a pitch de... |
| 10.06.2021 | - | Pictured above Co-founders of Nautilus Biotechnology Parag Mallick and Sujal Patel with Matt McIlwain. |
| 09.06.2021 | - | Madrona held a webinar for angel investors and angel curious investors in June of 2021. Hosted by S. Somasegar and Ishani Ummat, the conversation was engaging with Kirby Winfield of Ascend.vc, Yoko Okana of First Row Partners and Sharad Aga... |
| 09.06.2021 | - | I first met Observe CEO, Jeremy Burton when I started attending the Snowflake board meetings in 2017. The first thing that struck me was that his reputation as one of the best GTM leaders in the enterprise software space was very well deser... |
| 14.05.2021 | What characteristics do you look for in founding teams? | Founders going after venture dollars must, at some point, build their seed pitch and sit down with investors to tell their story and recruit dollars, hearts, and minds to their cause. A seed round is generally the first round raised from pe... |
| 13.05.2021 | - | Madrona has been investing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning since 2013, when we started our Day One partnership with Carlos Guestrin of Turi. Over time our investment themes have embraced not only the core platforms required ... |
| 11.05.2021 | - | At Madrona, we love partnering with founders from their very early days of idea formation, and our commitment to this is further highlighted in our tight partnership with Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Gro... |
| 29.04.2021 | - | Is your SPAC Just a PIPE Dream? |
| 21.04.2021 | - | As much as success seems to happen overnight, it rarely does. If you look at any successful company in the history of the world, there has been a long journey with many ups and downs and multiple near-death experiences before they reach a s... |
| 14.04.2021 | - | There are 20 million single family residences (SFRs) in the United States, more than 19 million of which are owned by 15.5 million “very small investors,” individuals or families who own one or two units. For these rental property owners, t... |
| 14.04.2021 | - | We are excited to announce our investment in PlexTrac today. Madrona co-led the Series A round with Atlanta-based Noro Moseley Partners and participation from existing investors including StageDot0. We have been working with Dan for nearly ... |
| 31.03.2021 | - | Our core strategy at Madrona is to partner with the best in-class entrepreneurs working on solving huge problems using technology and be there from Day One for the long run. This often means that we engage with entrepreneurs even before the... |
| 18.03.2021 | Startups are leading the way. | Originally published on TechCrunch.com |
| 08.03.2021 | - | I’m excited to announce that John Torrey is joining Madrona as a Venture Partner. I’ve worked with John closely over many years. Hiring him away from a Wall Street firm to come help build Concur was one of the best hiring decisions we made ... |
| 04.03.2021 | - | In every role I’ve ever had, I’ve always wanted the ability to understand my business as it happens. I want to know what’s happening in product development, what features my customers are using, how employee satisfaction is changing, what i... |
| 04.03.2021 | Revenue Operations: Taking Revenue Instrumentation to the Next Level | In every role I’ve ever had, I’ve always wanted the ability to understand my business as it happens. I want to know what’s happening in product development, what features my customers are using, how employee satisfaction is changing, what i... |
| 16.02.2021 | - | (pictured, Vetri Vellore, Ally.io founder and S. Somasegar) |
| 16.02.2021 | - | We are excited to unveil our investment in Ozette Technologies today. Ozette resulted from the marriage of many years of science and software development work performed at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the AI tutorship of t... |
| 11.01.2021 | - | Today, Madrona is happy to announce that Anu Sharma and Daniel Li have been named Partners. Partners at Madrona source and lead deals independently, create strong investment POVs on industry areas, and are leaders in the firm and the broade... |
| 30.12.2020 | Madrona Announces Announces $500 million to Fund Innovation from Day One for the Long Run | We are pleased to announce the closing our Madrona Venture Fund 8 and Madrona Acceleration Fund 2. The innovation here is staggering and these funds will go to work for founders and teams from the earliest stages through acceleration stage.... |
| 30.12.2020 | - | We are pleased to announce the closing our Madrona Venture Fund 8 and Madrona Acceleration Fund 2. The innovation here is staggering and these funds will go to work for founders and teams from the earliest stages through acceleration stage.... |
| 17.12.2020 | - | Today we are excited to announce our investment in Rec Room, an online universe where people can play and create games with their friends. |
| 13.11.2020 | - | Wow, this was not the 25th year we had envisioned. What this year has done is bring us together and has brought to the forefront how important community is for all of us – individually and as a venture firm. The essay below is an excerpt fr... |
| 11.11.2020 | - | Natural Language Processing is having a major moment. NLP enables machines to analyze, understand and manipulate language. It is undergoing a rapid and transformational shift, powered by forms of deep learning. |
| 05.10.2020 | - | Cyber security is no longer a “nice to have,” it is table stakes. Today, we are excited to announce our investment in Strike Graph. Strike Graph is building an intelligent platform to help B2B companies manage the difficult challenge of set... |
| 23.09.2020 | - | At Madrona, we love partnering with founders from their very early days of idea formation and for the long run. Now that WhyLabs emerged from stealth, we are thrilled to announce that we led the $4 million Series Seed investment in WhyLabs,... |
| 18.09.2020 | - | Sometimes you find a team and a technology that is just poised to take off. Snowflake was at that point when we invested in Snowflake in the very early part of 2017. Snowflake did not look like other companies we had invested in up to that ... |
| 01.09.2020 | - | In Seattle, we love our coffee. And as much as Seattle is the land of Starbucks, it is also home to some amazing craft coffee roasters. Caffe Vita, a short walk from the Madrona offices, is one of my favorites. The craft coffee movement, mu... |
| 26.08.2020 | Telehealth | The secular shift from physical to digital commerce was well underway before the global pandemic. What we have seen in the past six months is an acceleration of this trend which is further blurring an already blurred line between the two. |
| 13.08.2020 | Revenue Enablement | From working with our 90+ portfolio companies and their customers, as well as from frequent conversations with enterprise leaders, we have observed a set of software services emerge and evolve to become best practice for revenue teams. This... |
| 06.08.2020 | - | We have been writing about the Intelligent App Application Stack for over five years – which means we’ve been investing it in for even longer. And that has not changed in 2020. We continue to believe that applications will be intelligent. W... |
| 16.07.2020 | - | Massive, enduring shifts happen infrequently. Modern examples include the advent of high-speed internet, the mobile phone, and cloud computing. Each of these innovations created monumental shifts in how businesses are run, and how people go... |
| 16.07.2020 | Looking into the Future of Work, Workforce & Workplace | Massive, enduring shifts happen infrequently. Modern examples include the advent of high-speed internet, the mobile phone, and cloud computing. Each of these innovations created monumental shifts in how businesses are run, and how people go... |
| 14.07.2020 | - | This is the third in our series describing our investment themes for 2020 and beyond. |
| 10.07.2020 | - | “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.” – Bill Gates, The Road Ahead |
| 07.07.2020 | - | Over these last months of quarantine, we at Madrona have remained very busy, first and foremost working with our portfolio companies to help them navigate the economic turmoil of a global pandemic. Second, but also importantly, we have cont... |
| 01.07.2020 | - | Today we are announcing our investment in Fauna. |
| 18.06.2020 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Anu Sharma to the investment team at Madrona. Anu brings to our firm the rare combination of leading cutting-edge products and scaling new services at Amazon Web Services, co-founding her own startup, working as a... |
| 10.06.2020 | - | Today, we are thrilled to announce a $4.5 million seed financing in Zeitworks, a company incubated at Madrona Venture Labs, that is automating process discovery, mapping and measurement. We are also excited to partner again with Ryan Windha... |
| 20.05.2020 | Nautilus’s Approach to Innovative Thinking | (Sujal Patel and Parag Mallick, co-founders of Nautilus) |
| 17.05.2020 | - | We, at Madrona Venture Group, are excited to announce our investment in GO1, a company that is focused on making learning easy. GO1 has been quietly establishing their platform in a LMS (Learning Management System) agnostic way for corporat... |
| 14.05.2020 | - | When Madrona Venture Group was founded in 1995, it did not start by raising a venture capital fund right away. In the early days, Madrona invested with funds solely from the four founders: Tom Alberg, Paul Goodrich, Gerald Grinstein and Wil... |
| 05.05.2020 | - | Over the past few years and the next few years, we will see the formation of the next generation of enterprise application companies, companies applying intelligence to their applications. Over the subsequent decade those companies will rep... |
| 29.04.2020 | - | As businesses across the nation start thinking about the new normal and how to bring people back to work and back to the office, Madrona launched, in partnership with the Bellevue and Seattle Metropolitan Chambers of Commerce as well as the... |
| 08.04.2020 | - | Photo – Hope Cochran and Shamir Karkal, Founder and CEO of Sila |
| 05.04.2020 | Our mission: To help those affected get back to work as soon as possible. | Plan C Is a Silver Lining in Cloud City |
| 27.02.2020 | - | Madrona is excited to welcome Ishani Ummat as our new Associate. Ishani hails from the Seattle area and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington with a degree in Finance and concentrations in Global Hea... |
| 12.02.2020 | - | Today, Madrona Venture Group announced that we’ve led the $7.6M Series A investment in Esper, an investment that Tim Porter and I spearheaded for the firm. Esper is a devops platform for Android IOT devices. |
| 11.02.2020 | - | We first met the Snowflake team three years and three months ago. At the time, Snowflake was at a sub-$10M revenue run rate, and we were skeptical that the world needed another data warehouse, given the number of other data warehouses from ... |
| 03.02.2020 | - | One of the most fun opportunities I get as a venture capitalist is to partner with founding teams from the very beginning of their journey. It’s with great pleasure that I get to announce one such journey, which we have been working on for ... |
| 15.01.2020 | - | (founding team – David, Joe, Ravs, Dave) |
| 15.01.2020 | - | With the start of the new decade, I started life as a venture capitalist – with Madrona Venture Group. A venture firm that has steadfastly invested in entrepreneurs and businesses from Day One for the Long Run. |
| 14.01.2020 | - | Madrona is approaching our 25th Anniversary as a firm committed to seed stage investing in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Over the past 25 years we have made 155 seed stage investments (on average 6 per year), from Amazon in 1995 to Oct... |
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| 17.10.2024 | Terray Therapeutics Closes $120M Series B Funding Round | Terray Therapeutics, a Los Angeles, CA-based biotechnology company improving human health by enhancing small molecule drug development, raised $120M in Series B funding. The round was led by Bedford Ridge Capital and existing investor NVent... |
| 03.10.2024 | Observe усиливает аналитику с помощью ИИ-агентов | 26 сентября компания Observe, Inc. представила Project Voyager — инструмент для интеграции ИИ-агентов в свою observability-платформу. Это обновление направлено на автоматизацию ряда задач, ранее выполнявшихся вручную, что значительно упрост... |
| 30.09.2024 | Data Revolution: The New Era of Observability and Healthcare Integration | In the digital age, data is the lifeblood of industries. Two companies, Observe and RadiantGraph, are at the forefront of transforming how data is managed and utilized. They are tackling the chaos of machine-generated data and the complexit... |
| 29.09.2024 | Observe Closes $145 Million (Series B) To Transform The Way Data Is Stored And Analyzed | Observe—a SaaS observability company reinventing how machine-generated data is stored, managed, and analyzed—announced Project Voyager, its most significant product update yet. The company also announced the closing of $145 million in Serie... |
| 18.09.2024 | Pulumi expands cloud automation platform with two new security products Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the content FREE. One click below supports our mission to provide f... | Infrastructure-as-code provider Pulumi Corp. today announced two security products that expand its platform to automate, secure and manage cloud infrastructure everywhere. Announced at the company’s fourth annual PulumiUp conference, the fi... |
| 11.09.2024 | DROPZONE AI NAMED TO THE 4th ANNUAL INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS TOP 40 LIST | Reinforce your SOC with Autonomous AI Intelligent Applications Summit in Seattle October 1st & 2nd Celebrates the 2024 Winners Innovating with AI and Generative AI SEATTLE , WA, UNITED STATES, September 11, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- — ... |
| 06.09.2024 | UiPath Appoints S. Somasegar to its Board of Directors | Somasegar brings over three decades of experience building successful B2B and developer-led businesses to UiPath board UiPath, a leading enterprise automation and AI software company announced the appointment of S. “Soma” Somasegar, Managin... |
| 28.08.2024 | Otto: The Future of Business Travel in the Age of AI | In the bustling world of business travel, time is money. Professionals are constantly on the move, juggling meetings, flights, and accommodations. Enter Otto, a new player in the travel tech arena, poised to revolutionize how business trips... |
| 26.08.2024 | Otto: Travel-Based AI Agent Company Raises $6 Million (Seed) | Otto, a company that is building an intelligent and autonomous AI travel agent for business travelers, announced that it has raised a $6 million seed round led by Madrona Ventures, with participation from Direct Travel and angel investors f... |
| 22.08.2024 | Concur Founder, Former Expedia Execs Back Business Travel AI Startup: Otto | Steve Singh and a group of industry veterans are rolling out a new AI trip planner and booking agent for business travel. It’s called Otto, and the startup shared its plans on Thursday along with news of a $6 million seed round. The founder... |
| 14.08.2024 | Leading AgTech Company, TerraClear, Appoints Devin Lammers as New CEO | New TerraClear Chief Executive Officer, Devin TerraClear, a leading AgTech company, announced the appointment of Devin Lammers as its new Chief Executive Officer today. Mr. Lammers brings a wealth of experience in AgTech, Go-to-Market strat... |
| 28.07.2024 | Shaped.ai: Revolutionizing Personalization with $8 Million in New Funding | In the bustling world of e-commerce and digital content, personalization is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity. Enter Shaped.ai, a New York City-based startup that has just secured $8 million in Series A funding. This infusion of capital,... |
| 27.07.2024 | Shaped.ai: AI Recommendation And Search Platform Raises $8 Million | Shaped.ai, an AI recommendation and search platform for marketplaces, e-commerce, and content companies, announced funding of $8 million and the launch of their new self-serve cloud product. Launched by AI veterans from Meta and Uber, Shape... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: A New Era in Agriculture** ** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field awakening at dawn, the farm robotics sector is blossoming, even amid economic challenges. In 2024, the sector has raised nearly $399 million, a drop from the previous year but still a ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in 2024** ** | ** The agricultural landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Farm robotics is at the forefront of this transformation. In 2024, the sector is grappling with funding challenges but is also witnessing a surge in innovation. As labor costs ris... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating a New Era in Agriculture** ** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field being tilled for the first time, the farm robotics sector is breaking new ground. In 2024, despite a challenging fundraising environment, this sector is showing resilience and innovati... |
| 24.07.2024 | The 7 biggest farm robotics deals of 2024 so far | The farm robotics sector has shown some resilience in 2024 and continues to bring innovative products to market, despite the challenging year for fundraising. In the first half of 2024, the AgFunder-defined Farm Robotics, Mechanization, and... |
| 17.07.2024 | Shaped.ai Raises Series A, Launches Self-Serve AI Recommendations and Search Platform | Shaped.ai, an AI recommendation and search platform for marketplaces, e-commerce, and content companies, today announced funding of $8 million and the launch of their new self-serve cloud product. Also Read: New HFS Research and Tech Mahind... |
| 17.07.2024 | Shaped.ai Raises Series A, launches new self-serve cloud product | Shaped.ai, an AI recommendation and search platform for marketplaces, e-commerce, and content companies, today announced funding of $8 million and the launch of their new self-serve cloud product. Founded by AI veterans from Meta and Uber, ... |
| 06.07.2024 | Route: Package Tracking Platform Company Raises $40 Million At $1.4 Billion Valuation | Route, a leading post-purchase package tracking and protection solution, announced a $40 million Series C funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion. The funding round was led by Hanaco VC with participation from JAWS Ventures, Madrona Ve... |
| 27.06.2024 | Route Secures $40M in Series C Funding, Valued at $1.4 Billion | Route, a post-purchase package tracking and protection solution provider based in Lehi, UT, recently closed a $40 million Series C funding round, pushing its valuation to a staggering $1.4 billion. The funding was led by Hanaco VC, with sup... |
| 26.06.2024 | Route Announces $40 Million Series C at a $1.4 Billion Valuation | Route, the leading post-purchase package tracking and protection solution, today announced a $40 million Series C funding round at a $1.4 billion valuation, cementing its position as a foundational part of the tech stack for global ecommerc... |
| 11.05.2024 | Docusign's Strategic Acquisition of Lexion: A Game-Changer in Intelligent Agreement Management | Docusign, a leader in e-signature solutions, recently made a bold move by acquiring Lexion, an AI-powered agreement management software provider, for a whopping $165 million in cash. This acquisition marks a significant step in Docusign's j... |
| 06.05.2024 | Docusign acquires contract management provider Lexion for $165M to add more AI to its IAM platform | Discover how companies are responsibly integrating AI in production. This invite-only event in SF will explore the intersection of technology and business. Find out how you can attend here. Docusign has announced the acquisition of Lexion, ... |
| 06.05.2024 | DocuSign acquires AI-powered contract management firm Lexion | As DocuSign reportedly explores a sale to private equity, it’s acquiring a company itself. On Monday, DocuSign (which now prefers to go by Docusign, with a lowercase “S,” a PR rep from the company tells me) announced that it’s buying Lexion... |
| 04.04.2024 | Read AI Revolutionizes Work with Connected Intelligence | Read AI, a leader in AI-powered meeting summaries, secures $21 million in funding to expand its connected intelligence to emails and messages. The company's innovative approach streamlines communication, boosts productivity, and empowers kn... |
| 04.04.2024 | Observe Revolutionizes Data Observability with $115M Funding | Observe, a San Mateo-based SaaS observability company, secured $115M in Series B funding to fuel its growth. Led by Sutter Hill Ventures and Snowflake Ventures, the investment validates Observe's innovative approach to data observability. W... |
| 02.04.2024 | Read AI raises $21M to bring connected intelligence to meetings, email, and messaging | Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here. Read AI, a leader in AI-powered meeting summaries, today... |
| 02.04.2024 | Read AI expands its AI-powered summaries from meetings to messages and emails | Meetings are time-consuming, and there’s no way around it. According to a 2022 poll from Deputy.com, many U.S. workers spend up to around eight hours in meetings every week, depending on the industry and locale. The productivity hit explain... |
| 30.03.2024 | USA-based Observe raises USD 115 million in Series B | USA-based Observe, Inc., the SaaS observability company reinventing the way machine-generated data is stored, managed and analyzed, Observe closed a Series B funding round of USD 115 million. The round took place on March 28, 2024. Sutter H... |
| 29.03.2024 | Observe: SaaS Observability Company Raises $115 Million | Observe, a SaaS observability company reinventing how machine-generated data is stored, managed, and analyzed, announced it has closed a $115 million Series B funding round led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Existing investors Capital One Venture... |
| 19.03.2024 | Francisco Partners to Buy Jama Software, For $1.2 Billion | Francisco Partners, a San Francisco, CA-, London, UK- and NYC-based investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses, acquired Jama Software, a Portland, OR-based requirements management and t... |
| 27.12.2023 | AI predictions for 2024: What top VCs think | Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. As 2023 draws to a close, it’s a time of reflection on the monumental advances — and ethical debates — sur... |
| 03.11.2023 | The Snowflakes Launch Program Invests up to $100 Million in Innovative Apps for the Cloud | The funding program features 10 iconic venture capital firms and aims to expand the ecosystem and accelerate growth for startups building Snowflake Native Apps AWS will provide up to $1M in free Snowflake credits on AWS over four years to S... |
| 04.10.2023 | Seattle VC firm creates startup investment competition to help grow PNW angel network | Yoko Okano, left, and Minda Brusse are launching a new investment award competition. (First Row Partners Photo) Seattle venture capital firm First Row Partners is launching The Ensemble Event Fund, a new startup competition that aims to hel... |
| 03.10.2023 | Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform | From left: Pulumi CTO Luke Hoban; Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy; Pulumi co-founder and chairman Eric Rudder; and Madrona Managing Director S. “Soma” Somasegar. (Pulumi Photo) Seattle startup Pulumi landed $41 million as it looks to boost its leaders... |
| 20.09.2023 | Puget Sound Venture Club, Seattle’s oldest angel group, merges with Alliance of Angels | Gary Ritner founded Puget Sound Venture Group in 1985. (Photo courtesy of Ritner) Gary Ritner was investing in startups before many of today’s entrepreneurs were even born. Back in 1985, Ritner launched Seattle’s first venture group, Puget ... |
| 20.09.2023 | Seattle startup MotherDuck raises $52.5M at a $400M valuation to fuel DuckDB analytics platform | MotherDuck CEO and co-founder Jordan Tigani. (LinkedIn Photo) MotherDuck is fueling up to flap its wings a little harder. The analytics company on Wednesday announced a $52.5 million round, bringing total funding to date to $100 million. Th... |
| 28.06.2023 | Madrona expands core investor team with three new partners Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the content FREE. One-click below supports our mission to provide free, deep a... | The prominent venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group said today it has added three new partners to its core investor team. The new partners are Loren Alhadeff, Mark Nelson and Ted Kummert, and they’re tasked with helping Madrona in its ... |
| 21.06.2023 | Outbound AI Raises $16M for AI-Powered Virtual Agents | What You Should Know: Outbound AI, a Seattle-based conversational AI platform for healthcare announced it has raised $16M in seed funding co-led by Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group and SpringRock Ventures. Founded in 2021, Outbound AI is... |
| 21.06.2023 | Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M for fifth fund as studio doubles down on AI startups | The Madrona Venture Labs team, which provides cash funding to incubate startup ideas and assemble leadership teams. (Madrona Venture Labs Photo) Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced Wednesday it raised $11 million for its fifth fund, provid... |
| 21.06.2023 | Madrona Venture Labs announces $11M round to fund pre-seed AI founders | Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), a pre-seed startup incubator-of-sorts based in Seattle, Washington tha... |
| 13.06.2023 | How to pitch me: 10 investors discuss what they’re looking for in June 2023 | Let’s explode a few myths. For starters: The tech industry is not a meritocracy. There’s a direct correlation between the size and strength of your network and your chances of success. Second: It’s relatively easy to connect with reputable ... |
| 24.05.2023 | What’s going on with startup funding in Seattle? | It’s getting quiet in Seattle startup land. Venture capital funding to Seattle-based startups hit a 6-year low in the first quarter amid the broader tech slowdown driven by economic uncertainty and higher interest rates. There is less urgen... |
| 17.05.2023 | Heptio founder leads Stacklok, a new software supply chain startup that just raised $17.5M | Stacklok co-founders Luke Hinds, left, and Craig McLuckie. (Stacklok Photo) Cloud computing vets Craig McLuckie and Luke Hinds are leading a new startup that helps enterprises vet software supply chains amid a rise in cyber-breaches stemmin... |
| 16.05.2023 | Madrona backs new visual dataset startup co-founded by former Turi CEO | Visual Layer on Tuesday announced a $7 million seed round co-led by Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group. The Tel Aviv-based startup helps machine learning developers automatically catch errors in large-scale image sets to produce higher-quality... |
| 16.05.2023 | Visual Layer raises $7M to clean up image datasets for AI training Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the content FREE. One-click below supports our mission to provide free... | Data quality startup Visual Layer Inc. announced today it has closed on a $7 million seed funding round led by Madrona Venture Group and Insight Partners and will use the money to build out its managed service for curating large-scale image... |
| 10.05.2023 | AI2 Incubator raises $30M fund to boost more startups amid AI gold rush | Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence announced a second fund of $30 million to back spinouts of its incubator program. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The Seattle-based AI2 Incubator raised a fresh $30 million pre-seed f... |
| 25.04.2023 | Bobsled Raises $24 Million to Make Cross-Cloud Data Sharing a Reality | April 25, 2023 - Bobsled, a startup that has built the first cross-cloud data sharing platform, today announced a $24 million round of funding. The $17 Series A funding round co-led by Greycroft and Madrona very quickly follows a $7m seed r... |
| 25.04.2023 | Bobsled raises $17M Series A to make cross-cloud data sharing easier | Bobsled, a startup that is building a cross-cloud data sharing platform, today announced that it has raised a $17 million Series A funding round co-led by Greycroft and Madrona Venture Group. This round follows a $7 million seed round led b... |
| 19.04.2023 | Amazon and Microsoft vets raise $10M for computer vision startup used in warehouses | Groundlight co-founders Leo Dirac, left, and Avi Geiger. (Groundlight AI Photo) A new Seattle startup wants to make it easier for businesses to monitor their warehouses using artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies. Groundl... |
| 05.04.2023 | Tech leaders form alliance to help fuel robotics work in the Pacific Northwest | The Northwest Robotics Alliance aims to drive the creation of automation startups in the Pacific Northwest. (Northwest Robotics Alliance Photo) A trio of tech leaders joined forces to promote the creation of robotics startups in the Pacific... |
| 30.03.2023 | TROOP closes a $11M Series B round led Durable and Madrona. All Iron and Conexo also participated | 30/03/2023 Nota de prensa TROOP CLOSES A $11M SERIES B ROUND LED DURABLE AND MADRONA. ALL IRON AND CONEXO ALSO PARTICIPATED TROOP, the award-winning developer of corporate meeting technology and services, today announced a $11m Series B ... |
| 30.03.2023 | Troop will be rounding up recruits with its $11million raise | Madrid-based meeting planning platform Troop had announced a $11million Series B funding round enabling it to increase its team in the areas of technology, sales and customer service to support its rapid expansion across Europe and the US. ... |
| 09.01.2023 | XetHub raises $7.5M for its Git-based data collaboration platform | Seattle-based XetHub, a startup that makes it easy for businesses to use Git for data management, today announced that it has raised a $7.5 million seed financing round led by Madrona. The basic idea here is to allow developers to work with... |
| 03.11.2022 | Why big data is not a priority anymore, and other key AI trends to watch | Luis Ceze (left) and Oren Etzioni (right) at the Madrona Intelligent Applications Summit in Seattle. Carlos Guestrin, on the screen, dialed in from Stanford. (Madrona Photo / Jason Redmond) Artificial Intelligence models that generate entir... |
| 01.11.2022 | Court filings: CommerceIQ to buy assets of Seattle’s Ideoclick as Amazon agencies face tough market | (GeekWire Image) CommerceIQ, a Silicon Valley e-commerce company that helps retailers boost online sales on Amazon and Walmart, is set to acquire assets from Seattle startup Ideoclick, according to court documents reviewed by GeekWire. Ideo... |
| 13.09.2022 | Madrona raises $690M for two funds to accelerate early-stage AI and machine learning firms Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the com... | Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group announced today it has raised a bumper $690 million for two oversubscribed funds that will be used to back promising technology startups in the Pacific Northwest region, Silicon Valle... |
| 13.09.2022 | Madrona Venture Group raises $690M for two new funds to back startups in Seattle and elsewhere | Madrona Venture Group team photo from 2021. (Madrona Photo) Madrona Venture Group has raised its largest fund ever, reeling in $690 million across two investing vehicles that will help the Seattle firm back more startups in its backyard and... |
| 13.09.2022 | VC still requires in-person connection, argues Madrona’s Matt McIlwain | In downtown Seattle, offices are only 42% as full as they were before the pandemic, according to data cited late last month by The Seattle Times. It’s a problem, suggests Matt McIlwain, who has been a managing director at the early-stage ve... |
| 08.09.2022 | AI-native tech startups can weather an economic nuclear winter | Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. Recently, I wrote a piece for VentureBeat distinguishing between companies that are AI-based at their very core and one... |
| 31.08.2022 | Karan Mehandru Joins Madrona as a Managing Director | Karan Mehandru Seattle, WA-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group added Karan Mehandru as a Managing Director. With fifteen years of experience as a venture investor and board member for rapidly scaling private businesses, Mehandr... |
| 28.07.2022 | Seattle biotech startup Ozette lands $26M from Microsoft, Madrona, others to analyze immune cells | Ali Ansary (left) Ozette CEO and Greg Finak, chief technology officer. (Ozette Photos) The news: Single cell analysis startup Ozette Technologies, with deep roots in the Seattle academic and startup community, has raised $26 million. The co... |
| 25.05.2022 | This mobile gas startup just landed $125M to fuel up fleets for Amazon, UPS, others | (Booster Photo) The news: Booster Fuels raised $125 million to fuel growth of its mobile gas service used by fleet operators including Amazon, UPS, Imperfect Foods, and others. The details: Founded in 2015, Booster got its start by partneri... |
| 20.04.2022 | Statsig raises $43M Series B round for rapid, live testing and analysis of new product features | Vijaye Raji, Statsig CEO and founder. (Statsig Photo) Seattle-area startup Statsig raised $43 million in new funding to further develop and market technology that helps product teams test and evaluate new features, using live data from real... |
| 14.04.2022 | Don’t be fooled by AI washing: 3 questions to ask before you invest | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Let’s face it: tech marketing has muddied the wat... |
| 12.01.2022 | Tiger doubles down on SeekOut, which just raised $115M to help enterprises hire and retain talent | SeekOut, which aims to help enterprises hire from a more diverse talent pool, announced it has raised $115 million in a Series C round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. The financing values the Seattle-based startup at over $1.2 bi... |
| 17.12.2021 | Madrona raises $120M for Fund VII extension | Madrona Venture Group has raised $120 million from existing LPs for an extension of its seventh flagship fund. The vehicle closed on $300 million in 2018. View fund |
| 23.11.2021 | We asked seven venture capitalists if the metaverse is the next big thing or just a lot of hype | Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses a haptic glove research prototype intended to create a realistic sense of touch in the metaverse. (Meta Photo) What is the metaverse? How far off is it? And will this represent a tectonic technological platform... |
| 01.11.2021 | Notable tech leaders back Magnify as software startup emerges with $6M in funding | Magnify CEO Joshua Crossman. (Brooke Fitts Photo) New funding: Magnify, an enterprise software startup which will have operations in Seattle and Bend, Ore., has come out of stealth mode with $6 million in funding. The company is developing ... |
| 01.11.2021 | Magnify Raises $6M and Announces New Platform for Post Sales Orchestration | MADRONA VENTURE GROUP leads round that includes a Who’s Who of PNW Business Tech Founders and DECIBEL Partners SEATTLE & BEND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–November 1, 2021– Magnify, a startup that transforms the customer experience through pos... |
| 26.10.2021 | Anomaly Secures $17M to Expand Precision Payment Platform to Improve Payment Accuracy | What You Should Know: – Anomaly, a precision payments platform using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve payment accuracy in the healthcare industry, today announced $17M in series A and seed funding. The series A was led by RRE Venture... |
| 14.10.2021 | TA Ventures invested in Spice AI that helps developers build intelligent apps | TA Ventures invested in Spice AI $1M Pre-Seed round alongside Madrona Venture Group, Picus Capital, Elysium Venture Capital, Cardinia Ventures, Founder’s Co-op as well as Nat Friedman (CEO of GitHub), Mark Russinovich (CTO of Microsoft Azur... |
| 07.10.2021 | Want to improve your public speaking? This startup’s AI tool aims to give you a silver tongue | A screenshot shows the interface for the Yoodli AI platform. (Yoodli Photo) If you’re intimidated by the prospect of giving a speech, going through a job interview or doing a wedding toast, a Seattle startup called Yoodli might have just th... |
| 04.10.2021 | Investors share how infrastructure as code is taking over DevOps | Infrastructure as code (IaC) has been gaining wider adoption among DevOps teams in recent years, but the complexities of data center configuration and management continue to create problems — and opportunities. We surveyed top investors in ... |
| 08.09.2021 | University of Washington spinout A-Alpha Bio snags $20M for protein-discovery platform | A-Alpha Bio founders David Younger (standing) and Randolph Lopez. (A-Alpha Bio Photo). A-Alpha Bio will build lab space in downtown Seattle and beef up its machine learning team with $20 million in new venture funding for its operation to i... |
| 08.09.2021 | A-Alpha Bio Secures $20M Series A Financing to Accelerate Drug Discovery by Measuring Protein-Protein Interactions at Scale | When it comes to measuring protein-protein interactions and assisting pharma in the discovery of antibodies and molecular-glue targets, A-Alpha Bio's AlphaSeq platform is unmatched. AlphaSeq is enabling pharma companies to find the high-val... |
| 12.08.2021 | Cryptocurrency startup TaxBit, which just opened a new HQ in Seattle, lands $130M at $1.33B valuation | TaxBit co-founders Justin (left) and Austin Woodward. (TaxBit Photo) TaxBit, a cryptocurrency tax and accounting firm which opened a second headquarters in Seattle this summer, has raised $130 million in new funding. The funding round pushe... |
| 20.07.2021 | Testing automation platform Stack Moxie raises cash, leverages startup support networks | M.H. Lines, Stack Moxie’s founder, CEO and head of product. (Stack Moxie Photo) Newish name, new funding: Stack Moxie, formerly known as Automaton, this spring raised $875,000 in pre-seed funding. The Seattle-based startup is a monitoring a... |
| 14.07.2021 | The Seattle startup scene is sizzling with record funding, hiring surge, 12 unicorns | (GeekWire Photo Illustration / Photo by Kevin Lisota) Huge fundings. New unicorns. More tech talent. Acquisitions. IPOs. The Seattle startup scene is booming. PitchBook and NVCA this week published the latest numbers from their Q2 Venture M... |
| 11.06.2021 | TerraClear raises $25m to help farmers get rocks out of their fields | Rocks may seem like the least of farmers’ worries. But for some, they can create serious challenges around planting and harvesting. Medium to large farms incur costs of anywhere from $5,000 to $150,000 annually due to problems and damage ca... |
| 29.05.2021 | Startup Studio Madrona Venture Labs Raises $8 Million | Seattle-based startup studio Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced recently that it raised $8 million in a new round of funding. These are the details. Seattle-based startup studio Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced recently that it raised... |
| 14.05.2021 | Madrona Venture Labs Raises $8M for Startup Studio Innovation | Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), a Seattle-based startup studio, lands $8M in new funding for its fourth fund. They plan to innovate on their venture studio model for their spinout companies. MVL will continue to build its close relationships an... |
| 07.05.2021 | 5 investors discuss the future of RPA after UiPath’s IPO | Robotic process automation (RPA) has certainly been getting a lot of attention in the last year, with startups, acquisitions and IPOs all coming together in a flurry of market activity. It all seemed to culminate with UiPath’s IPO last mont... |
| 15.04.2021 | Uber vets raise $12.5M for real estate property management startup Doorstead | Doorstead executives, from left to right: William Wu, CTO; Jennifer Bronzo, co-founder and COO; Jason Karas, VP of Growth; Ryan Waliany, co-founder and CEO. (Doorstead Photo) New funding: Doorstead, a San Francisco real estate property mana... |
| 15.04.2021 | Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO | Coinbase is the talk of tech world this week as the cryptocurrency startup went public and its valuation soared to $85 billion. (Coinbase Photo) Sometimes, making an exception can pay off. That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which... |
| 15.04.2021 | American cybersecurity startup PlexTrac secures US $ 10 million in Series A | PlexTrac, an Idaho based cybersecurity startup, announced on 14th April 2021 that it has raised US $ 10 million in its Series A funding round. The round was led by Noro-Moseley Partners and Madrona Venture Group along with participation fro... |
| 14.04.2021 | PlexTrac raises $10M Series A round for its collaboration-centric security platform | PlexTrac, a Boise, ID-based security service that aims to provide a unified workflow automation platform for red and blue teams, today announced that it has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by Noro-Moseley Partners and Madron... |
| 14.04.2021 | NVIDIA CORPORATION Accelerated Portfolios: NVIDIA Inception VC Alliance Connects Top Investors with Leading AI Startups | To better connect venture capitalists with NVIDIA and promising AI startups, we've introduced the NVIDIA Inception VC Alliance. This initiative, which VCs can apply to now, aims to fast-track the growth for thousands of AI startups around t... |
| 01.04.2021 | Seattle startup Common Room emerges from stealth mode with $52M in funding | Common Room founders, left to right: Tom Kleinpeter; Viraj Mody; Francis Luu; and Linda Lian. (Common Room Photo) The news: Common Room, a year-old startup based in Seattle, is coming out of stealth mode in a big way. The company revealed $... |
| 29.03.2021 | Seattle venture capitalist Daniel Li leaves Madrona to launch new startup Plus, which just raised $5.5M | Chloe Qi and Dan Li, co-founders of Plus. (Plus and Madrona Photos) Daniel Li is leaving Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group to launch a new startup. Li, who joined Madrona in 2015 and was promoted to partner in January, is l... |
| 09.03.2021 | 4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021 | Oren Etzioni Contributor Share on Twitter Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Oren Etzioni is an entrepreneur and CEO of the non-profit Allen Institute for AI. More posts by this contributor A Hippocratic Oath for artificial... |
| 25.02.2021 | Seattle investors talk SPACs; pandemic impact on startups; advice for founders; and more | From top left, clockwise: Anu Sharma, partner at Madrona Venture Group; Ben Gilbert, co-founder at Pioneer Square Labs; Heather Redman, managing partner at Flying Fish Partners; and Kellan Carter, general partner at Fuse Venture Partners. W... |
| 16.02.2021 | Fred Hutch biotech spinout Ozette raises $6M from Madrona, AI2, Vulcan | Ozette co-founders Dr. Ali Ansary (left), CEO, and Greg Finak, CTO. (Ozette Photos) New funding: Ozette, a biotech company that last year spun out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and was incubated at the Allen Institute for Ar... |
| 27.01.2021 | Madrona puts Create33 on pause as pandemic upends startup community and co-working space | Create33 in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo) Create33, the Seattle-based “founder center” established by Madrona Venture Group, is no longer operating a co-working space and is revamping its membership program due to changes caused by the pandemic... |
| 19.01.2021 | 6 investors on 2021’s mobile gaming trends and opportunities | Many VCs historically avoided placing bets on hit-driven mobile gaming content in favor of clearer platform opportunities, but as more success stories pop up, the economics overturned conventional wisdom with new business models. As more ac... |
| 13.01.2021 | Women, Want To Get On A Company Board? Read These Tips From A Leader Of OnBoarding Women And Managing Director Of Madrona Venture Group | What do the flurry of tech IPOs in 2020 (Cloudflare, Doordash, Snowflake, and more) reveal behind their headlines? One suggestion: we have a long way to go to achieve equality in the boardroom. |
| 05.01.2021 | 8 investors discuss social gaming’s biggest opportunities | The gaming industry has had plenty of watershed moments in 2020 as consumer entertainment habits have shifted in response to the pandemic. One trend has been the crystallization of MMOs as social entertainment hubs that serve more needs for... |
| 04.01.2021 | Madrona closes out year raising $500m | - |
| 04.01.2021 | Madrona Venture Group Raises Over $500M for Two Funds | Madrona Venture Group, a Seattle, WA-based venture capital firm, closed approx. $505m for two new funds. The firm closed: Madrona Venture Fund 8 of $345m, focused on the core and lasting strategy of supporting entrepreneurs who have founder... |
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