How do you join a company and lead from the day one? And how do you do that when you come from a completely different work experience than your startup? Trevor… LEARN MORE >
We are trying something a little different this week. I sat down with our new Partner, Aseem Datar, to talk to him about his journey to being a venture investor at Madrona. … LEARN MORE >
In this episode of Founded and Funded, Madrona Partner, Chris Picardo, sits down with Dr. Ali Ansary, founder & CEO of Ozette. Chris and Ali talk about Ozette’s mission to uncover hidden… LEARN MORE >
Are you a founder or would-be founder? Madrona Investor, Ishani Ummat, sits down with Shirish Nadkarni, serial entrepreneur, now angel investor and author of FROM… LEARN MORE >
Starting a company is a lonely business. Finding co-founders can be the solution to this – but what if you don’t know anyone who fits the bill? Linda Lian of Common Room… LEARN MORE >
In this week’s episode, investor Matt McIlwain speaks with CEO of Accolade, Raj Singh. Raj & Steve Singh (now a Madrona investor) along with Mike Hilton started Concur in… LEARN MORE >
In this episode of Founded and Funded, Anu Sharma continues her deep dive into commercial open source projects and talks to Jeremiah Lowin, the founder and CEO of
Going back to the archives to bring forward one of our most popular episodes which is a deep dive on Hope Cochran’s journey to investor, public board member and colleague. She tells… LEARN MORE >
In this episode of Founded and Funded, Madrona Managing Director, Scott Jacobson, and co-founder and CEO of Knock, Demetri Themelis, team up to talk about Knock’s fundraising journey. Deciding… LEARN MORE >
In this episode, we team with Madrona Partner, Anu Sharma who hosts her own podcast, Traction, as she talks to the founder of former Madrona portfolio company Heptio,… LEARN MORE >
Strike Graph, a company started by two tech guys, and funded in mid 2020 with just an intern, is now growing and serving customers. It is also two… LEARN MORE >
The path to building a company (and getting venture funding) can be varied and long and winding. In the latest Founded and Funded we talk about two of the paths – Startup… LEARN MORE >
For our first Founded & Funded podcast of the year and Season 4 opener, investor Chris Picardo sat down with co-founder and CEO of Ovation.io on the heels… LEARN MORE >
Last year (yes really!) and this year we had discussions with people who know Madrona well, founders, early team members, and people like Ed… LEARN MORE >
On this week’s Founded and Funded, we talk to the founders of Sila, Shamir Karkal and Angela Angelovska-Wilson. Managing director, Hope Cochran, talks about why she invested, and the founders share their… LEARN MORE >
