Data & Infrastructure

Why we invest

Data and infrastructure that help create, manage, label, and store data are crucial to building applications and making better business decisions. With the rise in Generative AI, applications are being built in new ways that impose new requirements on the underlying infrastructure. Madrona strongly believes that as data proliferates and gets more complex, new requirements will emerge to efficiently store, process, protect, and make decisions with that data. With our extensive experience in this domain, Madrona helps companies find product-market fit, develop go-to-market strategies, and build robust teams to drive sustainable long-term growth.

Data & Infrastructure

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  • CloudCoreo
    CloudCoreo was a next-generation cloud management platform that enabled DevOps and SecOps teams to scale efficiently within and across cloud providers.
    Initial Investment
    2016
    CloudCoreo was a next-generation cloud management platform that enabled DevOps and SecOps teams to scale efficiently within and across cloud providers.
    Founders
    Jason Needham
    Paul Allan
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by VMware 2018
    Initial Investment
    2016
  • Codified

    Codified provides a simple, fast experience for tools and humans to request access to data, delivering customers the ability to access data in accordance with all the rules of the company.

    Initial Investment
    2023

    Codified provides a simple, fast experience for tools and humans to request access to data, delivering customers the ability to access data in accordance with all the rules of the company.

    Founder
    Yatharth Gupta
    Initial Investment
    2023
  • EdgeRunner AI
    EdgeRunner AI is on a mission to build generative AI for the edge that is safe, secure, and transparent. EdgeRunner AI develops small, task-specific ultra-efficient language models (UELMs) that operate without needing internet access, improving data privacy, security, and compliance. By providing generative AI solutions that run locally on any device or hardware, EdgeRunner AI enables enterprises and organizations to leverage AI technology responsibly, without compromising performance or security.
    Initial Investment
    2024
    EdgeRunner AI is on a mission to build generative AI for the edge that is safe, secure, and transparent. EdgeRunner AI develops small, task-specific ultra-efficient language models (UELMs) that operate without needing internet access, improving data privacy, security, and compliance. By providing generative AI solutions that run locally on any device or hardware, EdgeRunner AI enables enterprises and organizations to leverage AI technology responsibly, without compromising performance or security.
    Founders
    Tyler Xuan Saltsman
    Colton Malkerson
    Initial Investment
    2024
  • Integris
    Integris was a data risk intelligence solution that enables companies to discover, classify and control how they use customer data.
    Initial Investment
    2016
    Integris was a data risk intelligence solution that enables companies to discover, classify and control how they use customer data.
    Founders
    Kristina Bergman
    Uma Raghavan
    Raghuram Gollamudi
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by OneTrust 2020
    Initial Investment
    2016
  • Mighty AI
    Mighty AI delivers the human insights artificial intelligence (AI) engines need to see, hear, talk and “think” like humans. Its Training Data as a ServiceTM platform helps companies get the accurate, high-quality data sets they need to train and scale their computer vision and natural language models. Mighty AI was incubated with Madrona Venture Labs.
    Initial Investment
    2014
    Mighty AI delivers the human insights artificial intelligence (AI) engines need to see, hear, talk and “think” like humans. Its Training Data as a ServiceTM platform helps companies get the accurate, high-quality data sets they need to train and scale their computer vision and natural language models. Mighty AI was incubated with Madrona Venture Labs.
    Founders
    Matthew Bencke
    Daryn Nakhuda
    Patrick O'Donnell
    Matt Shobe
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Uber 2019
    Initial Investment
    2014
  • MontyCloud
    MontyCloud is a multi-cloud management and governance company.
    Initial Investment
    2019
    MontyCloud is a multi-cloud management and governance company.
    CEO
    Walter Rogers
    Initial Investment
    2019
  • MotherDuck
    MotherDuck makes analytics fun, frictionless, and ducking awesome. In partnership with the team building open-source database DuckDB, MotherDuck was founded by former leaders at some of the most innovative companies in data.  It is on a mission to combine the elegance and speed of DuckDB with the collaboration and scalability of the cloud to provide a serverless, easy-to-use data analytics platform for data, small and large.
    Initial Investment
    2022
    MotherDuck makes analytics fun, frictionless, and ducking awesome. In partnership with the team building open-source database DuckDB, MotherDuck was founded by former leaders at some of the most innovative companies in data.  It is on a mission to combine the elegance and speed of DuckDB with the collaboration and scalability of the cloud to provide a serverless, easy-to-use data analytics platform for data, small and large.
    CEO
    Jordan Tigani
    Initial Investment
    2022
  • Spice AI
    Spice AI is the fastest, smartest, and easiest way to access web3 data and to build data and AI-driven apps. Spice AI removes the complexity of managing AI infrastructure, providing developers and engineers with the technology and tools to deliver the next generation of apps.
    Initial Investment
    2021
    Spice AI is the fastest, smartest, and easiest way to access web3 data and to build data and AI-driven apps. Spice AI removes the complexity of managing AI infrastructure, providing developers and engineers with the technology and tools to deliver the next generation of apps.
    Founders
    Luke Kim
    Phillip LeBlanc
    Lane Harris
    Initial Investment
    2021
  • Visual Layer
    Visual Layer is a visual asset management platform for the era of generative AI. With Visual Layer you can simplify visual data ops, ingest data from any source, gain insights, and automatically find and fix data quality issues.
    Initial Investment
    2023
    Visual Layer is a visual asset management platform for the era of generative AI. With Visual Layer you can simplify visual data ops, ingest data from any source, gain insights, and automatically find and fix data quality issues.
    Founders
    Danny Bickson
    Amir Alush
    Carlos Guestrin
    Initial Investment
    2023