Developer Platforms & Tools

Why we invest

As infrastructure, data, and AI transform how developers build software and applications, the tools to apply and deploy these technologies must evolve to meet new demands. With the right tools, developers can unlock the next wave of applications with AI at their core and user experience as an equal citizen to core functionality. The evolution of the proprietary and open-source developer infrastructure stack, and the assist by AI, has resulted in a 100X increase in the total addressable market and developer productivity while delivering value to customers in hours and days versus months. The ultimate winners in this space are still emerging, and we believe most organizations will continue to arm and empower developers to own larger portions of budget to build the applications of the future. Madrona works with founders developing open-source and proprietary solutions to help them build and capture the hearts and minds of the next generation of developers.
Deepgram
Deepgram’s
Scott Stephenson
on revolutionizing voice AI and building a developer tool
Pulumi
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers
Statsig
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products

Developer Platforms & Tools

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  • Clerk
    Clerk is the drop-in authentication and user management solution for the modern web, tuned for React and Next.js.
    Initial Investment
    2023
    Clerk is the drop-in authentication and user management solution for the modern web, tuned for React and Next.js.
    Founder/s or CEO
    Colin Sidoti
    Braden Sidoti
    Initial Investment
    2023
  • Esper
    Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry’s leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about the hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Esper has rapidly- growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education and more.
    Initial Investment
    2020
    Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry’s leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about the hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Esper has rapidly- growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education and more.
    Founders
    Yadhu Gopalan
    Shiv Sundar
    Initial Investment
    2020
  • Temporal
    Temporal is an open-source microservices orchestration engine for running mission-critical code at any scale.
    Initial Investment
    2020
    Temporal is an open-source microservices orchestration engine for running mission-critical code at any scale.
    Founders
    Maxim Fateev
    Samar Abbas
    Initial Investment
    2020