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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  • AppFog
    AppFog was the leading polyglot and infrastructure agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.
    Initial Investment
    2010
    AppFog was the leading polyglot and infrastructure agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.
    Founder
    Lucas Carlson
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Savvis, a CenturyLink company 2013
    Initial Investment
    2010
  • iConclude
    iConclude was a software platform and preconfigured repair packs that empowered frontline IT staff to priortize and resolve data center problems.
    Initial Investment
    2005
    iConclude was a software platform and preconfigured repair packs that empowered frontline IT staff to priortize and resolve data center problems.
    Founders
    Sunny Gupta
    Jeff Gerber
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Opsware 2007
    Initial Investment
    2005
  • Performant
    Performant provided software that allowed Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate website performance bottlenecks.
    Initial Investment
    2000
    Performant provided software that allowed Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate website performance bottlenecks.
    Founders
    Ashutosh Tiwary
    Przemyslaw Pardyak
    Hank Levy
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Mercury Interactive 2003
    Initial Investment
    2000