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’s
Scott Stephenson
on revolutionizing voice AI and building a developer tool
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products Developer Platforms & Tools
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AppFog was the leading polyglot and infrastructure agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.Initial Investment2010AppFog was the leading polyglot and infrastructure agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.FounderLucas CarlsonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Savvis, a CenturyLink company 2013Initial Investment2010
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iConclude was a software platform and preconfigured repair packs that empowered frontline IT staff to priortize and resolve data center problems.Initial Investment2005iConclude was a software platform and preconfigured repair packs that empowered frontline IT staff to priortize and resolve data center problems.FoundersSunny Gupta
Jeff GerberInvestment JourneyAcquired by Opsware 2007Initial Investment2005 -
Performant provided software that allowed Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate website performance bottlenecks.Initial Investment2000Performant provided software that allowed Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate website performance bottlenecks.FoundersAshutosh Tiwary
Przemyslaw Pardyak
Hank LevyInvestment JourneyAcquired by Mercury Interactive 2003Initial Investment2000