Pictured above Co-founders of Nautilus Biotechnology Parag Mallick and Sujal Patel with Matt McIlwain. Sometimes you have a set of events that lead you to reflect on the past, present and future.  This week of June 7th, 2021 was one of those times for me. Four Madrona companies we have partnered with from Day One… LEARN MORE >

Madrona held a webinar for angel investors and angel curious investors in June of 2021.  Hosted by S. Somasegar and Ishani Ummat, the conversation was engaging with Kirby Winfield of Ascend.vc, Yoko Okana of First Row Partners and Sharad Agarwal of Grubstakes, an angel network, talking about everything from valuations to deal flow.  Though touching… LEARN MORE >

I first met Observe CEO, Jeremy Burton when I started attending the Snowflake board meetings in 2017.  The first thing that struck me was that his reputation as one of the best GTM leaders in the enterprise software space was very well deserved.  In addition to that, I also noticed that Jeremy had a fantastic… LEARN MORE >

Founders going after venture dollars must, at some point, build their seed pitch and sit down with investors to tell their story and recruit dollars, hearts, and minds to their cause.  A seed round is generally the first round raised from people who are not related to you in some way – either through family… LEARN MORE >

Madrona has been investing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning since 2013, when we started our Day One partnership with Carlos Guestrin of Turi.  Over time our investment themes have embraced not only the core platforms required for AI and ML but the outcome of these technologies – the intelligent apps that are possible once… LEARN MORE >

At Madrona, we love partnering with founders from their very early days of idea formation, and our commitment to this is further highlighted in our tight partnership with Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Group. We are excited about MVL raising $8M and to have led their most recent funding. For… LEARN MORE >

Is your SPAC Just a PIPE Dream? (Previously published on ExtraCrunch). This past year has brought many new developments to a historically traditional process: taking a company public. Many of the standard levers in an initial public offering (IPO) are being redefined as we write. The emergence of direct listings is just one example. Even… LEARN MORE >