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Madrona Welcomes Katie Drucker and Mark Britton to the Team
- S. Somasegar
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February 14, 2019
Today, Madrona announced the hiring of technology entrepreneur, investor, and advisor, Katie Drucker, to head the industry and business development relationships and partnerships for Madrona and its portfolio of companies. Relationships, whether they be customer or partner, are crucial for companies at all stages. Recognizing this… READ MORE
January 15, 2019
From left to right: Troy Cichos, Jennifer Chambers, Tasha Tieu, Ted Kummert. January 2019.
Recognizing the achievements of employees and the expanding footprint of the firm, Madrona today announced a set of changes to the core team that administers and operates the day to day business of the firm. Additionally,… READ MORE
January 15, 2019
Hope Cochran and Amy Nelson, Founder and CEO of The Riveter. March 2018.
I am so honored and excited to be expanding my role with the Madrona team. I have long admired Madrona, not only for their sustained excellence in investing in local NW companies, but for their well-earned reputation… READ MORE
January 15, 2019
Madrona Managing Directors, from left to right: Tom Alberg, S. Somasegar, Scott Jacobson, Matt McIlwain, Tim Porter, Hope Cochran, Len Jordan (missing from photo: Paul Goodrich). January 2019.
We are excited to announce today that Hope Cochran is our newest Managing Director. We have worked with Hope in her role… READ MORE
At Madrona, we look for exceptional founders attacking big markets. Today, we are thrilled to announce our Series A investment in Eclypsium, the industry’s first enterprise firmware and hardware security platform. We couldn’t be more excited to lead another investment in a phenomenal Oregon-based team and join forces… READ MORE
November 15, 2018
We are excited to announce today our Series A investment in Shyft.
Since investing in Shyft’s seed round nearly two years ago, we have watched Brett Patrontasch (CEO) and team continue to make impressive progress against their goal of reinventing the way hourly workers manage their shifts and the… READ MORE
October 23, 2018
We are thrilled to announce that Terry Myerson is joining Madrona as a Venture Partner. Terry has a broad set of technical and business leadership experiences and has been a successful entrepreneur. His insights both at a technical and a business level combined with his penchant for action is… READ MORE
We are thrilled to introduce the newest member of our investment team, Elisa La Cava, who has joined Madrona as Senior Associate. We are fortunate to meet many, many impressive associate candidates, but Elisa really stood out with her mix of start-up, strategy consulting, and venture capital experiences…. READ MORE
I am pleased to announce Madrona’s seed investment in Player Tokens Inc. (PTI) and our partnership with Kush Parikh, the founder and CEO. Kush joined Madrona as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) in late 2017 and explored several ideas with the Madrona team, including a nascent category called… READ MORE
June 14, 2018
Today I am very excited to announce our investment in Pulumi.
Pulumi aims to fundamentally improve the way people build, manage, and interact with cloud-native applications, services, and infrastructure.
There is a massive movement to the cloud among enterprise customers around the world. As that trend continues to gather and… READ MORE
May 24, 2018
I am excited to announce our Series A investment in Crowd Cow, a curated online marketplace for high quality craft meats sourced from independent farmers. This is our third collaboration with Joe Heitzeberg and Ethan Lowry, the co-founders of Crowd Cow. Both Joe and Ethan worked on Poppy,… READ MORE
May 22, 2018
Today the Madrona Team is gratified to announce our latest $300 million fund, Madrona Fund VII, for investing in exceptional technology entrepreneurs and founders in the Pacific Northwest from Day One. Our longstanding endowment, foundation and family office investors see a huge amount of opportunity for growth in our… READ MORE
April 25, 2018
We are thrilled to have Betsy Sutter, Chief People Officer of VMware, join Madrona as a Strategic Director.
What is a “Strategic Director” at Madrona? Madrona is fortunate to have a select group of senior operational leaders who mentor talented founders and senior executives of Madrona portfolio companies, advise… READ MORE
March 22, 2018
Today we are excited to welcome Sudip Chakrabarti to Madrona as a Partner on the Investment Team.
Sudip is the kind of team member we look for – someone who shares our passion for helping entrepreneurs build their companies from day one. When we first met, Sudip was an investor… READ MORE
March 19, 2018
Today we are very excited to welcome The Riveter into the Madrona family. Founded by Amy Nelson just 10 months ago, The Riveter has quickly grown into a premier female forward work and community space.
The Riveter has their first two locations up and running in Seattle, but they are… READ MORE
March 12, 2018
Pictured in photo: From left to right, Nate Miller, S. Somasegar, Brian Saab & Amy Hutchins.
Welcome Unearth to Madrona!
It is always a happy occasion to welcome a family member back into the household.
With Madrona’s investment in Unearth Technologies, we are excited to be working again with Brian Saab (CEO/Co-Founder)… READ MORE
February 15, 2018
We are very excited to welcome Shannon to the Madrona team today as Director of Talent. The talent and recruiting role is crucial for startups and Shannon will supercharge Madrona’s recruiting efforts to help our companies find the right people to scale their businesses quickly.
Shannon will lead Madrona’s… READ MORE
February 15, 2018
Veteran Tech Talent Executive Shannon Anderson Joins as Director of Talent, Luis Ceze, a leader in computer systems architecture, machine learning, and DNA data storage joins as Venture Partner; Daniel Li is promoted to Principal
We are so excited to announce today some great additions to the Madrona Team. Each… READ MORE
January 25, 2018
Early last year, we invested in Snowflake, which is quickly becoming the leader for data warehousing in the cloud. Now, less than a year later they have raised a substantial round of $263M that underscores their phenomenal success in building a solution that speaks to a real business… READ MORE
January 24, 2018
Ever since the advent of virtualization technology in the early 2000s, software has become increasingly abstracted from its underlying hardware. The ability to “write once, run anywhere” has led to the runaway success of technologies like containers, which package software in a format that can run in isolation on… READ MORE