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Can Your Seed Stage Investors Go the Distance?
- Matt McIlwain
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March 12, 2019
The Pacific Northwest is a major hub of tech innovation. It is also a hub for life sciences research, biotech and healthcare innovation. The past several years have brought increasing convergence of these disciplines, most notably the nexus of life science, computer science and data science. This combination has… READ MORE
March 6, 2019
This is the fourth and last deep dive into the technology investment themes we outlined earlier this year that we will delve into in 2019 and beyond.
Twenty-five years after the launch of Amazon.com, e-commerce represents about 10% of all retail sales. From zero to ten percent… READ MORE
February 12, 2019
Intelligent Applications have been and continue to be a focus of our investing. These apps sit on top of the infrastructure a company chooses, the data they collect and curate, the machine learning they apply to the data and the continuous learning system they build. In this deep dive we… READ MORE
February 6, 2019
Enterprise infrastructure has been one of the foundational investment themes here at Madrona since the inception of the firm. From the likes of Isilon to Qumulo, Igneous, Tier 3, and to READ MORE
January 24, 2019
2018 was a busy year for Madrona and our portfolio companies. We raised our latest $300 million Fund VII, and we made 45 investments totaling ~$130 million. We also had several successful up-rounds and company exits with a combined increase of over $800 million in fund value and over… READ MORE
February 23, 2017
Only five years ago, the autonomous vehicle future seemed like a distant vision.
This year at CES, the “frenzy” over autonomous vehicles stole the show with dozens of live demos, partnerships, and product announcements. In fact, 13 of the world’s 14 largest automakers have announced plans to bring… READ MORE
