Seattle VCs honor one of the region’s ‘founding fathers’

OVP's Chad Waite is among the committee members in the W Fund

Chad Waite has been an important fixture in the Seattle venture capital community for 25 years, joining OVP Venture Partners well before the region boasted tech giants with names like Amazon.com, Expedia and F5 Networks. To many in the industry, Waite is one of the founding fathers — the grand poobah if you will —… Read More…

Newly-formed W Fund to pump $20M into university spinouts

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Washington’s startup community is getting yet another shot in the arm, thanks to the efforts of a newly-formed venture capital firm whose goal is to mine universities and research institutions for the state’s very best business ideas. The University of Washington’s W Fund is launching today with about $20 million from private industry, leading venture… Read More…

Newly-formed W Fund includes heavy hitters from Seattle venture capital

Madrona's Tom Alberg is a member of the investment committee at the W Fund

University of Washington vice provost of commercialization Linden Rhoads wants the state’s largest research institutions to spin-out more innovative technologies, creating new startups that fuel the economy and create jobs. And now she’s getting much closer to that goal with the creation of the W Fund, which we wrote about yesterday after the state’s Department… Read More…