Madrona Venture Labs, the startup incubator operated by Seattle venture capital firm Madrona VentureGroup, has bolstered its slate of advisors who’ll assist entrepreneurs in more quickly achieving success. The board… Read More
Eight years ago, Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse Sequoia held a private meeting with its portfolio companies offering key instructions on how to weather the coming economic crisis. The presentation… Read More
I can has acquisition? Cheezburger, the pioneering online comedy network that brought cat pictures and outrageous videos to millions around the world, has been sold to an undisclosed, newly-formed private… Read More
Cedexis just raised a substantial investment round to continue helping companies deliver optimal end user experiences with websites, mobile apps and streaming video. The Portland-based startup today announced a $22 million Series… Read More
Count Alphabet’s investment arm as another top venture firm that’s betting on a new Seattle-area virtual reality startup. Envelop VR, a Bellevue-based company developing virtual reality software, today announced a $1.5 million investment… Read More
Madrona Venture Group, the Seattle venture capital firm that raised a $300 million fund last year, continues to add horsepower to its team. The latest addition is a familiar face… Read More
eSports, though still in its infancy, already has a massive following. Now, a Seattle startup wants to get in on the craze with a new platform that lets fans crowdfund matches… Read More
The Force is strong in the tech industry. And you don’t have to travel to Dagobah to find it. Star Wars fans can be found in nearly every corner of the… Read More
To help quantify the recent history of the Seattle technology ecosystem in visual form, Madrona Venture Group and the Washington Technology Industry Association today unveiled the “Seattle Tech Universe” map, a massive… Read More
S. “Soma” Somasegar joined Microsoft in 1989, back when the Redmond software company had less than 5,000 employees and was gearing up for the first release of a new productivity suite… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Editor’s Note: Bill Gates Sr. died on Sept. 14, 2020. This profile, reported in 2015 for GeekWire by journalist Lisa Stiffler, is one of the definitive… Read More
A well-known name in Seattle’s business world, William Ruckelshaus, will receive our nation’s highest civilian honor — the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ruckelshaus, a strategic director at Madrona, was one of… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Mike Fridgen knows Madrona Venture Group pretty well. After all, three of the startups he’s helped build over the years were bankrolled by the Seattle venture capital firm.… Read More
Seattle startup Context Relevant — a heavily-funded big data analytics company backed by Madrona Venture Group — has cut a significant portion of its workforce following what recently-appointed CEO Chris Kelley called… Read More
A new Seattle startup wants to eliminate the gas station errand. Founded less than a year ago, Booster Fuels is seeing early success with its service that lets car owners push a… Read More
University of Washington computer science students offered a glimpse into the future on Tuesday evening at the Paul G. Allen Center. The impressive work being done at one of the top… Read More
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has a special relationship with Madrona Venture Group, the venerable Seattle venture capital firm. In 1995, Amazon took a small seed investment from Tom Alberg, one… Read More
Since 1995, Madrona Venture Group has touched — and impacted — a huge part of Seattle’s startup ecosystem. And many of those entrepreneurs and CEOs were out in full force… Read More
Madrona Venture Group is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, and it is doing so with two large gifts to non-profit efforts that support STEM education efforts in Washington state.… Read More
Tom Alberg did not have grand ambitions when he co-founded Madrona Venture Group with a few high-powered business buddies 20 years ago. But he did have a love of a… Read More
Three well-known Seattle investors have emerged at the helm of a mysterious new firm known as Pioneer Square Labs. Angel investors Geoff Entress and Mike Galgon have joined with venture… Read More
For Chris Smith, what started as a simple trip to the zoo has turned into a fast-growing startup that just reeled in a sizable investment round. Area360 today announced a… Read More
Spare5 seems to have struck a chord with its platform that pays people to spend their spare time performing short tasks on a smartphone. Founded less than a year ago, the… Read More
Peach has nailed down a successful formula for delivering lunch to office workers in places like Seattle and San Diego. Now, the young company has more capital to help bring its model to… Read More
Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura has stepped down from the heavily-funded big data analytics startup that he founded three years ago, GeekWire has learned. “Stephen has done a tremendous job… Read More
Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain spends hours each week hammering out deal terms with entrepreneurs. But McIlwain, whose Seattle venture capital firm just raised a new $300 million fund, may… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: What happened when we tested Amazon same-day delivery on a weekend; what’s at stake for Microsoft in Windows 10’s July 29 launch; and why… Read More
There was a lot of chatter at the Technology Alliance’s luncheon today about the sorry state of education in Washington state — a common refrain at the annual tech gathering.… Read More
Madrona Venture Group’s new $300 million fund will allow the Seattle venture capital firm to bankroll more than new 30 startups in the Pacific Northwest. Want to get a little… Read More