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Madrona

Madrona leads $10M round for Knock, a CRM and communications service for apartment landlords

When it comes to communication with customers, many apartment landlords still rely only on phone and email to connect with… Read More

Madrona continues hiring spree with Trilogy veteran Katie Drucker and former Avvo CEO Mark Britton

Venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group has hired well-known Seattle entrepreneurs Katie Drucker, the former Sigby CEO and Trilogy Partners… Read More

Surveys in Slack: Madrona leads $7M round in Polly, a Seattle startup that builds polling software

With millions of employees at thousands of companies now getting work done with collaboration software such as Slack and Microsoft… Read More

Madrona promotes Hope Cochran, who becomes first female managing director at Seattle VC firm

For the first time in its 23-year history, Madrona Venture Group has a female managing director. The Seattle-based venture capital… Read More

Tech Moves: Create33’s Rebecca Lovell leads board of startup advocacy group; Madrona gets its first COO; 98point6 lands veteran CFO; and more

Seattle-based startup advocate Rebecca Lovell was named chair of the board at the Center for American Entrepreneurship, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that… Read More

One of Seattle’s most successful startup founders leaves Uber to launch secretive robotics startup

Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who co-founded storage giant Isilon Systems in 2001, has left Uber… Read More

Women-focused co-working startup The Riveter raises $15M, plans to open 100 locations by 2022

The Riveter has raised a $15 million Series A investment round as the female-focused co-working space operator prepares for a… Read More

Top VC firms and Team Liquid owner invest in esports event management startup Matcherino

Investors continue putting more cash behind Matcherino, the Seattle startup that helps organize esports tournaments and manage prize pools. The… Read More

Software robot startup UiPath lands funding from Madrona and others, plans Seattle-area expansion

New York-based UiPath, a startup specializing in Robotic Process Automation, a new arena also known as “software robots,” has reeled… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs picks clinical management startup Invio as first company in new accelerator

Invio, a Seattle startup that helps speed up clinical trials for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced this week that it is… Read More

Seattle startup mainstay Rebecca Lovell leaves city economic development role to join Madrona’s Create33 ‘founder center’

After nearly five years helping drive economic development initiatives at the City of Seattle, Rebecca Lovell is jumping back into… Read More

Highspot raises $35M to grow AI-fueled sales software used by Amazon, Dropbox, Twitter, others

During the last stretch of a 16-year career at Microsoft, Robert Wahbe was responsible for equipping sales teams with necessary… Read More

Future of sports collectibles? Player Tokens brings together blockchain and baseball cards

Player Tokens Inc. is betting that digital assets and blockchain technology will reshape the way sports fans buy and sell… Read More

An inside look at Create33: Madrona’s new ‘founder center’ attempts to spark Seattle entrepreneurs

Micah Baldwin answers quickly when asked about the vision for Create33, a new “founder center” opening next month on the… Read More

Why this new Silicon Valley seed-stage VC firm thinks it can win — and why it’s focusing on Seattle

David Rosenthal knows about the dearth of early-stage financing options available to entrepreneurs in the Seattle region. The venture capitalist… Read More

Madrona reveals more details about its startup founder factory, taps ex-AWS manager as leader

Scott Jacobson knows Seattle’s tech ecosystem: its global corporations, top research institutions, and talented entrepreneurs. But the managing director at… Read More

Commercial IoT provider Rigado raises $15M to roll out ‘edge-as-a-service’ tech

Rigado has raised a $15 million investment round to fuel growth of its commercial IoT technology products and services. Founded… Read More

‘Intersections of innovation:’ Madrona director Matt McIlwain named Fred Hutch chair as more tech execs join board

In Seattle’s South Lake Union — a short walk from Amazon’s headquarters and the offices of Facebook and countless other technology… Read More

Blue Nile and Wetpaint founder Ben Elowitz joins Madrona Venture Labs as co-managing director

Madrona Venture Labs is adding some entrepreneurial firepower to its leadership team. The “startup studio” housed inside of Seattle-based Madrona… Read More

Madrona raises $300M venture fund, reveals strategy for investing in Pacific Northwest startups

Madrona Venture Group today announced a new $300 million investment fund, creating a fresh pool of capital that it will… Read More

Food safety monitoring tech startup wins first place at Madrona machine learning hackathon

Food safety is a pressing issue. The latest example came last month when an elusive strain of E. coli linked… Read More

Marketo buys Techstars Seattle alum Bizible, adding new business marketing software tools

Bizible CEO Aaron Bird hit the fundraising trail earlier this year, looking to raise some additional venture capital. The Seattle… Read More

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader just completed a $150M IPO: Here are the things he won’t be doing

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader stood on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday morning and before ringing the… Read More

Smartsheet looks to raise up to $120M through its upcoming IPO, new filing shows

Smartsheet plans to raise as much as $120 million through its upcoming initial public offering, new documents filed with the… Read More

Smartsheet files for IPO, aims to become Seattle region’s next public company

Smartsheet is getting ready to go public. The Seattle-area company that helps Fortune 500 customers manage and automate key work… Read More

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sudip Chakrabarti joins Madrona, will invest in Seattle cloud startups

Sudip Chakrabarti is bullish about Seattle’s future as a startup city — particularly given his experience in Silicon Valley. The… Read More

Seattle’s top venture capital firm hopes to lure talent from tech giants with new startup accelerator

Silicon Valley tech giants like Facebook, Google, Uber, Salesforce and others have helped expand Seattle’s overall tech ecosystem with their… Read More

Taking on WeWork? Madrona Venture Group doubles Seattle office space for new co-working operation

Madrona Venture Group is expanding its physical footprint in Seattle with a new innovation space for founders and startups. The… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Spruce Up raises $1.5M to use machine learning for interior design

Spruce Up is using machine learning to make personalized interior design less of a luxury and more accessible. The Seattle… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Seattle tech vet Peter Wilson to lead Blockchain engineering team; Madrona adds Ignition Partners vet

Peter Wilson, a fixture on the Seattle tech scene for more than 20 years, is on his way to London… Read More

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