Madrona Venture Group
Madrona Venture Group is an American venture capital firm, founded in 1995 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Madrona specialize in "seed, startup, growth, Series A and early stage investments".[1]
According to CrunchBase, Madrona has made 143 investments in 75 companies.[2]
In 2014 Madrona Venture Group launched a startup studio, Madrona Venture Labs, as an in-house startup incubator.[3]
Staff
Madrona's managing partner, Tom Alberg ia a director of Amazon.com.[4] William Ruckelshaus, former United States Deputy Attorney General, is a strategic director.[5] John W. Creighton, Jr. is a strategic director.[6] Gerald Grinstein is a strategic director.[7] Oren Etzioni, Professor of Computer Science and Executive Director of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, is a venture partner. Dan Weld, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, is a venture partner.[8]
Investments
The companies that Madrona have invested in include:
- Animoto
- Apptio
- Context Relevant
- Jama Software
- Judy's Book
- Julep
- Mixpo
- Netbot
- Redfin
- Rover.com
- Seadragon Software
- Shippable
- Shutterfly
- Skytap
- Smartsheet
- Teachstreet
- Z2Live
Notable former employees
- Kris Engskov, now Starbucks Director of Public Policy
References
- ↑ "Madrona Venture Group". Businessweek. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "Madrona Venture Group". CrunchBase. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ Wall Street Journal Madrona Venture Group Launches Studio to Build New Startups December 10, 2014
- ↑ "Officers & Directors". Amazon. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "William D. Ruckelshaus". Madrona. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "Jack Creighton". Madrona. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "Gerald Grinstein". Madrona. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "Dan Weld". Madrona. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
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