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We've been investing in early-stage technology companies since 1995 and have been privileged to play a role in some of our region's most innovative technology stories. Entrepreneurs come to us to help them build companies from scratch, solve marketing challenges, mitigate risks, and create opportunities for success. We are a resource-rich venture firm that offers a well-established network of internal and external expertise for every stage of the company-building process. Our deep connections give our portfolio companies a competitive advantage in financing, recruiting, strategic planning, and partnering.
We've been investing in early-stage technology companies since 1995 and have been privileged to play a role in some of our region's most innovative technology stories. Entrepreneurs come to us to help them build companies from scratch, solve marketing challenges, mitigate risks, and create opportunities for success. We are a resource-rich venture firm that offers a well-established network of internal and external expertise for every stage of the company-building process. Our deep connections give our portfolio companies a competitive advantage in financing, recruiting, strategic planning, and partnering.
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Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 51-200
Phone:+1 206-674-3000
Founded date: 1995
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C; Series D; Series E
Portfolio 153
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 05.08.2026 | Faye Trave... | withfaye.com | $99M | United Sta... |
| 01.08.2026 | Polar: AI ... | polarbrowser.com | $5.7M | United Sta... |
| 07.04.2026 | AI Busines... | goldenanalytics.com | $21M | United Sta... |
| 24.03.2026 | Doss | doss.com | $73M | United Sta... |
| 19.03.2026 | Eclypsium | eclypsium.com | $116.75M | United Sta... |
| 13.03.2026 | Amigo | amigo.ai | $11M | United Sta... |
| 18.02.2026 | TemporalTe... | temporal.io | $1.3B | United Sta... |
| 12.02.2026 | SCALA.AI | scala.ai | $8.5M | United Sta... |
| 13.01.2026 | Deepgram | deepgram.com | $240.8M | United Sta... |
| 11.01.2026 | Spangle | spangle.ai | $21M | United Sta... |
| 06.01.2026 | Lassen Pea... | lassenpeak.com | $10M | United Sta... |
| 10.12.2025 | Gradial | gradial.com | $105.4M | United Sta... |
| 04.12.2025 | Gradial | gradial.ai | $48M | United Sta... |
| 14.11.2025 | Anzen Insu... | anzen.com | $16M | United Sta... |
| 13.11.2025 | WisdomAI | wisdom.ai | $50M | United Sta... |
| 02.10.2025 | axiom.ai | axiom.ai | $264M | United Sta... |
| 29.07.2025 | Dropzone A... | dropzone.ai | $94.35M | United Sta... |
| 22.07.2025 | Charta Hea... | chartahealth.com | $30.1M | United Sta... |
| 03.10.2023 | Pulumi Cor... | pulumi.com | $93.5M | United Sta... |
| 22.03.2023 | Numbers St... | numbersstation.ai | $17.5M | United Sta... |
| 22.03.2023 | Clerk | clerk.com | $45M | United Sta... |
| 28.02.2023 | archwaysoftware.com | $15M | United Sta... | |
| 20.09.2022 | TrovaTrip | trovatrip.com | $15M | United Sta... |
| 17.09.2022 | DevZero | devzero.io | $26M | - |
| 17.09.2022 | DevZero | devze.ro | - | United Sta... |
| 16.09.2022 | Stack | trystack.io | $2.7M | United Sta... |
| 19.08.2022 | Tangibly | tangibly.com | $7.8M | United Sta... |
| 16.08.2022 | PlexTrac | plextrac.com | $150M | United Sta... |
| 06.07.2022 | Flexe | flexe.com | $260.9M | United Sta... |
| 28.05.2022 | Clozd | clozd.com | $52M | United Sta... |
| 26.04.2022 | Relational... | relational.ai | $197M | United Sta... |
| 23.02.2022 | Plus | plusdocs.com | - | United Sta... |
| 15.02.2022 | Terray The... | terraytx.com | $180M | United Sta... |
| 11.02.2022 | Leaf Logis... | leaflogistics.com | $37M | United Sta... |
| 29.01.2022 | Route | route.com | $252M | United Sta... |
| 10.01.2022 | Pendulum | pendulumfn.com | $5.9M | - |
| 22.11.2021 | TaskHuman | taskhuman.com | $29.5M | United Sta... |
| 04.11.2021 | Magnify.io | magnify.io | $6M | United Sta... |
| 04.11.2021 | Anomaly | findanomaly.com | $17M | United Sta... |
| 15.10.2021 | SPICE AI | spiceai.io | $14.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.10.2021 | Yoodli | yoodli.ai | $19.7M | United Sta... |
| 01.10.2021 | TROOP | trooptravel.com | $19M | Spain, Com... |
| 01.10.2021 | Game Jolt | gamejolt.com | $2.6M | Haiti, Cen... |
| 29.09.2021 | Read AI | read.ai | $81M | United Sta... |
| 27.09.2021 | Style Geno... | stylegenome.com | - | - |
| 27.09.2021 | Spotnana | spotnana.com | $116M | United Kin... |
| 17.09.2021 | Battlesnak... | play.battlesnake.com | $1.5M | - |
| 08.09.2021 | A-Alpha Bi... | aalphabio.com | $45.2M | - |
| 12.08.2021 | TaxBit #1 ... | taxbit.com | $235M | United Sta... |
| 05.08.2021 | Statsig | statsig.com | $163.8M | United Sta... |
| 03.08.2021 | AutoHub | ebay.com | - | Chile, Met... |
| 23.07.2021 | Paro.io | paro.io | $42.25M | United Sta... |
| 20.07.2021 | Paro | paro.ai | $50M | United Sta... |
| 16.07.2021 | Modulus | modulustherapeutics.com | $3.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.07.2021 | Observe, I... | observeinc.com | $571M | United Sta... |
| 16.02.2021 | Ozette Tec... | ozette.ai | $32M | United Sta... |
| 12.11.2020 | OthersideA... | othersideai.com | $5.4M | United Sta... |
| 05.10.2020 | Strike Gra... | strikegraph.com | $27.4M | United Sta... |
| 02.09.2020 | Trade | drinktrade.com | $9M | United Sta... |
| 25.08.2020 | Stratify T... | stratifytech.com | $4.9M | - |
| 11.08.2020 | Coda | coda.io | $180M | United Sta... |
| 13.07.2020 | UiPath | uipath.com | $3.53B | United Sta... |
| 01.07.2020 | Fauna Inc. | fauna.com | $81.5M | United Sta... |
| 11.06.2020 | zeitworks | zeitworks.com | $6.5M | United Sta... |
| 18.05.2020 | Go1 | go1.com | $448M | Australia,... |
| 08.04.2020 | Sila | silamoney.com | $21.7M | Jamaica, P... |
| 03.04.2020 | OctoML | octoml.ai | $131.9M | United Sta... |
| 16.09.2019 | Unearth Te... | unearthlabs.com | $11.5M | United Sta... |
| 27.08.2019 | Tesorio | tesorio.com | $27M | United Sta... |
| 14.03.2019 | Ovation | ovation.io | $32.85M | United Sta... |
| 07.03.2019 | Knock® CRM... | knockcrm.com | $62M | United Sta... |
| 26.06.2018 | Jama Softw... | jamasoftware.com | $233M | Netherland... |
| 24.05.2018 | CrowdCow | crowdcow.com | $10M | United Sta... |
| 01.02.2018 | Pulse Labs | pulselabs.ai | $2.5M | United Sta... |
| 30.10.2017 | Wonder Wor... | makewonder.com | $67.9M | United Sta... |
| 03.08.2017 | AnsweriQ | answeriq.com | $5M | United Sta... |
| 03.08.2017 | SmartAssis... | smartassist.io | $5M | United Sta... |
| 10.04.2017 | Branch | branch.io | $495M | United Sta... |
| 05.04.2017 | Snowflake | snowflake.net | $4.77B | United Sta... |
| 06.02.2017 | Jobalign | jobalign.com | $7.23M | United Sta... |
| 02.02.2017 | Suplari In... | suplari.com | $13.4M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2016 | M87 | m-87.com | $8M | United Sta... |
| 14.09.2016 | LumaTax, I... | lumatax.com | $9M | United Sta... |
| 13.07.2016 | Shyft | myshyft.com | $8M | United Sta... |
| 08.12.2015 | Eventbase | eventbase.com | $16.5M | Canada, Br... |
| 18.12.2014 | Echodyne | echodyne.com | $199.2M | United Sta... |
| 07.12.2014 | MakeTime I... | maketime.io | $35.65M | United Sta... |
| 24.09.2014 | Pro.com | pro.com | $60.5M | United Sta... |
| 18.08.2014 | Algorithmi... | algorithmia.com | $37.9M | United Sta... |
| 16.01.2014 | Evocalize | evocalize.com | $15M | United Sta... |
| 08.10.2013 | iSpot.tv | ispot.tv | $382.48M | United Sta... |
| 21.12.2012 | 2nd Watch | 2ndwatch.com | $56.2M | United Sta... |
| 17.01.2011 | Cheezburge... | cheezburger.com | $32.7M | United Sta... |
| 13.04.2010 | Searchandi... | searchandise.net | $7M | United Sta... |
| 16.03.2009 | Skytap | skytap.com | $121.45M | - |
| 21.01.2009 | PetraVM | petravm.com | $1.5M | - |
| 14.01.2009 | Smartsheet | smartsheet.com | $115.85M | United Sta... |
| - | Qumulo | qumulo.com | $345M | United Sta... |
| - | Esper | esper.io | $157.6M | United Sta... |
| - | Mobilewall... | mobilewalla.com | $16.5M | United Sta... |
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News 262
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.09.2022 | - | Much has been made of the creator economy and the potential for the more than 50 million creators building online communities to turn their passions, interests, and ability to connect with audiences into their principal source of income. Cr... |
| 13.09.2022 | - | Largest Fundraise ever by a Seattle-Based VC Reinforces Strength of Early-stage Opportunities in the PNW and the Region’s Role in Building Disruptive Companies with Global Impact |
| 08.09.2022 | - | Recently we did a deep dive into Web3 and identified tools and experiences to make Web3 and Crypto approachable for consumers as a key area of interest to Madrona. And today, we are excited to announce our investment in Stack, which is educ... |
| 07.09.2022 | - | At Madrona, we back enduring companies with great teams that have massive potential to transform industries. We backed Spice AI in a pre-seed round last fall as they built a developer-first platform that made it easier to integrate AI into ... |
| 30.08.2022 | - | Today Madrona is excited to introduce our new Managing Director — Karan Mehandru. Karan is a curious, creative investor who we have known for over a decade. We have worked alongside him at companies like Jama Software and CommerceIQ. He has... |
| 28.08.2022 | - | The term “full-stack” developer has grown in popularity over the past several years. The term generally means that a developer can code on the back end/server-side and the front end/ client-side, and they have a broad mix of coding and deve... |
| 06.08.2022 | - | From the Madrona Team |
| 05.08.2022 | - | Coming up with transformative ideas and picking big markets is the first job of a founder, but the key ingredient for any durable company is exceptional people. World-class founders build world-class teams, but as any first-time founder wil... |
| 28.06.2022 | What is your investment thesis for operational ML systems? | - |
| 21.06.2022 | - | As companies around the world adjust to the current hybrid environment and the realities of having a distributed workforce, entrepreneurs need to keep in mind the little-known details that go into having employees spread around the country ... |
| 17.06.2022 | - | Madrona has always been focused on ambitious entrepreneurs aggressively pushing their industries forward. Throughout the course of our history, we have seen and backed new tech solutions in nascent categories – from on-prem to cloud to SaaS... |
| 16.06.2022 | - | We are so excited to welcome the newest addition to our investing team, Palak Goel! |
| 07.06.2022 | - | Are you an angel investor or interested in becoming one? Please join Madrona on the evening of June 14th at Madrona’s office to network and hear a conversation with other Web3 angel investors and operators. They will talk about ways to appr... |
| 31.05.2022 | - | We polled the founders of five companies from our inaugural Intelligent Application 40 list to bring together some of the best advice they have from hard lessons they’ve learned throughout their journey or the best advice they received duri... |
| 25.05.2022 | - | Madrona has been investing in great founders and ideas for 27 years. From Amazon to Smartsheet to Snowflake to Ozette – we have been there with the founding and leadership teams through all types of economic conditions. This experience has ... |
| 25.05.2022 | - | Just before I joined Qualtrics in 2017, The Economist magazine observed that “Google can see what people search for, Facebook what they share, [and] Amazon what they buy.” What made and continues to make Qualtrics such a unique and category... |
| 24.05.2022 | - | Madrona saw the move to intelligent applications early on – we have been investing in the founders building them, the technology powering them and the infrastructure to support them for over 10 years. Today, we believe machine intelligence ... |
| 04.05.2022 | - | Low-Code/No-Code solutions are not new – they have existed in some way, shape, or form for more than thirty years. Microsoft Excel was probably the earliest LCNC solution of its kind — it enabled workflows in various ways for billions of pe... |
| 26.04.2022 | - | When I first met Molham Aref and heard what he and his team at RelationalAI were building, I was blown away by his vision but was skeptical about whether he and the team could pull it off. For over a decade now, I have seen teams struggle t... |
| 25.03.2022 | The Power of Why | Madrona’s mission is to help positively transform the world by partnering with incredible entrepreneurs to build lasting and significant companies. Every March at our Annual Meeting, we provide a progress report to our investors – primarily... |
| 22.03.2022 | - | George Devol created Unimate, the first digitally operated and programmable robot in 1954, and since then, we have been awed by the likes of C-3P0 from “Star Wars,” Tipsy – the cocktail serving robot in Las Vegas, and Scout – Amazon’s deliv... |
| 15.02.2022 | - | Terray Therapeutics announced today their Series A round of $60 million led by Madrona. We have been working with the company for over two years through the pandemic and are excited to talk more broadly about the company, their mission and ... |
| 14.02.2022 | - | Prototyping is a critical process for early-stage companies. And how you work and with whom you work in the earliest stages of building, when focus is so crucial to the success of your company, can determine whether or not you end up with a... |
| 10.02.2022 | - | We are excited to welcome Leaf Logistics to the Madrona family. Logistics is a growing space, and technology has the power to significantly change the industry, improve customer service, and deliver greater efficiency to everyone from retai... |
| 24.01.2022 | - | I’m sure that when the good people at the Utah Office of Tourism created the State’s “Life Elevated” slogan, they were mindful of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s timeless observation: “life is a journey, not a destination.” Utah is on an incredible j... |
| 19.01.2022 | - | I am pleased to announce that James Phillips is joining the firm as a Strategic Director. James is a one-of-a-kind unique talent. He has been a founder building a company from the ground up and he has run massive product driven businesses a... |
| 11.01.2022 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Jon Turow to the Madrona team as an investing Partner! |
| 07.01.2022 | - | Harmful narratives, like “mis” and “dis” information, are an important and growing problem for companies, government and ultimately, society. In recent years, and specifically in 2021, we saw an accelerating trend of digital social media na... |
| 01.01.2022 | - | It is with incredible sorrow and heartbreak that we share the news that Birkan Uzun died yesterday as a result of a skiing accident in Oregon. Losing someone you care deeply about is always hard, but losing Birkan is truly tragic. Birkan wa... |
| 16.12.2021 | - | New directors bring critical experience building technology and life sciences companies & teams; we also add to our core investment team. |
| 16.12.2021 | - | For over 25 years, Madrona has partnered with exceptional founders and their teams from Day One for the long run. These partnerships are anchored on shared trust, strong alignment and a commitment to invest time and capital over many years ... |
| 29.11.2021 | Insights | - |
| 17.11.2021 | - | I am excited to announce that Madrona Venture Group has joined the $9.5 million Series A round for TaskHuman. TaskHuman is our most recent investment in our Future of Work Investment Theme. This theme has been evolving for the last several ... |
| 02.11.2021 | - | Seattle is recognized worldwide for its outsize influence on incubating world-changing technologies. But fewer people realize that our city’s tech economy might never have materialized without the foresight, curiosity, and work ethic of Mad... |
| 14.10.2021 | - | So, what exactly is an Intelligent application? Simply put, it is a SaaS application that leverages ML or is infused with AI to act dynamically based on evolving situations. A simple example would be an application that dynamically adjusts ... |
| 07.10.2021 | - | We couldn’t be more excited to announce our investment in Yoodli. We met Varun and Esha a few months ago, but it feels as if we’ve known each other a lifetime. From our first meeting at the AI2 incubator, it was clear to us that this team i... |
| 04.10.2021 | - | There were many amazing things about my life at Concur. At the very top were the people I was privileged to work alongside. And how we approached everything we did. A consistent request of everyone, was to “imagine the way the world should ... |
| 01.10.2021 | - | Founders Yaprak and David DeCarmine |
| 27.09.2021 | - | This past year, Madrona and the Singh Family Foundation initiated and ran an intern program focused on under-represented groups in the technology industry. A cross-functional team at Madrona worked with outside groups including Summer Searc... |
| 21.09.2021 | - | We are excited to share more about why we led A-Alpha Bio’s Series A round announced today and to congratulate David, Randolph and their team on their vision and progress to date. A-Alpha is a platform life sciences company unlocking the op... |
| 20.09.2021 | - | This past year, Madrona and the Singh Family Foundation initiated and ran an intern program focused on under-represented groups in the technology industry. A cross-functional team at Madrona worked with outside groups including Summer Searc... |
| 12.08.2021 | - | I am excited to announce that Madrona Venture Group has joined the $130 million Series B round for TaxBit. TaxBit is our newest investment in an area we helped define – Intelligent Applications. Intelligent Apps combine data and machine lea... |
| 05.08.2021 | - | Scores of data tools capture historical product usage metrics but there is nothing in the market today that enables you to build for the future. Today, we are excited to announce our investment and partnership with Vijaye Raji and the Stats... |
| 05.08.2021 | - | This month is the 26th (25+1) anniversary of Madrona’s founding which presents a timely opportunity to look back at the past and reflect on our firm’s journey but also to look forward to the future and contemplate what lies ahead for the br... |
| 28.07.2021 | - | At a series of events in the summer of 2014, I gave a presentation on how the era of “big data” would give way to the era of “dataware”. Audiences were more skeptical than inspired by the presentation, but at the time the idea of software b... |
| 21.07.2021 | - | Today at Madrona we are excited to announce our seed investment in Integris, a data risk intelligence solution that enables companies to discover, classify and control how they’re using their customers’ data. This control enables companies ... |
| 20.07.2021 | - | At Madrona, we have been paying close attention to the changes many companies have experienced over the past year when it comes to their workforce. From the immediate and monumental coronavirus-induced shift to virtual-first ways of doing w... |
| 18.06.2021 | - | If you’re an early stage founder, fundraising pitches are one of the highest leverage conversations you can have in your entrepreneurial journey. This stressful process can be less stressful if you know what investors look for in a pitch de... |
| 10.06.2021 | - | Pictured above Co-founders of Nautilus Biotechnology Parag Mallick and Sujal Patel with Matt McIlwain. |
| 09.06.2021 | - | I first met Observe CEO, Jeremy Burton when I started attending the Snowflake board meetings in 2017. The first thing that struck me was that his reputation as one of the best GTM leaders in the enterprise software space was very well deser... |
| 09.06.2021 | - | Madrona held a webinar for angel investors and angel curious investors in June of 2021. Hosted by S. Somasegar and Ishani Ummat, the conversation was engaging with Kirby Winfield of Ascend.vc, Yoko Okana of First Row Partners and Sharad Aga... |
| 14.05.2021 | What characteristics do you look for in founding teams? | Founders going after venture dollars must, at some point, build their seed pitch and sit down with investors to tell their story and recruit dollars, hearts, and minds to their cause. A seed round is generally the first round raised from pe... |
| 13.05.2021 | - | Madrona has been investing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning since 2013, when we started our Day One partnership with Carlos Guestrin of Turi. Over time our investment themes have embraced not only the core platforms required ... |
| 11.05.2021 | - | At Madrona, we love partnering with founders from their very early days of idea formation, and our commitment to this is further highlighted in our tight partnership with Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Gro... |
| 29.04.2021 | - | Is your SPAC Just a PIPE Dream? |
| 21.04.2021 | - | As much as success seems to happen overnight, it rarely does. If you look at any successful company in the history of the world, there has been a long journey with many ups and downs and multiple near-death experiences before they reach a s... |
| 14.04.2021 | - | We are excited to announce our investment in PlexTrac today. Madrona co-led the Series A round with Atlanta-based Noro Moseley Partners and participation from existing investors including StageDot0. We have been working with Dan for nearly ... |
| 14.04.2021 | - | There are 20 million single family residences (SFRs) in the United States, more than 19 million of which are owned by 15.5 million “very small investors,” individuals or families who own one or two units. For these rental property owners, t... |
| 31.03.2021 | - | Our core strategy at Madrona is to partner with the best in-class entrepreneurs working on solving huge problems using technology and be there from Day One for the long run. This often means that we engage with entrepreneurs even before the... |
| 18.03.2021 | Startups are leading the way. | Originally published on TechCrunch.com |
| 08.03.2021 | - | I’m excited to announce that John Torrey is joining Madrona as a Venture Partner. I’ve worked with John closely over many years. Hiring him away from a Wall Street firm to come help build Concur was one of the best hiring decisions we made ... |
| 04.03.2021 | Revenue Operations: Taking Revenue Instrumentation to the Next Level | In every role I’ve ever had, I’ve always wanted the ability to understand my business as it happens. I want to know what’s happening in product development, what features my customers are using, how employee satisfaction is changing, what i... |
| 04.03.2021 | - | In every role I’ve ever had, I’ve always wanted the ability to understand my business as it happens. I want to know what’s happening in product development, what features my customers are using, how employee satisfaction is changing, what i... |
| 16.02.2021 | - | (pictured, Vetri Vellore, Ally.io founder and S. Somasegar) |
| 16.02.2021 | - | We are excited to unveil our investment in Ozette Technologies today. Ozette resulted from the marriage of many years of science and software development work performed at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the AI tutorship of t... |
| 11.01.2021 | - | Today, Madrona is happy to announce that Anu Sharma and Daniel Li have been named Partners. Partners at Madrona source and lead deals independently, create strong investment POVs on industry areas, and are leaders in the firm and the broade... |
| 30.12.2020 | - | We are pleased to announce the closing our Madrona Venture Fund 8 and Madrona Acceleration Fund 2. The innovation here is staggering and these funds will go to work for founders and teams from the earliest stages through acceleration stage.... |
| 30.12.2020 | Madrona Announces Announces $500 million to Fund Innovation from Day One for the Long Run | We are pleased to announce the closing our Madrona Venture Fund 8 and Madrona Acceleration Fund 2. The innovation here is staggering and these funds will go to work for founders and teams from the earliest stages through acceleration stage.... |
| 17.12.2020 | - | Today we are excited to announce our investment in Rec Room, an online universe where people can play and create games with their friends. |
| 13.11.2020 | - | Wow, this was not the 25th year we had envisioned. What this year has done is bring us together and has brought to the forefront how important community is for all of us – individually and as a venture firm. The essay below is an excerpt fr... |
| 11.11.2020 | - | Natural Language Processing is having a major moment. NLP enables machines to analyze, understand and manipulate language. It is undergoing a rapid and transformational shift, powered by forms of deep learning. |
| 05.10.2020 | - | Cyber security is no longer a “nice to have,” it is table stakes. Today, we are excited to announce our investment in Strike Graph. Strike Graph is building an intelligent platform to help B2B companies manage the difficult challenge of set... |
| 23.09.2020 | - | At Madrona, we love partnering with founders from their very early days of idea formation and for the long run. Now that WhyLabs emerged from stealth, we are thrilled to announce that we led the $4 million Series Seed investment in WhyLabs,... |
| 18.09.2020 | - | Sometimes you find a team and a technology that is just poised to take off. Snowflake was at that point when we invested in Snowflake in the very early part of 2017. Snowflake did not look like other companies we had invested in up to that ... |
| 01.09.2020 | - | In Seattle, we love our coffee. And as much as Seattle is the land of Starbucks, it is also home to some amazing craft coffee roasters. Caffe Vita, a short walk from the Madrona offices, is one of my favorites. The craft coffee movement, mu... |
| 26.08.2020 | Telehealth | The secular shift from physical to digital commerce was well underway before the global pandemic. What we have seen in the past six months is an acceleration of this trend which is further blurring an already blurred line between the two. |
| 13.08.2020 | Revenue Enablement | From working with our 90+ portfolio companies and their customers, as well as from frequent conversations with enterprise leaders, we have observed a set of software services emerge and evolve to become best practice for revenue teams. This... |
| 06.08.2020 | - | We have been writing about the Intelligent App Application Stack for over five years – which means we’ve been investing it in for even longer. And that has not changed in 2020. We continue to believe that applications will be intelligent. W... |
| 16.07.2020 | Looking into the Future of Work, Workforce & Workplace | Massive, enduring shifts happen infrequently. Modern examples include the advent of high-speed internet, the mobile phone, and cloud computing. Each of these innovations created monumental shifts in how businesses are run, and how people go... |
| 16.07.2020 | - | Massive, enduring shifts happen infrequently. Modern examples include the advent of high-speed internet, the mobile phone, and cloud computing. Each of these innovations created monumental shifts in how businesses are run, and how people go... |
| 14.07.2020 | - | This is the third in our series describing our investment themes for 2020 and beyond. |
| 10.07.2020 | - | “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.” – Bill Gates, The Road Ahead |
| 07.07.2020 | - | Over these last months of quarantine, we at Madrona have remained very busy, first and foremost working with our portfolio companies to help them navigate the economic turmoil of a global pandemic. Second, but also importantly, we have cont... |
| 01.07.2020 | - | Today we are announcing our investment in Fauna. |
| 18.06.2020 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Anu Sharma to the investment team at Madrona. Anu brings to our firm the rare combination of leading cutting-edge products and scaling new services at Amazon Web Services, co-founding her own startup, working as a... |
| 10.06.2020 | - | Today, we are thrilled to announce a $4.5 million seed financing in Zeitworks, a company incubated at Madrona Venture Labs, that is automating process discovery, mapping and measurement. We are also excited to partner again with Ryan Windha... |
| 20.05.2020 | Nautilus’s Approach to Innovative Thinking | (Sujal Patel and Parag Mallick, co-founders of Nautilus) |
| 17.05.2020 | - | We, at Madrona Venture Group, are excited to announce our investment in GO1, a company that is focused on making learning easy. GO1 has been quietly establishing their platform in a LMS (Learning Management System) agnostic way for corporat... |
| 14.05.2020 | - | When Madrona Venture Group was founded in 1995, it did not start by raising a venture capital fund right away. In the early days, Madrona invested with funds solely from the four founders: Tom Alberg, Paul Goodrich, Gerald Grinstein and Wil... |
| 05.05.2020 | - | Over the past few years and the next few years, we will see the formation of the next generation of enterprise application companies, companies applying intelligence to their applications. Over the subsequent decade those companies will rep... |
| 29.04.2020 | - | As businesses across the nation start thinking about the new normal and how to bring people back to work and back to the office, Madrona launched, in partnership with the Bellevue and Seattle Metropolitan Chambers of Commerce as well as the... |
| 08.04.2020 | - | Photo – Hope Cochran and Shamir Karkal, Founder and CEO of Sila |
| 05.04.2020 | Our mission: To help those affected get back to work as soon as possible. | Plan C Is a Silver Lining in Cloud City |
| 27.02.2020 | - | Madrona is excited to welcome Ishani Ummat as our new Associate. Ishani hails from the Seattle area and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington with a degree in Finance and concentrations in Global Hea... |
| 12.02.2020 | - | Today, Madrona Venture Group announced that we’ve led the $7.6M Series A investment in Esper, an investment that Tim Porter and I spearheaded for the firm. Esper is a devops platform for Android IOT devices. |
| 11.02.2020 | - | We first met the Snowflake team three years and three months ago. At the time, Snowflake was at a sub-$10M revenue run rate, and we were skeptical that the world needed another data warehouse, given the number of other data warehouses from ... |
| 03.02.2020 | - | One of the most fun opportunities I get as a venture capitalist is to partner with founding teams from the very beginning of their journey. It’s with great pleasure that I get to announce one such journey, which we have been working on for ... |
| 15.01.2020 | - | With the start of the new decade, I started life as a venture capitalist – with Madrona Venture Group. A venture firm that has steadfastly invested in entrepreneurs and businesses from Day One for the Long Run. |
| 15.01.2020 | - | (founding team – David, Joe, Ravs, Dave) |
| 14.01.2020 | - | Madrona is approaching our 25th Anniversary as a firm committed to seed stage investing in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Over the past 25 years we have made 155 seed stage investments (on average 6 per year), from Amazon in 1995 to Oct... |
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| 17.09.2026 | Buywander Grabs $21M Series A Round | SEATTLE, WA, Buywander, the auction-based marketplace for returned and overstocked retail inventory, has announced its $21 million Series A funding round, bringing the company's lifetime funding to $28 million. >> Click here for more... |
| 15.09.2026 | Jack & Jill Raises $40 Million To Put AI Agents on Both Sides of Hiring | Hiring today is more difficult than it has ever been. If you post a job on LinkedIn, you get 1,000 applications in 6 hours. Most are spam. Many are from AI bots applying everywhere. On the other hand, candidates send hundreds of application... |
| 13.09.2026 | Deep Tech Dominates: Capital Floods AI Infrastructure, 3D Generative Models | Venture capital surges into deep tech, funneling massive investments into AI infrastructure and critical "control points." Tripo AI secured $446 million for its 3D generative foundation models, highlighting a strategic pivot towar... |
| 04.09.2026 | SciFin Launches With $44M Seed Round | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SciFin, which helps revenue teams turn fragmented information into timely action, has emerged from stealth and announced $44 million in seed funding. >> Click here for more funding data on SciFin >> To export... |
| 02.09.2026 | SciFin Raises $44M in Seed Funding | SciFin, a San Jose, CA-based provider of an AI platform for enterprise revenue teams, raised $44M in Seed funding The round was co-led by Altimeter and Madrona with participation from Foundation Capital, S32, Zetta Ventures, and others. The... |
| 01.09.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 1, 2026: Andreessen Horowitz; General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital & More | Venture investors spent the past 12 hours buying control points rather than another layer of generic AI applications. The largest deal in this edition, Tripo AI’s roughly RMB 3 billion financing, targets 3D-native foundation models and the ... |
| 08.08.2026 | Faye Secures $50M: AI Propels Future of Travel Protection | Faye, an AI travel protection pioneer, just secured $50 million in Series C funding. This landmark investment boosts its total capital to $100 million. The new capital fuels aggressive global expansion plans. Faye will deepen its AI integra... |
| 06.08.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 6, 2026: Bessemer Venture Partners, Gates Frontier, General Atlantic, Google Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator & More | The sprint of venture rounds today underscores a clear theme: autonomy and AI are pulling massive capital — both in the physical world and online. In defense and logistics, startups like Hadrian and Moove drew eye-popping checks ($1.37 bill... |
| 05.08.2026 | Faye Raises $50M in Series C Funding | Faye, a Richmond, Virginia-based provider of an AI-powered travel protection platform, raised $50M in Series C funding. The round was led by Madrona with participation from BRM, Portage, F2 Venture Capital, Viola Ventures, and Lumir Venture... |
| 05.08.2026 | Faye Raises $50M In Series C To Expand AI Travel Protection Platform | Faye Expands AI Travel Services With New Funding Travel protection platform Faye raises $50 million in Series C funding, to bolster market expansion Faye’s AI-powered travel protection platform has raised $50 million in Series C funding in ... |
| 01.08.2026 | Polar: $5.7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build AI Browser That Does Real Work | Polar, the AI browser that automates the tedious parts of knowledge work, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding led by Madrona, with participation from angel investors including former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke and Modal founder Erik Bernh... |
| 30.07.2026 | Polar Raises $5.7M in Seed Funding | Polar, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI browser platform that automates knowledge work, raised $5.7M in Seed funding. The round was led by Madrona with participation from Thomas Dohmke and Erik Bernhardsson. The company intends t... |
| 29.07.2026 | Polar, AI startup founded by former Perplexity engineer behind Comet, raises $5.7M for AI browser that automates knowledge work | Kevin Jiang helped build Comet at Perplexity. Now he’s betting the next chapter of AI browsers lies beyond search and summaries. His new startup, Polar, is building a browser that can carry out hours of browser-based work with little human ... |
| 16.07.2026 | Thira Raises $21M in Seed Funding | Thira, a Bellevue, WA-based developer of AI system solutions improving complex workflows, raise $21M in Seed funding. The round was led by Madrona, with participation from FUSE and a group of prominent global advisors and CIOs. The company ... |
| 14.07.2026 | Thira Raises $21 Million Seed To Build Self-Learning AI Back-Office Platform | Thira announced that it raised $21 million in seed funding led by Madrona, with participation from FUSE and a group of global advisors and CIOs. The Bellevue, Washington-based company is building a secure, self-learning AI system of executi... |
| 14.07.2026 | NYSE Content Update: Madrona Highlights Private Companies Building AI Apps | NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor. NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today's NYSE P... |
| 09.07.2026 | Echodyne Opens New Manufacturing Facility to Meet Surging Global Demand for Advanced MESA® Radar | As governments around the world accelerate investment in counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) and short-range air defense, Echodyne today announced the opening of a new advanced radar manufacturing facility in Washington State, signifi... |
| 22.06.2026 | Heidrick & Struggles Strengthens Board with Appointment of AI and Talent Leaders Aseem Datar and Leanne Wood | New Appointments Bring Strategic Expertise to Support Firm's Next Chapter of Growth CHICAGO, June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Heidrick & Struggles today announced the appointments of Aseem Datar, Corporate Vice President, AI Platform and Q... |
| 21.06.2026 | Gradial Secures $65M to Revolutionize AI Marketing with Agentic Systems | Seattle's Gradial closed a $65 million Series C round. This elevates total funding past $118 million. The company's valuation reached $675 million. Gradial develops an agentic AI operating system for marketing. It deploys AI agents across e... |
| 21.06.2026 | Gradial Raises $65 Million Series C To Build Enterprise Marketing AI Platform | Gradial announced that it has raised $65 million in Series C funding to build what it describes as the first system of work for enterprise marketing. The round was led by Insight Partners, alongside VMG, Madrona, and PruVen. Gradial said it... |
| 19.06.2026 | Gradial raises $65 million Series C | Gradial Gradial Founded: 2023 Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States Total Funding: $118.26M See full company profile "> , a Seattle-based AI marketing platform, raised a $65 million Series C led by Insight Partners, with ... |
| 18.06.2026 | Agentic marketing AI startup Gradial grabs $65M in fresh funding | Seattle-based startup Gradial today revealed it has raised $65 million in a new round of funding to accelerate the development of its agentic artificial intelligence operating system for marketing. Today’s Series C round was first reported ... |
| 18.06.2026 | Gradial Raises $65M in Series C Funding | Gradial, a Seattle, Washington-based developer of an AI-native content operations platform and marketing work system, raised $65m in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, Madr... |
| 11.06.2026 | Golden Analytics Raises $14 Million Seed Extension Following Strong Early Demand | Golden Analytics, an AI-native analytics platform, announced a $14 million seed extension led by Insight Partners, bringing its total seed funding to $21 million. Existing investors NEA and Madrona also continue to support the company. The ... |
| 28.05.2026 | Gray Swan, The AI Security Company Trusted by Every Major Frontier Lab, Raises $40M Series A | Gray Swan is the AI security platform for enterprises building the next generation of intelligent systems. Matt Fredrikson and Zico Kolter, Co-founders of Gray Swan AI security company used by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta raises $40M to deli... |
| 27.05.2026 | Echodyne Expands Public Safety Radar Applications Through Partnership with Axon | Echodyne, the radar platform company, today announced a partnership with Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the global public safety technology leader, to support a joint focus activity on delivering best in class infrastructure for a range of homeland s... |
| 19.05.2026 | Echodyne and Moog Successfully Demonstrate Reconfigurable Integrated-weapon Platform (RIwP®) at U.S. Army Exercise | Echodyne, the radar platform company, and Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high performance precision motion and control systems, announce the results of testing of their defen... |
| 13.05.2026 | Anomaly Insights Raises Additional $17 Million To Expand AI-Powered Payer Intelligence Platform | Anomaly Insights announced $17 million in additional funding led by Sound Ventures, with participation from Alumni Ventures and existing investors Link Ventures, Redesign Health, and RRE Ventures. The financing brings the company’s total fu... |
| 30.04.2026 | Firstsource Partners with Typeface to Launch Agentic Marketing Services | New full-stack offering turns content operations into an agentic growth engine NEW YORK and MUMBAI, India, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Firstsource Solutions Limited (NSE: FSL) (BSE: 532809), an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, today annou... |
| 07.04.2026 | Ridge AI: $2.6 Million Raised For AI-Native Analytics Platform That Proves Product Value In Hours | Ridge AI has emerged from stealth with $2.6 million in pre-seed funding, positioning itself as an AI-native analytics provider that helps B2B software companies demonstrate product value to customers in a matter of hours. The round was led ... |
| 07.04.2026 | Golden Analytics Raises $7M in Seed Funding | Golden Analytics, a Seattle, WA-based provider of an AI-native business intelligence platform, raised $7M in Seed funding. The round was led by NEA and Madrona with participation from Breakers. The open intends to use the funds to expand op... |
| 06.04.2026 | Ridge AI Raises $2.6M in Pre-Seed Funding | Ridge AI, a Seattle, WA-based provider of a platform that enables B2B software companies to ship interactive dashboards and AI data agents in hours, raised $2.6m in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Madrona, with participation from The... |
| 29.03.2026 | Doss: $55 Million Raised For AI-Native Operations Cloud Platform | Doss, a San Francisco-based enterprise software company building an AI-native “Operations Cloud” for inventory-based businesses, has raised $55 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest, with participati... |
| 26.03.2026 | Doss Raises $55M in Series B Funding | DOSS, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of an AI-native “Operations Cloud” for inventory-based businesses, raised $55m in Series B funding. The round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest, with participation from new investors Greyhound... |
| 24.03.2026 | Doss raises $55M to expand AI-powered operations platform for ERP-integrated workflows Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Artificial intelligence-powered enterprise resource planning and data platform startup Doss announced today that it has raised $55 million in new funding to develop its operations platform further. Founded in 2022, Doss offers platform desi... |
| 22.03.2026 | Eclypsium Secures $25M for AI Infrastructure Security Expansion | Eclypsium secured $25 million in strategic funding. This capital fuels expanded protection for vital IT infrastructure and emerging AI technologies. The company targets edge AI devices and core AI systems. It unifies inventory, hardening, t... |
| 19.03.2026 | Eclypsium: $25 Million Raised For IT Infrastructure Supply Chain Security Expansion | Eclypsium, an IT infrastructure supply chain security company, announced it has raised $25 million in a strategic financing round to accelerate its growth and expand its platform capabilities. The round was led by PEAK6 Strategic Capital, w... |
| 19.03.2026 | Eclypsium Raises $25M in Funding | Eclypsium, a Portland, OR-based IT infrastructure supply chain security company, raised $25M in funding. The round was led by PEAK6 Strategic Capital, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Pavilion Capital, Singtel... |
| 15.03.2026 | Axiom Secures $200M: Proving AI Code Safety | Axiom secures $200 million. The startup battles AI's fundamental flaw: unprovable code. Its "Verified AI" approach uses formal mathematics in Lean. This ensures AI-generated software is provably safe, accurate. It eliminates dange... |
| 13.03.2026 | Amigo AI Secures $11M to Build & Train Patient-Facing Clinical Agents | What You Should Know The Funding: Amigo AI secures $11M in Series A funding round led by Madrona, with participation from Optum Ventures. This brings the company’s total capital raised to $17M. AI Clinical Agents: While many healthcare AI s... |
| 13.03.2026 | Axiom: $200 Million Series A At $1.6 Billion Valuation Raised For Verified AI Technology | Axiom, a startup focused on building artificial intelligence systems capable of mathematically verifying software and scientific reasoning, announced it has raised $200 million in Series A funding at a valuation exceeding $1.6 billion. The ... |
| 11.03.2026 | Amigo AI Secures $11M for Clinical AI Evolution | Amigo AI, a New York-based innovator, recently secured $11 million in Series A funding. This investment, led by Madrona, propels its advanced patient-facing clinical AI platform. The company now boasts $17 million in total funding. Amigo AI... |
| 10.03.2026 | Amigo AI: $11 Million Series A Raised For Patient-Facing Clinical AI Platform | Amigo AI, a platform that builds and trains patient-facing clinical AI agents, announced it has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Madrona, with participation from Optum Ventures. The company has now raised $17 million in... |
| 10.03.2026 | Amigo AI Raises $11M in Series A Funding | Amigo AI, a NYC-based provider of a platform building and training patient-facing clinical agents, raised $11M in Series A funding. The round was led by Madrona with participation from Optum Ventures. The raise brought the total amount to $... |
| 21.02.2026 | Temporal Secures $300M: Valuation Soars to $5B, Fuels Agentic AI Reliability | Temporal, a leader in durable execution software, has secured $300 million in Series D funding. Andreessen Horowitz spearheaded the round, pushing the company's valuation to $5 billion. This significant investment bolsters Temporal's missio... |
| 18.02.2026 | Temporal: $300 Million Series D At $5 Billion Valuation Secured For Open-Source Durable Execution Platform | Temporal, the open-source platform powering agentic AI applications, has raised $300 million in a Series D financing round at a $5 billion valuation as companies accelerate efforts to move AI systems from pilot projects into production envi... |
| 17.02.2026 | Temporal Raises $300M in Series D Funding | Temporal, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an open-source platform for reliable agentic applications, raised $300M in Series D funding, at $5 Billion valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and joined by Lightspeed ... |
| 12.02.2026 | Scala: $8.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Contact Center Operational Intelligence Platform | Scala has emerged from stealth, announcing its official launch alongside $8.5 million in funding, including a seed round co-led by Madrona and FUSE. The Bellevue, Washington-based company is positioning itself as an operational intelligence... |
| 11.02.2026 | Echodyne to Open Major New Manufacturing Facility to Meet Rapidly Growing Global Demand | Echodyne, the radar platform company, today announces a major near-term expansion in its advanced radar production capacity. Echodyne’s new 86,350-square-foot facility will provide enough manufacturing and warehouse space to produce and shi... |
| 11.02.2026 | Scala Raises $8.5M in Funding | Scala, a Seattle, WA-based provider of an operational intelligence platform for contact centers, raised $8.5M in funding. The amount included a Seed round co‑led by Madrona and FUSE. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations... |
| 10.02.2026 | Entire launches with $60M to build an AI-focused code management platform Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Entire Inc., a startup led by former GitHub Chief Executive Thomas Dohmke, launched today with $60 million in funding. Felicis led the seed round with participation from Microsoft Corp.’s M12 fund, Madrona and other venture capital firms. T... |
| 10.02.2026 | Entire Raises $60M in Seed Funding | Entire, a remote-first provider of a developer platform designed for human-agent collaboration, raised $60m in Seed funding at a $300m valuation. The round was led by Felicis, with participation from Madrona, M12, Basis Set, 20VC, Cherry Ve... |
| 02.02.2026 | Lassen Peak Secures $10M+ for Handheld Terahertz Weapon Detection | Lassen Peak secured over $10 million in crucial funding. This capital fuels its groundbreaking handheld terahertz radar for concealed weapon detection. This innovation promises a safer, non-invasive alternative to traditional physical searc... |
| 29.01.2026 | Lassen Peak: Over $10 Million Raised To Bring Handheld Terahertz Radar Concealed-Weapon Detection To Market | Lassen Peak announced it has completed a mix of debt and equity financings totaling more than $10 million to fund product completion and prepare for market introduction of what it describes as the world’s first fully integrated handheld rad... |
| 22.01.2026 | Базы данных-2025: ретроспектива | Это перевод свежего обзора индустрии баз данных, написанного в начале 2026 года. Если вы думали, что PostgreSQL уже некуда расти, держитесь крепче: в статье рассказывается, как в 18-й версии «слон» наконец-то избавился от зависимости от стр... |
| 15.01.2026 | Deepgram Closes $130M C Round, Acquires OfOne | Deepgram, the real-time API platform targeting the Voice AI economy, has raised $130 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round was led by AVP, an independent global investment platform dedicated to high-growth techn... |
| 14.01.2026 | Deepgram Secures $130 Million Funding, Acquires OfOne, Powers Voice AI Future | Deepgram secures $130 million in Series C funding, reaching a $1.3 billion valuation. The investment, led by AVP, propels real-time voice AI platform advancements. Deepgram targets international expansion and strengthens its patent portfoli... |
| 13.01.2026 | Deepgram: $130 Million Series C At $1.3 Billion Valuation Raised And OfOne Acquisition | Deepgram announced it raised $130 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation to accelerate development of its real-time voice AI API platform and support new product and ecosystem initiatives, including an acquisition, expanded... |
| 13.01.2026 | Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. has reasons to think the new year could be a good one after raising $130 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. It also unveiled its latest acquisition, buying an AI-nat... |
| 13.01.2026 | Voice AI startup Deepgram raises $130 million at $1.3 billion valuation | Synopsis Voice AI startup Deepgram has secured $130 million in funding, valuing the company at $1.3 billion. This investment will fuel international expansion into Europe and Asia-Pacific. Deepgram also plans to develop new AI models and pu... |
| 13.01.2026 | Deepgram Raises $130M in Series C Funding | Deepgram, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a real-time API platform underpinning the Voice AI economy, raised $130M in Series C funding. The round was led by AVP, with participation from Alkeon, In-Q-Tel, Madrona, Tiger, Wing, Y Combin... |
| 11.01.2026 | Spangle AI Raises $15M For Agentic AI Layer | This week, Spangle AI, an agentic infrastructure layer announced a $15M Series A. The round was led by NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation from Madrona, DNX Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, and strategic angel investors, bringing to... |
| 10.01.2026 | Spangle AI: $15 Million Series A Closed To Build Agentic Infrastructure For Commerce | Spangle AI, an agentic infrastructure layer for commerce, said it raised a $15 million Series A round led by NewRoad Capital Partners with participation from Madrona, DNX Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, and strategic angel investors, bringi... |
| 08.01.2026 | Spangle AI Raises $15M in Series A Funding | Spangle AI, a Seattle, WA-based provider of an agentic infrastructure layer service for commerce, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation from Madrona, DNX Ventures, Streamlined Ven... |
| 06.01.2026 | Lassen Peak: Over $10 Million Raised To Bring Handheld Concealed-Weapons Detection Radar To Market | Lassen Peak announced it has completed a mix of debt and equity financings totaling more than $10 million to fund completion and market introduction of what it describes as the world’s first fully integrated handheld radar system for concea... |
| 15.12.2025 | Gradial Secures $35M to Revolutionize Enterprise Marketing | Gradial, a Seattle-based AI company, just closed a $35 million Series B funding round. VMG Partners led the investment. Existing investors also participated. This brings total funding to $55 million. Gradial focuses on streamlining marketin... |
| 10.12.2025 | Gradial: $35 Million Series B Closed To Expand Agentic Marketing Platform | Gradial has secured $35 million in Series B financing to accelerate the growth of its agentic marketing operations platform, bringing the company’s total funding to $55 million. VMG Partners led the round with continued participation from M... |
| 04.12.2025 | Gradial Raises $35 Million to Redefine Enterprise Marketing Through AI Agents | Gradial, the enterprise software company defining agentic marketing operations, today announced it has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by VMG Partners, with participation from existing investors Madrona and Pruven Capital. This b... |
| 03.12.2025 | AI-driven learning platform Yoodli raises $40M in Series B round led by WestBridge Capital | AI-powered learning platform Yoodli has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by WestBridge Capital, with participation from Neotribe and Madrona. The Seattle-based startup provides an AI-driven platform that offers communication pra... |
| 02.12.2025 | Learning platform Yoodli raises $40 million in round led by WestBridge Capital | Synopsis Existing backers Neotribe Ventures and Madrona also participated in the funding round. To date, the platform that offers roleplay-based simulations to help users practice real conversations has raised $60 million. The fresh funds w... |
| 16.11.2025 | WisdomAI Secures $50M to Revolutionize Enterprise AI Analytics | WisdomAI, a San Francisco innovator, announced a $50 million Series A funding round. This brings total capital to $73 million. Kleiner Perkins led the investment. NVIDIA's NVentures also participated. WisdomAI develops a pioneering AI Data ... |
| 16.11.2025 | AI Fuels Commercial Insurance Revolution: Anzen Secures $16M Funding | San Francisco insurtech firm Anzen secured $16 million in Series A funding. This investment, led by Madrona, propels its AI-driven commercial insurance platform. Anzen modernizes distribution for over 5,000 retail agents. Its system automat... |
| 14.11.2025 | Anzen: $16 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI Platform For Commercial Insurance Distribution | Anzen has secured a $16 million Series A round that will accelerate its efforts to modernize the distribution of commercial insurance across the United States. The funding was led by Madrona with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, ... |
| 14.11.2025 | WisdomAI: $50 Million Closed To Advance Autonomous AI Analytics For The Enterprise | WisdomAI (see Pulse 2.0 profile here) announced that it has raised $50 million in Series A financing led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from new investor NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, as well as returning investors C... |
| 13.11.2025 | Anzen Raises $16M in Series A Funding | Anzen, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a commercial insurance distrubution platform, raised $16m in Series A funding. The round, which brought total capital raised to $26m, was led by Madrona, with participation from Sandbox Industrie... |
| 13.11.2025 | WisdomAI Raises $50 Million to Lead the Next Generation of AI Analytics and Business Intelligence | , the company behind the most accurate AI Data Analyst for trusted business insights in the enterprise, announced a $50 million Series A financing. Kleiner Perkins led the funding round, with participation from new investor NVentures (NVIDI... |
| 13.11.2025 | Anzen raises $16 million | Anzen Insurance, Anzen Insurance Founded: 2020 Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States Total Funding: $33.5M See full company profile "> a San Francisco-based startup offering a platform to submit, quote, and bind com... |
| 12.11.2025 | WisdomAI Raises $50M in Series A Funding | WisdomAI, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of an AI Data Analyst for business insights in the enterprise, raised $50m in Series A financing. The round, which brought total capital raised to $73m was led by Kleiner Perkins with participat... |
| 12.11.2025 | AI analytics startup WisdomAI nabs $50M investment Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | WisdomAI Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to speed up analytics projects, today announced that it has closed a $50 million investment. The Series A round comes less than a year after the company’s launch. It was led by Kleiner ... |
| 11.11.2025 | Digital Force Technologies Selects Echodyne Radar for Seraphim Counter-UAS Family of Systems | Echodyne, the radar platform company, is pleased to announce that its radars have been selected by Digital Force Technologies (DFT) as the primary radars across its Seraphim C-UAS family of systems. DFT combines extensive defense expertise ... |
| 04.10.2025 | AI Math Pioneer Axiom Secures $64M to Forge New Knowledge | Axiom Math, an artificial intelligence startup, raised $64M in seed funding, valuing it at $300M. The company is building an "AI mathematician" to solve complex problems, generate verifiable proofs, and create new mathematical kno... |
| 02.10.2025 | AI startup Axiom gets $64M to develop new knowledge with advanced mathematics Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Mathematics-focused artificial intelligence startup Axiom Quant Inc. stepped out from the shadows today to announce it has raised $64 million in a funding round that values it at $300 million. The lead investor in the round was B-Capital, w... |
| 01.10.2025 | Axiom Math Raises $64M in Seed Funding | Axiom Math, a San Francisco, CA-based startup building self-improving superintelligence, raised $64M in seed funding. x Please enable JavaScript Video Player is loading.Play Video Play Unmute 1xPlayback Rate 2x1.5x1x, selected0.5x Captions ... |
| 26.09.2025 | Veezoo: $6 Million Series A Raised For Agentic Analytics Platform | Veezoo, an innovative company focused on Agentic Analytics, has recently announced the successful closure of a $6 million Series A funding round. This significant investment, led by ACE Ventures, will enable the Swiss technology company to ... |
| 24.09.2025 | Snowflake launches new program for startups Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Snowflake Inc. today launched Snowflake for Startups, a new program that will provide capital and other resources to startups building software on its platform. The big-data and AI company operates a popular cloud data platform that helps c... |
| 23.09.2025 | Synthesize Bio: $10 Million Seed Funding Secured For Advancing Generative Genomics | Synthesize Bio is an innovative biotechnology company that is making significant strides in the field of biological foundation models. Recently, Synthesize Bio announced a successful seed funding round, securing $10 million. This round was ... |
| 18.09.2025 | Databricks Launches AI Accelerator Program to Scale the Next Generation of AI Apps and Agents Startups | Backed by Databricks Ventures, the program will accelerate pre-seed and seed-stage startups with funding, credits, mentorship and expert resources SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the Data and AI company, today anno... |
| 17.09.2025 | Synthesize Bio Launches with $10M Seed Funding | Synthesize Bio, a Seattle, WA-based biotechnology company pioneering biological foundation models to simulate the results of gene expression experiments, raised $10m in seed funding. The round was led by Madrona, with participation from Sah... |
| 11.09.2025 | NewDays: $7 Million Raised For Expanding AI-Based Cognitive Health Program Nationwide | NewDays, a Seattle-based digital health startup focused on cognitive care, has announced the close of a $7 million seed funding round led by General Catalyst and Madrona. The funding will support the expansion of its AI-powered treatment pr... |
| 03.09.2025 | NewDays Secures $7M to Expand AI-Powered Cognitive Health Program to Texas | What You Should Know: – NewDays, a company offering a science-backed cognitive health treatment program, has announced an oversubscribed $7M seed funding round from General Catalyst and Madrona. – The company is also expanding its services ... |
| 08.08.2025 | Madrona-backed Gradial Builds GTM Leadership Team | Gradial, the enterprise-scale platform for Agentic Marketing, today announced three senior hires to strengthen its go‑to‑market execution, deepen customer engagement, and accelerate the pace of product innovation. Vikas Kamran joins as Pres... |
| 03.08.2025 | Observe: $156 Million Series C Raised For AI-Based Observability Company | Observe, an AI-based observability company, has completed a $156 million Series C funding round led by Sutter Hill Ventures, with contributions from Madrona Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, and Capital One Ventures. In the pas... |
| 31.07.2025 | Observe Secures $156M, Powers AI-Native Observability Evolution | Observe Inc. has clinched a significant $156 million Series C funding round. Sutter Hill Ventures led this substantial investment. The capital fuels aggressive product development. It will drive advanced AI innovation. Global expansion also... |
| 30.07.2025 | AI SOC Pioneer Dropzone AI Raises $37M for Global Expansion | Dropzone AI secured $37 million in Series B funding, accelerating its autonomous AI SOC analyst platform. This technology automates security alert triage and investigation, mitigating staffing shortages and analyst burnout. It empowers huma... |
| 30.07.2025 | Observe Closes $156M in Series C Funding | Observe, a San Mateo, CA-based provider of an AI-powered observability company, raised $156M in Series C funding. The round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures with participation from Madrona Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Snowflake Ventures and Ca... |
| 30.07.2025 | Software startup Observe raises $156 million in Sutter Hill-led fundraise | Synopsis Observe said it plans to use the funds to accelerate product development and expand its North American presence, including hiring more sales staff to grow its nearly 200-strong team. Agencies Observe, whose tools help detect and re... |
| 30.07.2025 | Observe raises $156M to accelerate enterprise shift to AI-native observability Join theCUBE Alumni Trust Network Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | The artificial intelligence-native observability company Observe Inc. said today it has raised $156 million in a Series C round of funding. The round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures, which also led its $115 million Series B raise in March o... |
| 29.07.2025 | Picogrid Adds Echodyne to Its Partner Ecosystem | Echodyne’s EchoGuard low SWaP highly portable radar enhances all domain situational awareness. National Guard to include Legion and EchoGuard radar integration in Northern Strike 2025, following other deployments across multiple locations w... |
| 29.07.2025 | Dropzone AI: $37 Million Series B Raised For Developing SOC Analysts | Dropzone AI, a provider of AI-based Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts, has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round led by Theory Ventures, with participation from Madrona, Decibel Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, and IQT. This ... |
| 28.07.2025 | Dropzone AI raises $37M to expand AI SOC analyst development and integrations Join theCUBE Alumni Trust Network Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Security operations startup Dropzone AI Inc. revealed today that it has raised $37 million in new funding to accelerate development of specialized autonomous AI security agents and deepen its ecosystem partnerships and integrations. Founded... |
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