Madrona Venture Group

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology and consumer startups from seed through growth stages. It focuses on information technology, software, digital media and advertising, e-commerce, data analytics, fintech, cloud, mobile, and AI, as well as related infrastructure, hardware, and robotics. The firm primarily targets companies in the Pacific Northwest and the broader West Coast, and often leads investments with a goal of taking board seats to help portfolio companies scale from early development to market leadership.

Tom Alberg

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Loren Alhadeff

Venture Partner

Jennifer Chambers

Administrative Partner

Troy Cichos JD

Partner

Hope Cochran

Venture Partner

Jack Creighton

Strategic Director

Aseem Datar

Partner

Patrick J. Ennis

Venture Partner

Maggie Finch

Partner

Maria Gilfoyle

Investor

Palak Goel

Investor

Paul Goodrich

Managing Director

Gerald Grinstein

Co-Founder and Strategic Director

Joseph Horsman

Investor

Scott Jacobson

Managing Director

Len Jordan

Managing Director

Ted Kummert

Venture Partner

Daniel Li

Venture Partner

Matthew McIlwain

Managing Director

Karan Mehandru

Managing Director

Mark T. Nelson

Venture Partner

Babak Parviz

Venture Partner

James Phillips

Strategic Director

Chris Picardo

Partner

Tim Porter

Managing Director

Vivek Ramaswami

Partner

Bill Richter

Venture Partner

William Ruckelshaus

Strategic Director

Siddharth Shenai JD

Venture Partner

Steve Singh

Managing Director

Soma Somasegar

Managing Director

John Torrey

Venture Partner

Jon Turow

Partner

Ishani Ummat

Investor

Dan Weld

Venture Partner

Past deals in Open Source

Unstructured

Series B in 2024
Unstructured is a developer of an open-source data transformation platform that simplifies the process of converting raw data, such as PDFs and Microsoft Office documents, into formats compatible with language models. The platform supports over 25 file types, including PDF, DOC, and PPTX, and offers connectors to various systems like SharePoint, S3, and Databricks. By facilitating effortless data extraction and integration into AI workflows, Unstructured enhances the accessibility of human-generated information, ensuring that it is readily available for generative AI systems. Its modular architecture allows users to incorporate any third-party model, making it a versatile solution for preprocessing natural language data for machine learning applications.

Pulumi Corporation

Series C in 2023
Founded in 2017, Pulumi Corporation operates an infrastructure-as-code platform for developing cloud software. It offers Pulumi SDK, an open-source tool enabling developers to create, deploy, and manage cloud applications and infrastructure using code. The company also provides a web console for collaborative delivery and management of cloud apps and infrastructure across public, private, or hybrid environments.

Unstructured

Series A in 2023
Unstructured is a developer of an open-source data transformation platform that simplifies the process of converting raw data, such as PDFs and Microsoft Office documents, into formats compatible with language models. The platform supports over 25 file types, including PDF, DOC, and PPTX, and offers connectors to various systems like SharePoint, S3, and Databricks. By facilitating effortless data extraction and integration into AI workflows, Unstructured enhances the accessibility of human-generated information, ensuring that it is readily available for generative AI systems. Its modular architecture allows users to incorporate any third-party model, making it a versatile solution for preprocessing natural language data for machine learning applications.

Temporal Technologies

Series B in 2023
Temporal Technologies develops an open-source microservices orchestration platform that enables developers to build and operate resilient, scalable distributed applications. The platform provides workflow orchestration for tasks of any size, with built-in support for exponential activity retries and native saga pattern coordination to ensure reliable execution across microservice architectures. It also offers development, debugging, testing, resource provisioning, and monitoring tools, along with cloud services to run Temporal workloads and manage data pipelines. The company focuses on helping teams coordinate complex distributed workflows and ensure fault tolerance. Temporal Technologies was founded in 2019 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

Spice AI

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Spice AI is a Seattle-based startup developing an AI and data infrastructure platform. This platform provides composable building blocks such as SQL query acceleration, vector search, model serving, and an AI gateway, enabling developers to create intelligent applications efficiently.

Temporal Technologies

Series B in 2022
Temporal Technologies develops an open-source microservices orchestration platform that enables developers to build and operate resilient, scalable distributed applications. The platform provides workflow orchestration for tasks of any size, with built-in support for exponential activity retries and native saga pattern coordination to ensure reliable execution across microservice architectures. It also offers development, debugging, testing, resource provisioning, and monitoring tools, along with cloud services to run Temporal workloads and manage data pipelines. The company focuses on helping teams coordinate complex distributed workflows and ensure fault tolerance. Temporal Technologies was founded in 2019 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

SeekOut

Series C in 2022
SeekOut is an advanced AI-powered recruitment management platform that specializes in identifying and engaging hard-to-find and diverse talent. The company's unique capabilities allow recruiters to access a vast pool of over 80 million profiles, particularly in engineering and life sciences, by utilizing data from patents and research publications. SeekOut provides recruiters with tools to discover untapped deep tech talent through its proprietary sourcing solution for GitHub. It also offers best-in-class AI search functionality over 500 million profiles, ensuring that recruiters can efficiently match candidates to job vacancies. With features like one-click access to diverse candidates, automated messaging campaigns, and custom search engines across 37 social networks and websites, SeekOut enhances the recruiting process, allowing teams to focus on strategic tasks while improving overall return on investment.

Spice AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, Spice AI is a Seattle-based startup developing an AI and data infrastructure platform. This platform provides composable building blocks such as SQL query acceleration, vector search, model serving, and an AI gateway, enabling developers to create intelligent applications efficiently.

Battlesnake

Seed Round in 2021
Battlesnake is an online platform that engages users in programming through multiplayer gaming. It offers a unique environment for individuals to learn new technologies, enhance their coding skills, and participate in programming competitions. By fostering collaboration and celebrating diverse skill levels, Battlesnake not only provides a fun and interactive way to practice programming but also supports the development of communities centered around open-source software. The platform is designed to make programming accessible and enjoyable for friends and colleagues alike.

SeekOut

Series B in 2021
SeekOut is an advanced AI-powered recruitment management platform that specializes in identifying and engaging hard-to-find and diverse talent. The company's unique capabilities allow recruiters to access a vast pool of over 80 million profiles, particularly in engineering and life sciences, by utilizing data from patents and research publications. SeekOut provides recruiters with tools to discover untapped deep tech talent through its proprietary sourcing solution for GitHub. It also offers best-in-class AI search functionality over 500 million profiles, ensuring that recruiters can efficiently match candidates to job vacancies. With features like one-click access to diverse candidates, automated messaging campaigns, and custom search engines across 37 social networks and websites, SeekOut enhances the recruiting process, allowing teams to focus on strategic tasks while improving overall return on investment.

Pixel8earth

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pixel8earth is a company focused on creating a crowdsourced and continuously updated 3D map of the world that serves both machines and humans. By integrating computer vision and geomatics, the company transforms commodity video and photos into georeferenced 3D point clouds and meshes. This innovative approach enables the utilization of various high-volume data sources to generate and maintain accurate 3D representations of the globe. The resulting maps achieve an absolute accuracy of 25-50 cm RMSE when compared to survey baselines. Additionally, Visual Positioning Systems developed from these 3D maps provide approximately 2-meter location accuracy and within 6.25-degree rotational accuracy, enhancing navigation and spatial awareness capabilities.

Pulumi Corporation

Series B in 2020
Founded in 2017, Pulumi Corporation operates an infrastructure-as-code platform for developing cloud software. It offers Pulumi SDK, an open-source tool enabling developers to create, deploy, and manage cloud applications and infrastructure using code. The company also provides a web console for collaborative delivery and management of cloud apps and infrastructure across public, private, or hybrid environments.

Temporal Technologies

Series A in 2020
Temporal Technologies develops an open-source microservices orchestration platform that enables developers to build and operate resilient, scalable distributed applications. The platform provides workflow orchestration for tasks of any size, with built-in support for exponential activity retries and native saga pattern coordination to ensure reliable execution across microservice architectures. It also offers development, debugging, testing, resource provisioning, and monitoring tools, along with cloud services to run Temporal workloads and manage data pipelines. The company focuses on helping teams coordinate complex distributed workflows and ensure fault tolerance. Temporal Technologies was founded in 2019 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

SeekOut

Series A in 2019
SeekOut is an advanced AI-powered recruitment management platform that specializes in identifying and engaging hard-to-find and diverse talent. The company's unique capabilities allow recruiters to access a vast pool of over 80 million profiles, particularly in engineering and life sciences, by utilizing data from patents and research publications. SeekOut provides recruiters with tools to discover untapped deep tech talent through its proprietary sourcing solution for GitHub. It also offers best-in-class AI search functionality over 500 million profiles, ensuring that recruiters can efficiently match candidates to job vacancies. With features like one-click access to diverse candidates, automated messaging campaigns, and custom search engines across 37 social networks and websites, SeekOut enhances the recruiting process, allowing teams to focus on strategic tasks while improving overall return on investment.

Tigera

Series B in 2018
Tigera offers Calico, a unified network security and observability platform for Kubernetes clusters. Its open-source solution, Calico Open Source, is widely adopted, powering over 100 million containers across millions of nodes worldwide. Tigera's software provides secure application connectivity across public clouds and on-premises environments.

Pulumi Corporation

Series A in 2018
Founded in 2017, Pulumi Corporation operates an infrastructure-as-code platform for developing cloud software. It offers Pulumi SDK, an open-source tool enabling developers to create, deploy, and manage cloud applications and infrastructure using code. The company also provides a web console for collaborative delivery and management of cloud apps and infrastructure across public, private, or hybrid environments.

IOPipe

Seed Round in 2018
IOpipe is a serverless DevOps platform designed to enhance the development and operational efficiency of serverless applications. The company addresses the unique challenges that arise from the shift towards serverless computing by providing an open-source module that offers real-time telemetry, tracing, profiling, alerts, logs, and error monitoring. This functionality allows developers to gain insights into the performance and operations of their event-driven applications, particularly within Amazon Lambda functions. By adopting a customer-centric approach, IOpipe collaborates closely with its users to address their challenges effectively. The company emphasizes building a remote-first and diverse team that is dedicated to creating a leading product for serverless application development and operations.

Pulumi Corporation

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2017, Pulumi Corporation operates an infrastructure-as-code platform for developing cloud software. It offers Pulumi SDK, an open-source tool enabling developers to create, deploy, and manage cloud applications and infrastructure using code. The company also provides a web console for collaborative delivery and management of cloud apps and infrastructure across public, private, or hybrid environments.

Tigera

Series A in 2018
Tigera offers Calico, a unified network security and observability platform for Kubernetes clusters. Its open-source solution, Calico Open Source, is widely adopted, powering over 100 million containers across millions of nodes worldwide. Tigera's software provides secure application connectivity across public clouds and on-premises environments.

Heptio

Series B in 2017
Heptio Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in making Kubernetes, an open-source container management software, accessible to enterprises. As a subsidiary of VMware, Heptio focuses on supporting and advancing the Kubernetes ecosystem, bridging the gap between traditional enterprise IT and cloud-native computing. The company's platform facilitates the automation of deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, enabling technology-driven organizations to fully leverage the capabilities of Kubernetes. By providing tools and operational models tailored for modern enterprises, Heptio aims to simplify the integration of Docker containers into production environments.

IOPipe

Seed Round in 2017
IOpipe is a serverless DevOps platform designed to enhance the development and operational efficiency of serverless applications. The company addresses the unique challenges that arise from the shift towards serverless computing by providing an open-source module that offers real-time telemetry, tracing, profiling, alerts, logs, and error monitoring. This functionality allows developers to gain insights into the performance and operations of their event-driven applications, particularly within Amazon Lambda functions. By adopting a customer-centric approach, IOpipe collaborates closely with its users to address their challenges effectively. The company emphasizes building a remote-first and diverse team that is dedicated to creating a leading product for serverless application development and operations.

Heptio

Series A in 2016
Heptio Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in making Kubernetes, an open-source container management software, accessible to enterprises. As a subsidiary of VMware, Heptio focuses on supporting and advancing the Kubernetes ecosystem, bridging the gap between traditional enterprise IT and cloud-native computing. The company's platform facilitates the automation of deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, enabling technology-driven organizations to fully leverage the capabilities of Kubernetes. By providing tools and operational models tailored for modern enterprises, Heptio aims to simplify the integration of Docker containers into production environments.

SourceLabs

Venture Round in 2006
SourceLabs specializes in providing tools and services designed to support open-source software, with a particular focus on Linux. The company offers subscriptions that include enterprise support, maintenance, and upgrades for various open-source software solutions. Notably, SourceLabs is known for its proprietary Open Source Management System and its involvement in SWiK, a community-driven wiki website dedicated to documenting open-source software. Additionally, the company develops infrastructure software systems tailored for enterprise information technology industries.
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