Madrona Venture Group
Seattle, WA · Invests in US · Website
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Madrona invests in people and ideas for the long run — backing visionary founders building transformational technology companies, with deep focus on applied AI across domain-specific applications, AI infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, and AI-enabled biotech. The firm serves as an active, full-stack partner providing capital plus recruiting, business development, and customer introductions.
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No investments outside technology; avoids purely consumer hardware, media without tech differentiation, or non-tech businesses. Historically avoided companies not building in or leveraging Seattle/Pacific Northwest talent ecosystems, though this has loosened post-2022.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $770M
- Decision process
- Investment Committee
Partners & team
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Amazon is a global leader in e-commerce and cloud computing, providing a wide range of products and services including retail, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Snowflake is a data cloud company that provides a platform for data storage, processing, and analytics. It enables businesses to develop AI products and applications on a fully managed platform that connects various types of data securely.
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company dedicated to building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. As a public benefit corporation, they focus on the opportunities and risks associated with AI, aiming to ensure its benefits while mitigating potential harms.
Deepgram is a foundational AI company focused on building voice technology that transforms human-to-machine interactions through advanced speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agent APIs.
Cohesity provides AI-powered data security and management solutions, focusing on protecting and securing data from cyber attacks, backup and recovery, and ensuring cyber resilience.
SeekOut helps organizations recruit, reskill, and redeploy talent using the latest agentic AI solutions. Our software and services help you hire the right people and place them in roles that drive the greatest impact.
Statsig is a modern product development platform that helps teams measure the impact of their software releases through advanced experimentation and product analytics.
Typeface is an AI-powered platform designed for personalized marketing, focusing on content creation, optimization, and governance. It utilizes specialized AI agents to enhance marketing campaigns while emphasizing responsible AI practices and brand compliance.
Runway is a mobile release management platform that provides tools for automating and managing mobile application releases, ensuring efficient collaboration and rollout management for mobile teams.
Coda is an all-in-one collaborative workspace that allows teams to create documents, manage projects, and integrate various tools into a single platform.
Recent activity
- Apr 2026
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Seed · Co-Lead
- Apr 2026
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Pre-Seed · Lead
- Feb 2026
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Seed · Co-Lead
- Jan 2025
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Seed · Participated
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