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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

Pulse Labs raises $2.5M from Madrona, Jeff Bezos, Techstars for voice app testing platform

As voice-enabled applications continue to proliferate everyday life, developers need a robust user testing platform — and Pulse Labs has… Read More

Tech moves: Madrona’s Paul Goodrich steps down from Redfin board; Seattle’s Office of Economic Development under new leadership; and more

— One of the original backers of Redfin is stepping off the board of directors after more than a decade… Read More

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