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Madrona

Integris comes out of stealth mode, raises $3M for ‘data risk intelligence solution’

For many technology companies, effectively and efficiently managing customer data with integrity is a major key to success. If user information… Read More

Talent is the name of the game: Vote for Hire of the Year in the GeekWire Awards

The NFL draft begins today, an annual tradition where football teams look to identify and obtain the most impressive talent… Read More

Enterprise security startup Icebrg raises $10M to help companies fend off hackers

Icebrg, a Seattle-based enterprise security startup, has raised $10 million to help fuel growth for its platform that helps companies… Read More

Tech Moves: Ossia hires new CEO; Avvo taps Spotify exec as CTO; and more

— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia… Read More

Commentary: The 5 things I learned from my first 100 days as a venture capitalist

Over the last 10 years, I had been doing — or should I say dabbling in — angel investing. With… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs adds entrepreneurial horsepower with formation of new advisory board

Madrona Venture Labs, the startup incubator operated by Seattle venture capital firm Madrona VentureGroup, has bolstered its slate of advisors… Read More

Full memo: Madrona advises startups to take conservative approach in 2016, stresses ‘capital efficiency’ amid uncertain economic climate

Eight years ago, Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse Sequoia held a private meeting with its portfolio companies offering key instructions… Read More

Cheezburger online comedy sites sold to unnamed buyer in acquisition of startup that made funny cat pictures famous

I can has acquisition? Cheezburger, the pioneering online comedy network that brought cat pictures and outrageous videos to millions around… Read More

Portland’s Cedexis raises $22M for web performance analytics platform

Cedexis just raised a substantial investment round to continue helping companies deliver optimal end user experiences with websites, mobile apps and streaming… Read More

Alphabet investment arm Google Ventures pours $1.5M into virtual reality startup Envelop VR

Count Alphabet’s investment arm as another top venture firm that’s betting on a new Seattle-area virtual reality startup. Envelop VR, a Bellevue-based company… Read More

Madrona bolsters team, names former Isilon president Bill Richter venture partner

Madrona Venture Group, the Seattle venture capital firm that raised a $300 million fund last year, continues to add horsepower… Read More

eSports engagement platform Matcherino raises $1.2M from Madrona and NFL lineman

eSports, though still in its infancy, already has a massive following. Now, a Seattle startup wants to get in on the… Read More

Tech leaders sound off on Star Wars: Favorite characters, business lessons and how they’d use the Force

The Force is strong in the tech industry. And you don’t have to travel to Dagobah to find it. Star Wars… Read More

This massive map shows how Seattle’s tech ecosystem has evolved over the last 30 years

To help quantify the recent history of the Seattle technology ecosystem in visual form, Madrona Venture Group and the Washington Technology Industry… Read More

Geek of the Week: ‘Soma’ Somasegar is ready for something new after 27 years at Microsoft

S. “Soma” Somasegar joined Microsoft in 1989, back when the Redmond software company had less than 5,000 employees and was… Read More

Bill Gates Sr. at 90: A giant impact on technology, philanthropy and the Seattle region

View image | gettyimages.com Editor’s Note: Bill Gates Sr. died on Sept. 14, 2020. This profile, reported in 2015 for… Read More

Madrona’s William Ruckelshaus to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

A well-known name in Seattle’s business world, William Ruckelshaus, will receive our nation’s highest civilian honor — the Presidential Medal… Read More

Mike Fridgen leaves GM job at eBay, joins ‘startup studio’ Madrona Venture Labs as CEO

Seattle entrepreneur Mike Fridgen knows Madrona Venture Group pretty well. After all, three of the startups he’s helped build over… Read More

Seattle startup Context Relevant cuts staff after ‘deep operational review’

Seattle startup Context Relevant — a heavily-funded big data analytics company backed by Madrona Venture Group — has cut a… Read More

Meet Booster Fuels: Stealthy startup refuels your car while you work, eliminates trips to gas station

A new Seattle startup wants to eliminate the gas station errand. Founded less than a year ago, Booster Fuels is seeing… Read More

Digital 3D face reconstruction technology wins top prize at UW computer science showcase event

University of Washington computer science students offered a glimpse into the future on Tuesday evening at the Paul G. Allen… Read More

What Amazon’s Jeff Bezos said to a private gathering of tech CEOs last night

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has a special relationship with Madrona Venture Group, the venerable Seattle venture capital firm. In 1995,… Read More

Photos: Seattle tech leaders celebrate in style at Madrona’s 20th anniversary

Since 1995, Madrona Venture Group has touched — and impacted — a huge part of Seattle’s startup ecosystem. And many… Read More

Madrona supports STEM education, makes biggest donation yet to Geeks Give Back campaign

Madrona Venture Group is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, and it is doing so with two large gifts to… Read More

Q&A: Madrona’s Tom Alberg on the changing winds of venture capital, tech bubbles and bankrolling a young Jeff Bezos

Tom Alberg did not have grand ambitions when he co-founded Madrona Venture Group with a few high-powered business buddies 20… Read More

Greg Gottesman, Geoff Entress and Mike Galgon form stealthy new firm Pioneer Square Labs

Three well-known Seattle investors have emerged at the helm of a mysterious new firm known as Pioneer Square Labs. Angel… Read More

Area360 raises $3.5M for mobile location tech platform, relocates HQ from New Zealand to Seattle

For Chris Smith, what started as a simple trip to the zoo has turned into a fast-growing startup that just… Read More

Spare5 raises $10M to help smartphone owners make money in their free time

Spare5 seems to have struck a chord with its platform that pays people to spend their spare time performing short… Read More

Peach raises $8M to deliver lunch, will expand service to Boston and Washington D.C.

Peach has nailed down a successful formula for delivering lunch to office workers in places like Seattle and San Diego. Now, the… Read More

Context Relevant CEO steps down as VC board member takes reins

Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura has stepped down from the heavily-funded big data analytics startup that he founded three years… Read More

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