Madrona.com

Madrona Venture Group

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Madrona Venture Group is a venture capital company, founded in 1995. With their headquarters in Seattle, WA, Madrona targets investments in early-stage technology companies from the Pacific Northwest. Companies funded include Enterprise Software and Services, Consumer Software and Services, and Wireless, Networking and Infrastructure. Successfull previous investments include Amazon.com, Dantz, LiveBid, and Overstock.com. Current investments include WildTangent, ShareBuilder, TripHub and Isilon, the digital storage company which last December debuted in the market] with the "best opening performance for a technology IPO in more than 6 years (Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Isilon soars in market debut, 12 December 2007). In addition to these investments, Madrona Venture Group also provides venture for select seed and strategic investments.
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The Madrona Team

The team at Madrona Venture Group features former entrepreneurs, corporate CEOs, strategic advisers and active board members for hundreds of public and private companies, providing a wealth of expertise in the ins and outs of business, from products to customers to leadership. This experience is translated daily to their portfolio companies, in advice ranging from recruiting, strategy development and execution and raising and allocation of resources. Primarily, the team works on several fronts:

  • Managing directors, who help supervise appropriate team members and their extended network. Current managing directors include: Tom Alberg, Paul Goodrich, Greg Gottesman, and Matt McIlwain.
  • Strategic Directors, who's expertise is utilized leading companies through various business cycles. Current strategic directors include: John (Jack) Creighton Jr., Gerald (Jerry) Grinstein, Keith Grinstein, Chuck Hirsch, Pete Higgins, Bill Owens, and William (Bill) Ruckelshaus.
  • The extended team of Venture Partners, Investment Professionals, entrepreneurial teams and external advisors to Madrona Venture Group help identify and react to various emerging trends.
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Investment Portfolio

For an up-to-date alphabetical list, see here

Current Investments

Seed and Strategic Investments

Select Previous Investments

Contact

Tel: 206.674.3000
Fax: 206.674-8703
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For press and public relations inquiries, contact
To submit a business plan, see: this page

Address

Madrona Venture Group
1000 Second Avenue
Suite 3700
Seattle, WA 98104

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