Tom Alberg co-founded Madrona in 1995 and actively worked in support of Madrona and its portfolio companies before his death in 2022.

"When it started, I don't think Jeff or any of us had any idea of what Amazon would grow to," Alberg said. "We thought selling books on the internet had some real possibilities, but the focus was...

We've reached a tipping point for our startup ecosystem. The Seattle area is home to several of the world’s most iconic companies including Amazon,

Social gaming platform Rec Room has raised $100 million at a $1.25 billion valuation. The funding is a win for user-generated content.

It is with incredible sorrow and heartbreak that we share the news that Birkan Uzun died December 31st, 2021 as a result of a skiing ...

Runway’s technology can make short movies based on a few words of text.

Madrona Venture Group has raised more than $500 million in fresh capital that the 25-year-old Seattle venture capital firm will use to bankroll both early

A group of all-star computer scientists is behind OctoML, a new University of Washington spinout that aims to help companies deploy machine learning

November 27, 2019 - On behalf of the Ruckelshaus Center Advisory Board, faculty and staff, and everyone else at Washington State University and the University of Washington affiliated with the...

The MotherDuck knows enterprises care for ease of use, scalability, speed, and cost. And they’re extending DuckDB with additional capabilities that take advantage of the collaboration and scalability...

In the last few years, everyone has become a seed investor. From veteran venture capitalists to hedge funds, private tech investors are looking to invest in companies earlier and earlier.But the...

In the shadow of Microsoft and Amazon, the Seattle area is on the precipice of a major startup boom and these enterprise startups are on the rise.

Voted on by top investors and leveraging PitchBook’s ML/AI algorithm, the Intelligent Applications 40 are the top private companies building and enabling intelligent and generative applications today.

Unstructured.io is building an enterprise-grade ETL pipeline to bring unstructured data primarily trapped within documents to LLMs.

We are thrilled to welcome Vivek Ramaswami to Madrona as an investment partner based in our Palo Alto office.

Madrona Venture Group is expanding its physical footprint in Seattle with a new innovation space for founders and startups. The venture capital firm has

Procurement isn't the most exciting topic in the world, but for large businesses, it's an area where inefficiencies can quickly affect the bottom line.

If you struggle keeping up with the daily tasks associated with whatever you do for a living, consider the three hats that Luis Ceze wears. He's a

Highspot thinks its artificial intelligence models are making sales organizations much more efficient, and it has raised $15 million in new funding to go

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The Seattle startup acts a marketplace where companies can buy algorithms that developers are selling.

With the General Data Protection Regulation law set to go into effect later this year, companies are scrambling to make sure they stay compliant with new

The fund is the seventh for the 23-year-old firm.

BUILDING BRIDGES. Highspot CEO and co-founder Robert Wahbe, seated at center, with, from left, Jennifer Palecki; David Wortendyke, co-founder; Haley Katsman; and Oliver Sharp, co-founder.

Voted on by top investors and leveraging PitchBook's ML/AI algorithm, these are the 2022 intelligent applications 40.

Madrona Venture Group typically flies under the radar of Silicon Valley reporters, partly because it's in Seattle. But the 23-year-old, early-stage

Getting gas delivered to your car while you're at the office is turning out to be a pretty nice perk — and investors think so, too. Booster Fuels, which