The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.
![MotherDuck](https://www.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Transparent-Jordan-MotherDuck.png)
MotherDuck’s
Joran Tigani
on shaping serverless data with DuckDB ![Runway](https://www.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cris-Runway-transprent.png)
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning ![Rec Room](https://www.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Transparent-Nick-Fajt.png)
Rec Room’s
Nick Fajt
on democratizing game development ![Common Room](https://www.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LindaLian_2_FPO-sm.png)
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company ![Pulumi](https://www.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Joe-Duffy.png)
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers ![Statsig](https://www.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Vijaye-Statsig-3.png)
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products Company List
AI & Intelligent Apps
Acceleration
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Ally was a business and goal management software platform with roots in the OKR (objectives and key results) goal alignment framework that is transforming businesses and employees’ work lives.Initial Investment2021Ally was a business and goal management software platform with roots in the OKR (objectives and key results) goal alignment framework that is transforming businesses and employees’ work lives.FounderVetri VelloreInvestment JourneyAcquired by Microsoft 2021Initial Investment2021
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Clari is the leader in Revenue Collaboration & Governance, providing the first enterprise platform to run the most important business process: revenue. Clari’s Revenue Platform connects all revenue-critical employees, processes, and systems to drive a breakthrough in revenue precision.Initial Investment2019Clari is the leader in Revenue Collaboration & Governance, providing the first enterprise platform to run the most important business process: revenue. Clari’s Revenue Platform connects all revenue-critical employees, processes, and systems to drive a breakthrough in revenue precision.
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Clozd is a win/loss solution for B2B customers, providing interview and automated survey-based data collection, subject matter expertise and methodology, and dashboards for analytics and scoring of win/loss drivers and customer feedback. Clozd helps B2B customers systematically and holistically capture and analyze the reasons why their company wins or loses business from customers.Initial Investment2022Clozd is a win/loss solution for B2B customers, providing interview and automated survey-based data collection, subject matter expertise and methodology, and dashboards for analytics and scoring of win/loss drivers and customer feedback. Clozd helps B2B customers systematically and holistically capture and analyze the reasons why their company wins or loses business from customers.
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Coda is the all-in-one doc for teams. It starts with a blank canvas and a blinking cursor and has infinite room to grow your ideas. Coda comes with a new set of building blocksーlike tables that talk to each other, buttons that take action, and Packs that connect your doc to the apps you use every day. Coda launched to the general public in early 2019, and is used by tens of thousands of teams globally, spanning startups and enterprise businesses like Robinhood, Square, The New York Times, and Uber. Coda is a distributed company with offices in Seattle, San Francisco, and Mountain View, Calif. and is backed by top investment firms such as Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, and General Catalyst.Initial Investment2020Coda is the all-in-one doc for teams. It starts with a blank canvas and a blinking cursor and has infinite room to grow your ideas. Coda comes with a new set of building blocksーlike tables that talk to each other, buttons that take action, and Packs that connect your doc to the apps you use every day. Coda launched to the general public in early 2019, and is used by tens of thousands of teams globally, spanning startups and enterprise businesses like Robinhood, Square, The New York Times, and Uber. Coda is a distributed company with offices in Seattle, San Francisco, and Mountain View, Calif. and is backed by top investment firms such as Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, and General Catalyst.
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Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner.Initial Investment2024Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner.
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Deepgram is an enterprise automated speech recognition and understanding company that enables companies to build foundational and specialized language models for a range of applications.Initial Investment2022Deepgram is an enterprise automated speech recognition and understanding company that enables companies to build foundational and specialized language models for a range of applications.
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Route offers an eCommerce platform enabling consumers to track and protect orders, across merchants, on a post- purchase basis and enables merchants to enrich D2C merchandising capabilities and offload white-glove support.Initial Investment2021
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Runway is building the next generation of creative tools that makes machine learning easy and accessible for all types of creatives. With an active and growing community, Runway is pioneering how content and media are created. With a focus on video automation and synthetic media, Runway reduces the costs of creating visual media across creative industries.Initial Investment2022Runway is building the next generation of creative tools that makes machine learning easy and accessible for all types of creatives. With an active and growing community, Runway is pioneering how content and media are created. With a focus on video automation and synthetic media, Runway reduces the costs of creating visual media across creative industries.FoundersCristóbal Valenzuela
Anastasis Germanidis
Alejandro Matamala-OrtizInitial Investment2022 -
TaxBit is a cryptocurrency tax software for consumers, enterprises, and governments.Initial Investment2021TaxBit is a cryptocurrency tax software for consumers, enterprises, and governments.
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Typeface is the enterprise-grade generative AI platform to supercharge personalized content creation. By uniting content velocity with brand personalization and control, any enterprise can now create exceptional, on-brand content faster and easier than ever before.Initial Investment2023Typeface is the enterprise-grade generative AI platform to supercharge personalized content creation. By uniting content velocity with brand personalization and control, any enterprise can now create exceptional, on-brand content faster and easier than ever before.