A startup that helps data teams at consumer packaged goods companies (CPG) analyze and visualize their data through an artificial intelligence platform won a Madrona Venture Labs startup formation competition… Read More
Climate tech investors and entrepreneurs met Monday evening in downtown Seattle to network and gather insights from each other. The meetup was among the first events held as part of… Read More
How can startups truly differentiate themselves in the new era of AI? We’ve been discussing that question recently on the GeekWire Podcast, and on this episode, we’ll get a first-hand… Read More
A new artificial intelligence startup wants to help software development teams capture, store, and query their company data and knowledge. Augmend recently emerged from stealth mode with $2.2 million in… Read More
Charmed, a Seattle startup that specializes in creating AI-powered video game development tools, raised $400,000 from Madrona Venture Labs. The funding news comes alongside the recent debut of Charmed’s Texture… Read More
Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced Wednesday it raised $11 million for its fifth fund, providing fresh fuel for the Seattle startup studio as it continues to double down on developing… Read More
A new startup wants to make financial analysts more efficient with its chatbot tool that uses artificial intelligence to search publicly available business filings and answer research questions in natural… Read More
— Kate Johnson will become the new CEO of Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink. She was also appointed president and will join the board of directors of the 35,000-employee company,… Read More
From movie recommendations to chatbots, artificial intelligence-powered applications are deeply ingrained in the modern web experience. But building those same features for a so-called Web3 business — such as adding… Read More
The possibilities created by Web3, hailed as the next iteration of the internet, are attracting various early stage companies such as Metastitch, a new Seattle startup led by a former… Read More
Stack, a Seattle startup intent on making cryptocurrency and modern finance accessible for Gen Z, took the top prize at Madrona Venture Labs’ recent Launchable event aimed at Web3 startups.… Read More
— Bellevue, Wash.-based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. She will be responsible for Auth0’s various platforms and oversee the software engineering,… Read More
The news: Madrona Venture Labs, the startup studio associated with Madrona Venture Group, has raised $8 million for its fourth fund. The Seattle-based studio also unveiled a new model that… Read More
Misinformation is a big problem. Tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube — which deleted 500,000 COVID-19 misinformation videos — are under scrutiny for the spread of false content on… Read More
Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), a nonprofit organization with more than 16,000 members internationally, is partnering with Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group and Madrona Venture Labs in order to expand its… Read More
Madrona Venture Labs is churning out startups. The Seattle startup studio created by venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group helps incubate ideas and recruits a leadership team to run the… Read More
Former Docker executives Brian Camposano and Steve Singh are behind a stealthy new Seattle-based fintech startup called Stratify. The company just spun out of Seattle startup studio Madrona Venture Labs… Read More
A new spinout from Seattle-based startup studio Madrona Venture Labs wants to help companies protect data flowing through their various cloud apps. Simplata Technologies is led by co-founders Steve Banfield,… Read More
— Microsoft named former GE executive Tom McGuinness corporate vice president of healthcare. At GE, McGuinness was president and CEO of GE Healthcare Imaging which offers imaging technologies, analytics and… Read More
Building a startup is never easy, but doing so during a global pandemic and economic crisis makes it even harder. Seattle-based Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) wants to lend a helping… Read More
— Former BMW ReachNow CEO and INRIX executive Steve Banfield has joined Seattle-based “startup studio” Madrona Venture Labs as founder-in-residence. “Steve’s proven talent and leadership make him uniquely suited to… Read More
Spruce Up founder and CEO Mia Lewin has a vision for what she calls “the next generation of commerce.” She defines it as online sales that are customized for individual… Read More
Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), a Seattle-based “startup studio” formed by venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, just landed $11.3 million for its third fund as it aims to launch up… Read More
— T-Mobile‘s head of home and entertainment, Jeffrey Binder, has left the company. Binder was the CEO of television technology company Layer3 TV, which was acquired by T-Mobile in 2018.… Read More
— Naria Santa Lucia announced that she’ll be stepping down from her role as executive director of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship (WSOS). WSOS is a public-private partnership that gives… Read More
Vouched, a Seattle startup using AI to verify people’s identities online, has joined the Madrona Venture Labs accelerator. The 3-month accelerator program launched last year in a bid by VC firm… Read More
Taking part in an on-stage interview in front of 200 people from the Seattle startup community on Thursday afternoon was probably one of the more relaxing moments this week for… Read More
Invio, a Seattle startup that helps speed up clinical trials for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced this week that it is the first company to join the new accelerator created by… Read More
Joe Heitzeberg is a serial entrepreneur, launching and running Snapvine, which was acquired by Whitepages, and then MediaPiston, which UpWork bought. He co-founded Madrona Venture Labs, a startup studio and incubator.… Read More
Long-time Seattle marketing veteran Shauna Causey has joined Madrona Venture Labs. Causey will become a partner at the startup studio backed by Madrona Venture Group. She previously worked at Galvanize,… Read More
