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Decade of innovation: celebrating the 10th anniversary of Madrona Venture Labs

This month marks our 10th anniversary at MVL. Since the beginning, we've strived to embody Madrona's "Day One for the Long Run" commitment to founders as early co-builders and investors.

Our team at MVL, working in close collaboration with Madrona Venture Group, focuses heavily on identifying big opportunities...

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Founder Spotlight

Serial entrepreneur Mia Lewin on how her commitment to equality manifests in her leadership philosophy

Investor Spotlight

MVL investor and advisor Elissa Fink on the art of marketing, customer engagement, and founder success

Partner Spotlight

MVL's Keith Rosema - from building rockets with Jeff Bezos to pioneering AI at MVL

Founder Spotlight

From vision to venture: codifying data governance

MVL blog

Generative AI and the dawn of next-gen travel experiences

Partner Spotlight

MVL's Jason Flateboe – supporting founders through design

MVL blog

Looking ahead: 2024 predictions from the team at Madrona Venture Labs

Advisor Spotlight

Interview: MVL’s Technical Advisor Nancy Wang on entrepreneurship, AI and data security

MVL blog

The 2024 generative AI startup playbook

Launchable blog

Empowering startups: insights from Google Cloud's Amit Zavery on AI, data security, and successful exits

Launchable blog

Unraveling the GenAI revolution: insights from big tech panel

Launchable blog

GitHub Copilot and the evolution of programming: insights from Thomas Dohmke

Launchable blog

Navigating the GenAI investment landscape: wisdom from VC experts

Geekwire

Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff joins former colleagues to launch personal assistant AI startup

Geekwire

NoxuData wins Launchable: Generative Apps event

TechCrunch

How much carbon pollution is in your product? Muir AI raises $3.25M to answer that question

MVL blog

Anatomy of an ML startup – redux: part I

MVL blog

Anatomy of an ML startup – redux: part II

MVL blog

Fund V: fuel to power the next wave of AI founders & their ideas

Founder Spotlight

Outbound AI CEO Stead Burwell on transforming healthcare with AI

Launchable blog

Launchable: generative apps - building the next big wave of AI startups

Tales From the Front Lines

Reeling in your first customers – what comes first, the chicken or the egg?

Geekwire

Healthcare billing and claims automation startup Outbound AI raises $16M

Geekwire

Compliance automation startup Strike Graph lands $7M to expand certification offerings

Founder Spotlight

Muir AI co-founders Harris Chalat and Peter Williams on why now and why climate

Geekwire

Finpilot aims to help financial analysts scour corporate filings with chatbot tool

Founder Spotlight

Storia AI co-founder Julia Turc on lessons learned transitioning from the research world to the building world

Geekwire

Archway raises $15m to modernize the banking experience

Founder Spotlight

Archway founder Dustin Hubbard: from bank exec to modernizing banking

MVL blog

Sustainability tech: Where sustainability ideas meet venture returns

Geekwire

Vouched, an identity verification startup backed by Zulily co-founders, raises $6.3M

Launchable What's on the Horizon panel image

Launchable blog

Launchable: What’s on the Horizon speaker panel

Launchable blog

Could generative AI supercharge climate innovation?

Launchable blog

Launchable: Foundation Models - building applications 

Launchable discussion with Christobal Valenzuela

Launchable blog

Cristóbal Valenzuela and the Runway story

Launchable blog

AI assisted creativity

Launchable blog

Beyond text, images, and code

Launchable blog

Accelerate: The AI-augmented developer

Geekwire

Madrona raises $690M for two new funds to back startups in Seattle and elsewhere

Geekwire

Outbound AI aims to take the pain out of insurance claims

MVL blog

Welcome to new partner – Samir Diwan

TechCrunch

Xembly raises cash to develop an AI assistant for corporate meetings

Geekwire

Seattle mental health startup Alongside raises $5.5M, aims to test app with schools

Geekwire

Spice AI raises $13.5M to help developers build AI-driven applications on the blockchain

Geekwire

Xembly: An executive assistant for every worker. Startup's AI takes meeting notes, follows up on email...

TechCrunch

Stack banks $2.7M to teach teens, parents about crypto

Geekwire

Seattle startup Stack wins $100K top prize in Madrona Venture Labs’ Launchable Web3 event

TechCrunch

Pendulum raises $5.9M to help organizations track harmful narratives

Geekwire

Pendulum raises $5.9M to help companies identify potentially harmful narratives online

MVL blog

Building founder value, our obsession

Geekwire

Pendulum aims to combat misinformation on video platforms

Geekwire

MVL raises $8M, unveils plan to turn its investors into co-founders

TechCrunch

Magnify raises $6M for its post-sales orchestration platform

Geekwire

Notable tech leaders back Magnify as software startup emerges with $6M in funding

Geekwire

Madrona Venture Group raises $345M for 8th fund, largest ever

Geekwire

Compliance automation startup Strike Graph raises $8M to fuel growth and expand services

Geekwire

Zulily co-founders Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon invest in ID verification startup Vouched

MVL blog

UW students awarded MVL fellowship to accelerate their startup, VerbalEyes

Fast Company

The king of email marketing is acquiring Chatitive

Geekwire

Mailchimp acquires MVL spinout Chatitive

Geekwire

Marchex co-founder’s latest startup uses artificial intelligence to rethink and improve meetings

MVL blog

Stratify: MVL’s latest intelligent applications startup

MVL blog

Strike Graph: From customer validation to oversubscribed pilot

Geekwire

Madrona leads $4.9M round for Stratify

MVL blog

Anatomy of an ML startup: part I

MVL blog

Anatomy of an ML startup: part II

Techcrunch

Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M to build companines from the ground up

Geekwire

Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M fund to launch a new group of AI-focused startups

Geekwire

Vouched raises $3M as pandemic drives demand for its ID verification tech

Geekwire

Stripe for ID verification: Meet Vouched

Geekwire

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Uplevel raises $7.5M to measure engineering teams’ productivity

MVL blog

Uplevel: Inside the journey from idea to $7.5M in seed funding

Madrona blog

Continuing a tradition of partnering from Day One with Founders

Geekwire

Uber acquires Seattle startup Mighty AI to fuel its push into self-driving cars

MVL blog

Our core focus is on ML/AI ideas, and here's why

Acquisitions

MessageYes acquired by Nordstrom

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