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FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT

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

Harris Chalat and Peter Williams sat down with Madrona Venture Labs to discuss the company and their journey from aerospace engineers to co-founders. Muir AI was the first sustainability investment for MVL.

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

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Geekwire

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

Geekwire

Archway raises $15m to modernize the banking experience

Founder Spotlight

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

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

Beyond text, images, and code

Launchable blog

Accelerate: The AI-augmented developer

Launchable blog

AI assisted creativity

Geekwire

Outbound AI aims to take the pain out of insurance claims

Geekwire

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

MVL blog

Welcome to new partner – Samir Diwan

TechCrunch

Xembly raises cash to develop an AI assistant for corporate meetings

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...

Geekwire

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

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

MVL blog

Introducing: Jeremy Tryba, MVL’s New Technology Partner

MVL blog

Building founder value, our obsession

Geekwire

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

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

MVL blog

UW students awarded MVL fellowship to accelerate their startup, VerbalEyes

Geekwire

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

Geekwire

Mailchimp acquires MVL spinout Chatitive

Fast Company

The king of email marketing is acquiring Chatitive

Geekwire

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

Puget Sound Business Journal

Madrona backs fintech startup Stratify in seed round

MVL blog

Stratify: MVL’s latest intelligent applications startup

Geekwire

Madrona leads $4.9M round for Stratify

MVL blog

Strike Graph: From customer validation to oversubscribed pilot

MVL blog

Anatomy of an ML startup: Part 1

MVL blog

Anatomy of an ML startup: Part 2

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

MVL blog

Zeitworks: MVL's focus on machine learning and automation

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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