Madrona

Madrona Venture Group, LLC is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington, established in 1995. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, primarily within the information technology sector, including areas such as consumer Internet, digital media, software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Madrona focuses on companies that are innovating in the Future of Work and low-code/no-code domains. The firm typically invests between $2 million and $10 million and prefers to take a lead role in financing rounds, often seeking board positions in its portfolio companies. While it primarily targets investments in the Pacific Northwest region, its interests extend to the broader West Coast and other parts of the United States.

Tom Alberg

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Shannon Anderson

Director of Talent

Elisa La Cava

Senior Associate

Luis Ceze Ph.D

Venture Partner

Jennifer Chambers

Administrative Partner

Troy Cichos

Partner

Hope Cochran

Managing Director

John W. Creighton

Strategic Director

Aseem Datar

Partner

Katie Drucker

Katie Drucker Head of Business Development and Partnerships

Patrick Ennis

Venture Partner

Oren Etzioni Ph.D

Venture Partner

Maria Gilfoyle

Investor

Paul Goodrich

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Len Jordan

Venture Partner

Maria Karaivanova

Principal

Daniel Li

Venture Partner

Matthew McIlwain

Managing Director

Karan Mehandru

Managing Director

Chris Picardo

Partner

Timothy Porter

Managing Director

Vivek Ramaswami

Partner

William D. Richter

Venture Partner

William D. Ruckelshaus

Strategic Director

Erika Shaffer

Director of Strategic Communications

Sid Shenai

Venture Partner

Sudhir Steven Singh

Managing Director

S. Somasegar

Managing Director

John Torrey

Venture Partner

Jon Turow

Partner

Ishani Ummat

Investor

Birkan Uzun

Investor

Dan Weld

Venture Partner

Sabrina Wu

Investor

Past deals in Seattle, WA

Fixie

Seed Round in 2023
We are a small agile web development team based out of Seattle, WA that primarily uses Ruby on Rails as our weapon of choice. We can help you enhance a few features on your site, optimize your app to leverage social media, evaluate your design, or even completely build your million dollar startup idea!

Ozette Technologies

Series A in 2022
Ozette is a life sciences data startup company that develops an artificial intelligence-enabled immune monitoring platform. It empowers scientists to quickly extract reliable insights from single-cell data across instruments, experiments, and disease states, with a focus on cancer patients. The data can be used by doctors to diagnose and prescribe medication with greater accuracy. In 2020, co-founders Raphael Gottardo, Greg Finak, Ali Ansary, and Evan Greene headquartered the life science company in Seattle, Washington.

Uplevel

Series A in 2022
Uplevel Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in software solutions designed to enhance the productivity of engineering teams through machine learning and organizational science. Founded in 2018, Uplevel provides data-driven insights that empower engineers and their managers to optimize performance and foster behavior change. The platform integrates seamlessly into daily workflows, utilizing data from commonly used tools such as calendar applications, GitHub, Jira, Slack, and engagement surveys. By championing best practices and actionable coaching, Uplevel aims to elevate the effectiveness of teams, enabling them to perform at their best.

Flexe

Series D in 2022
FLEXE, Inc. operates a cloud-based warehousing services marketplace that connects organizations needing additional storage and fulfillment capacity with those that have surplus space. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a platform that facilitates efficient warehouse sourcing and setup, streamlining material handling operations for clients including retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and logistics firms. By addressing inventory overflow and fulfillment challenges, FLEXE enhances the logistics industry and enables businesses to achieve greater structural flexibility in their operations. The company aims to optimize the global delivery of goods and improve access to affordable warehousing solutions, ultimately helping enterprises strengthen their distribution networks and maximize revenue potential.

Booster

Series D in 2022
Booster Fuels, Inc. specializes in on-demand fuel delivery services, utilizing a mobile application that allows users to conveniently order fuel directly to their locations, such as office parking lots. The company operates in major metropolitan areas including Austin, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orange County, San Francisco, and Seattle, delivering fuel at competitive prices comparable to traditional gas stations. Booster serves both individual consumers and corporate clients, providing fuel services at numerous companies, office parks, and university campuses. Many Fortune 100 companies have adopted Booster's services for their employees. Additionally, Booster caters to commercial fleets, delivering fuel during off-hours to save fleet managers significant costs. Incorporated in 2014 and based in San Mateo, California, Booster has successfully raised over $88 million in funding from various venture capital firms.

MontyCloud

Seed Round in 2022
MontyCloud Inc. is a technology company that specializes in creating an artificial intelligence-driven software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for managing and governing cloud infrastructure, applications, and services. Founded in 2018 and located in Woodinville, Washington, MontyCloud offers solutions that simplify the management of cloud services, automate maintenance tasks, and streamline governance and compliance processes. Its platform employs an event-driven architecture, integrating AI and machine learning to provide automation and actionable insights. The company addresses key areas such as cloud cost management, security, compliance automation, and disaster recovery, enabling clients to achieve consistent, policy-driven management across diverse cloud environments.

Proxi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Proxi powers the future of personalized navigation. Today, Proxi's no-code mapping software makes mapping and crowdsourcing geographic recommendations accessible to everyone. Local experts and influencers use Proxi to create, customize and embed highly interactive maps into their social media accounts, websites, and apps. Enabling and hosting this curated content will power future tech-enabled, location-based experiences.

Evocalize

Series A in 2022
Evocalize, Inc. is a marketing technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in transforming customer conversations into revenue. The company offers a platform that allows brands to engage in meaningful, ongoing dialogues with their customers, extracting valuable insights and facilitating real-time business monitoring. Evocalize's solutions are applicable across various sectors, including retail, travel, and dining. With a focus on innovation and customer-centricity, Evocalize has developed advanced marketing tools that leverage real-time data to create compelling marketing programs. Their artificial intelligence capabilities optimize marketing expenditures, enhancing overall campaign performance. Founded in 2012 and formerly known as DishOpinion, Evocalize has established itself as a leader in cross-device paid marketing technology, continually striving to help clients meet their marketing objectives.

Highspot

Series F in 2022
Highspot, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a cloud-based sales engagement platform designed to enhance how businesses interact with their customers. Founded in 2012, the platform provides intelligent content management, training, and contextual guidance, along with actionable analytics to optimize sales pitches and content delivery. Highspot's features include scoring and recommending content, offering real-time alerts on customer engagement, and facilitating the creation of sales playbooks tailored to specific roles and industries. The company also integrates with customer relationship management systems, enabling businesses to improve customer engagement and drive revenue growth. In addition to its headquarters in Seattle, Highspot has an office in London, United Kingdom.

Pendulum

Seed Round in 2022
Pendulum is an AI/ML-powered platform for companies and government organizations to detect and understand harmful narratives on social media platforms.

Rec Room

Venture Round in 2021
Against Gravity Corp. is an augmented and virtual reality software company founded in April 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington. The company is known for its flagship product, Rec Room, a virtual social club that allows users to create and play games with friends in an immersive online environment. Rec Room emphasizes social interaction and multiplayer experiences, catering to a growing audience interested in virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.

WhyLabs

Series A in 2021
WhyLabs is the AI observability company. Its mission to build the interface between humans and AI applications.

Magnify

Seed Round in 2021
Magnify is a post-sales orchestration platform and uses AI and Machine Learning to optimize and automate the customer lifecycle for enterprise software. From emails to training videos to in-product interactions to customer success platforms, Magnify creates the ideal sequence and timing of the customer interactions. Designed to drive deep adoption and usage in a customer account, Magnify will identify where churn or expansion is likely and automatically launch the appropriate action in software.

OctoML

Series C in 2021
OctoML is a company focused on enhancing the efficiency and deployment of machine learning models. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that automates the optimization of machine learning models using the open-source Apache TVM software stack. The core product, Octomizer, allows machine learning engineers to upload their models for automatic optimization, benchmarking, and packaging tailored for various hardware environments. Founded in 2019 and based in Seattle, Washington, OctoML aims to simplify the complexities of machine learning deployment, making it more accessible for developers. The company emphasizes creativity, productivity, and work-life balance while fostering a diverse work environment.

Spice AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Spice AI makes using and training time-series AI easy for developers so it can be cost-effectively utilized in products and services that meaningfully improve the quality of our lives. Founded in January 2021, Spice AI, Inc. is a Seattle, Washington headquartered technology startup building developer focused AI. Spice AI was founded by three ex-Microsoft engineers, with over 20 years combined experience in distributed and cloud computing.

Game Jolt

Seed Round in 2021
Game Jolt is a social platform for following and playing video games. With millions of unique monthly visitors and over 100,000 video games, Game Jolt has become one of the largest online gaming communities in the world.

Read AI

Seed Round in 2021
Read AI enables better meetings through shared measurement. Read AI is a provider of a real-time shared dashboard that measures engagement and sentiment for meeting attendees.

Strike Graph

Series A in 2021
Strike Graph, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that provides a compliance Security-as-a-Service solution, focusing on simplifying the process of security audits and certifications such as SOC 2 Type I and II. Founded in 2020, Strike Graph offers a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform that allows organizations to efficiently manage their security programs, compliance controls, policies, and necessary documentation. The platform automates evidence collection for auditor review through integrations with common business systems and infrastructure, facilitating a streamlined audit process. By enabling collaboration among key stakeholders, including Risk Managers, CTOs, CISOs, and Auditors, Strike Graph helps businesses implement a risk-driven security framework that can significantly enhance revenue opportunities for B2B companies.

A-Alpha Bio

Series A in 2021
A-Alpha Bio, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in synthetic biology with a focus on drug development that targets multiple proteins. The company's flagship platform, AlphaSeq, offers innovative cell-based tools for quantitative and high-throughput measurement of protein interactions. This technology accelerates processes such as target discovery, library screening, and preclinical drug characterization, addressing significant bottlenecks in the industry. By providing biologics and molecular glue discovery and optimization services, A-Alpha Bio supports pharmaceutical companies in enhancing binding and specificity for various target proteins. The team comprises experts in synthetic biology, structural biology, and next-generation sequencing, all dedicated to advancing drug discovery methodologies.

Modulus Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2021
Modulus Therapeutics is an artificial-intelligence-powered cell therapy design company.

Amperity

Series D in 2021
Amperity is an intelligent customer data platform that helps global consumer brands unlock and utilize their customer data effectively. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Amperity creates a comprehensive Customer 360 view that enhances marketing performance and delivers actionable insights. The platform integrates raw data from various sources, such as e-commerce and loyalty systems, standardizes it, and enriches it with custom attributes, enabling organizations to connect with and understand their customers better. This streamlined approach frees technical teams from the burdens of data integration and management, while empowering business teams with direct access to crucial data necessary for fostering long-term customer loyalty and driving growth. Amperity serves a diverse range of well-known brands, including Alaska Airlines, Starbucks, and Wynn Resorts.

Zeitworks

Venture Round in 2021
Zeitworks Technologies, Inc. is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that specializes in business process improvement through an intelligent automation platform. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Los Angeles, California, the company utilizes machine learning to discover, analyze, and enhance business processes. Its platform operates without interrupting users or requiring system integrations, allowing it to measure and evaluate business process execution step-by-step based on the paths workers follow during their regular tasks. Currently, Zeitworks' solution is available to select pilot customers as the company develops its proprietary technology aimed at identifying opportunities for efficiency and improving customer experience.

Lexion

Series A in 2021
Lexion is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to streamline contract management. The company's innovative software effectively identifies and extracts essential information from corporate contracts, including key terms such as termination notices, renewal dates, and payment terms. Established by a team with a strong background in AI research and entrepreneurship, Lexion is supported by a notable Silicon Valley law firm and a prominent venture capital firm. The founders have a proven track record of developing successful AI products and productivity applications that enhance business operations.

Madrona Venture Labs

Funding Round in 2021
Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio located in Seattle, affiliated with Madrona Venture Group. The studio focuses on developing new technology companies by providing support in various stages of the startup lifecycle. This includes ideation, product development, and market entry. By leveraging the expertise of its team and its network, Madrona Venture Labs aims to create innovative solutions and foster entrepreneurship in the technology sector. The studio collaborates closely with entrepreneurs to refine their business models and accelerate their growth, thereby contributing to the vibrant startup ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest.

TwinStrand Biosciences

Series B in 2021
TwinStrand Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in Duplex Sequencing, a technology that significantly enhances the accuracy of DNA sequencing by over 10,000 times. This advanced method enables the detection of ultra-low frequency genomic variants that are often overlooked by conventional sequencing techniques. Founded in 2015 and based in Bellevue, Washington, TwinStrand's technology has diverse applications across various fields, including oncology, infectious disease, organ transplantation, reproductive and genetic health, and forensics. The company's innovative approach provides researchers and clinicians with essential data to inform critical decisions in clinical medicine and public health, facilitating quicker and clearer insights into complex genetic information.

Common Room

Series B in 2021
Common Room makes it easy for organizations to deepen relationships across their communities, anywhere people are.

Rec Room

Series D in 2021
Against Gravity Corp. is an augmented and virtual reality software company founded in April 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington. The company is known for its flagship product, Rec Room, a virtual social club that allows users to create and play games with friends in an immersive online environment. Rec Room emphasizes social interaction and multiplayer experiences, catering to a growing audience interested in virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.

OctoML

Series B in 2021
OctoML is a company focused on enhancing the efficiency and deployment of machine learning models. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that automates the optimization of machine learning models using the open-source Apache TVM software stack. The core product, Octomizer, allows machine learning engineers to upload their models for automatic optimization, benchmarking, and packaging tailored for various hardware environments. Founded in 2019 and based in Seattle, Washington, OctoML aims to simplify the complexities of machine learning deployment, making it more accessible for developers. The company emphasizes creativity, productivity, and work-life balance while fostering a diverse work environment.

Highspot

Series E in 2021
Highspot, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a cloud-based sales engagement platform designed to enhance how businesses interact with their customers. Founded in 2012, the platform provides intelligent content management, training, and contextual guidance, along with actionable analytics to optimize sales pitches and content delivery. Highspot's features include scoring and recommending content, offering real-time alerts on customer engagement, and facilitating the creation of sales playbooks tailored to specific roles and industries. The company also integrates with customer relationship management systems, enabling businesses to improve customer engagement and drive revenue growth. In addition to its headquarters in Seattle, Highspot has an office in London, United Kingdom.

Knock

Venture Round in 2021
Knock, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a sales and marketing software platform designed specifically for residential property management. Established in 2013, the company provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution that connects property managers and landlords with prospective renters. Its platform enables leasing teams to manage tasks, track property metrics, and maintain communication with prospects. Additionally, Knock's tools allow property managers to monitor daily activities of leasing teams and facilitate online scheduling for property tours. By focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and improving net operating income for multifamily property management firms, Knock aims to streamline the leasing process and foster better engagement between property professionals and potential tenants.

Ozette Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
Ozette is a life sciences data startup company that develops an artificial intelligence-enabled immune monitoring platform. It empowers scientists to quickly extract reliable insights from single-cell data across instruments, experiments, and disease states, with a focus on cancer patients. The data can be used by doctors to diagnose and prescribe medication with greater accuracy. In 2020, co-founders Raphael Gottardo, Greg Finak, Ali Ansary, and Evan Greene headquartered the life science company in Seattle, Washington.

Rec Room

Series C in 2020
Against Gravity Corp. is an augmented and virtual reality software company founded in April 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington. The company is known for its flagship product, Rec Room, a virtual social club that allows users to create and play games with friends in an immersive online environment. Rec Room emphasizes social interaction and multiplayer experiences, catering to a growing audience interested in virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.

Voodle

Series A in 2020
Voodle, Inc. develops a cloud-based software that builds a virtual reality and augmented reality video processing and delivery platform for media and entertainment applications. It offers Voodle, an application that is used to capture business moments as they happen and share the knowledge that connects the team and drives action. The company’s application is available on App Store and Google Play. Voodle, Inc. was formerly known as Pixvana, Inc. and changed its name to Voodle, Inc. in March 2020. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Flexe

Series C in 2020
FLEXE, Inc. operates a cloud-based warehousing services marketplace that connects organizations needing additional storage and fulfillment capacity with those that have surplus space. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a platform that facilitates efficient warehouse sourcing and setup, streamlining material handling operations for clients including retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and logistics firms. By addressing inventory overflow and fulfillment challenges, FLEXE enhances the logistics industry and enables businesses to achieve greater structural flexibility in their operations. The company aims to optimize the global delivery of goods and improve access to affordable warehousing solutions, ultimately helping enterprises strengthen their distribution networks and maximize revenue potential.

Pulumi

Series B in 2020
Pulumi is a Seattle-based cloud engineering company that offers a way to build, connect, and run modern cloud applications. Pulumi provides the cloud development model: helping Development and DevOps teams get their code to the cloud quickly and collaboratively. Pulumi provides frameworks and libraries to define, deploy, and manage cloud services -- from serverless to container to virtual machines -- using pure code, for any cloud, with clear collaboration for teams and enterprises delivering on the cloud, multi-cloud, and cloud-native application delivery strategies.

Strike Graph

Seed Round in 2020
Strike Graph, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that provides a compliance Security-as-a-Service solution, focusing on simplifying the process of security audits and certifications such as SOC 2 Type I and II. Founded in 2020, Strike Graph offers a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform that allows organizations to efficiently manage their security programs, compliance controls, policies, and necessary documentation. The platform automates evidence collection for auditor review through integrations with common business systems and infrastructure, facilitating a streamlined audit process. By enabling collaboration among key stakeholders, including Risk Managers, CTOs, CISOs, and Auditors, Strike Graph helps businesses implement a risk-driven security framework that can significantly enhance revenue opportunities for B2B companies.

WhyLabs

Seed Round in 2020
WhyLabs is the AI observability company. Its mission to build the interface between humans and AI applications.

Stratify Tech Limited

Seed Round in 2020
Stratify Technologies provides real-time and collaborative budgeting and forecasting solution. Its platform leverages machine learning to identify performance gaps, quantify financial impacts and create revised forecast scenarios and provides a single view for key stakeholders to align, plan and monitor actual financial and operational performance relative to budget assumptions.

Zeitworks

Seed Round in 2020
Zeitworks Technologies, Inc. is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that specializes in business process improvement through an intelligent automation platform. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Los Angeles, California, the company utilizes machine learning to discover, analyze, and enhance business processes. Its platform operates without interrupting users or requiring system integrations, allowing it to measure and evaluate business process execution step-by-step based on the paths workers follow during their regular tasks. Currently, Zeitworks' solution is available to select pilot customers as the company develops its proprietary technology aimed at identifying opportunities for efficiency and improving customer experience.

Knock

Series B in 2020
Knock, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a sales and marketing software platform designed specifically for residential property management. Established in 2013, the company provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution that connects property managers and landlords with prospective renters. Its platform enables leasing teams to manage tasks, track property metrics, and maintain communication with prospects. Additionally, Knock's tools allow property managers to monitor daily activities of leasing teams and facilitate online scheduling for property tours. By focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and improving net operating income for multifamily property management firms, Knock aims to streamline the leasing process and foster better engagement between property professionals and potential tenants.

OctoML

Series A in 2020
OctoML is a company focused on enhancing the efficiency and deployment of machine learning models. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that automates the optimization of machine learning models using the open-source Apache TVM software stack. The core product, Octomizer, allows machine learning engineers to upload their models for automatic optimization, benchmarking, and packaging tailored for various hardware environments. Founded in 2019 and based in Seattle, Washington, OctoML aims to simplify the complexities of machine learning deployment, making it more accessible for developers. The company emphasizes creativity, productivity, and work-life balance while fostering a diverse work environment.

Wicket Labs

Venture Round in 2020
Wicket Labs, Inc. develops scoreboard-based tools for websites and applications to identify application program interface problems and facilitate resolution. It offers The Wicket Scorecard, a solution that enables companies to gain visibility into their customers so as to understand how initiatives impact their business, drive engagement with their service, and promote a customer base through unique customer happiness index score. Wicket Labs, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Common Room

Seed Round in 2020
Common Room makes it easy for organizations to deepen relationships across their communities, anywhere people are.

FreightWeb

Seed Round in 2020
FreightWeb Services Inc. is a transportation and logistics company based in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Scottsdale, Arizona. Founded in 2019, the company specializes in partial truckload shipping services and operates an online portal that allows shippers to obtain instant rate quotes and book shipments efficiently. By leveraging technology, FreightWeb aims to disrupt the trucking market by providing competitive pricing and enhanced service offerings.

KITT.AI

Venture Round in 2020
KITT.AI offers a conversational understanding as a service that focuses on multi-turn dialog.

TwinStrand Biosciences

Series A in 2020
TwinStrand Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in Duplex Sequencing, a technology that significantly enhances the accuracy of DNA sequencing by over 10,000 times. This advanced method enables the detection of ultra-low frequency genomic variants that are often overlooked by conventional sequencing techniques. Founded in 2015 and based in Bellevue, Washington, TwinStrand's technology has diverse applications across various fields, including oncology, infectious disease, organ transplantation, reproductive and genetic health, and forensics. The company's innovative approach provides researchers and clinicians with essential data to inform critical decisions in clinical medicine and public health, facilitating quicker and clearer insights into complex genetic information.

Highspot

Series D in 2019
Highspot, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a cloud-based sales engagement platform designed to enhance how businesses interact with their customers. Founded in 2012, the platform provides intelligent content management, training, and contextual guidance, along with actionable analytics to optimize sales pitches and content delivery. Highspot's features include scoring and recommending content, offering real-time alerts on customer engagement, and facilitating the creation of sales playbooks tailored to specific roles and industries. The company also integrates with customer relationship management systems, enabling businesses to improve customer engagement and drive revenue growth. In addition to its headquarters in Seattle, Highspot has an office in London, United Kingdom.

MontyCloud

Seed Round in 2019
MontyCloud Inc. is a technology company that specializes in creating an artificial intelligence-driven software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for managing and governing cloud infrastructure, applications, and services. Founded in 2018 and located in Woodinville, Washington, MontyCloud offers solutions that simplify the management of cloud services, automate maintenance tasks, and streamline governance and compliance processes. Its platform employs an event-driven architecture, integrating AI and machine learning to provide automation and actionable insights. The company addresses key areas such as cloud cost management, security, compliance automation, and disaster recovery, enabling clients to achieve consistent, policy-driven management across diverse cloud environments.

Integris Software

Venture Round in 2019
Integris Software, Inc. specializes in data privacy automation solutions, designed to assist enterprises in managing sensitive data effectively. The company's flagship product, Integris, enables organizations to discover, map, monitor, and control their sensitive information, thereby facilitating compliance with stringent regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Integris Software's offerings include tools for fulfilling data subject requests, managing data handling obligations, and securing data within Hadoop data lakes. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Vancouver, Canada, Integris Software operates as a subsidiary of OneTrust, LLC. The company plays a crucial role in helping organizations navigate complex compliance landscapes, ensuring they can visualize the location of personal information and demonstrate adherence to regulatory standards.

OctoML

Seed Round in 2019
OctoML is a company focused on enhancing the efficiency and deployment of machine learning models. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that automates the optimization of machine learning models using the open-source Apache TVM software stack. The core product, Octomizer, allows machine learning engineers to upload their models for automatic optimization, benchmarking, and packaging tailored for various hardware environments. Founded in 2019 and based in Seattle, Washington, OctoML aims to simplify the complexities of machine learning deployment, making it more accessible for developers. The company emphasizes creativity, productivity, and work-life balance while fostering a diverse work environment.

A-Alpha Bio

Seed Round in 2019
A-Alpha Bio, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in synthetic biology with a focus on drug development that targets multiple proteins. The company's flagship platform, AlphaSeq, offers innovative cell-based tools for quantitative and high-throughput measurement of protein interactions. This technology accelerates processes such as target discovery, library screening, and preclinical drug characterization, addressing significant bottlenecks in the industry. By providing biologics and molecular glue discovery and optimization services, A-Alpha Bio supports pharmaceutical companies in enhancing binding and specificity for various target proteins. The team comprises experts in synthetic biology, structural biology, and next-generation sequencing, all dedicated to advancing drug discovery methodologies.

Unearth

Series A in 2019
Unearth provides a collaboration software powered by IoT and remote sensing to help built-world industries make maps and manage data. Unearth is developing a revolutionary platform to help eliminate the enormous economic burden and ubiquitous “brain damage” derailed projects create for owners, general contractors, and the public at large. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Suplari

Series A in 2019
Suplari is an innovative startup, lead by veteran entrepreneurs focused on leveraging machine learning to help enterprises change the way they manage their suppliers and costs. Suplari aggregates data from disconnected internal systems including contracts, invoices, and usage data into a common datastore and then delivers applications on top of that data that provides customers with a holistic view of their suppliers.

Lexion

Seed Round in 2019
Lexion is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to streamline contract management. The company's innovative software effectively identifies and extracts essential information from corporate contracts, including key terms such as termination notices, renewal dates, and payment terms. Established by a team with a strong background in AI research and entrepreneurship, Lexion is supported by a notable Silicon Valley law firm and a prominent venture capital firm. The founders have a proven track record of developing successful AI products and productivity applications that enhance business operations.

Amperity

Series C in 2019
Amperity is an intelligent customer data platform that helps global consumer brands unlock and utilize their customer data effectively. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Amperity creates a comprehensive Customer 360 view that enhances marketing performance and delivers actionable insights. The platform integrates raw data from various sources, such as e-commerce and loyalty systems, standardizes it, and enriches it with custom attributes, enabling organizations to connect with and understand their customers better. This streamlined approach frees technical teams from the burdens of data integration and management, while empowering business teams with direct access to crucial data necessary for fostering long-term customer loyalty and driving growth. Amperity serves a diverse range of well-known brands, including Alaska Airlines, Starbucks, and Wynn Resorts.

Booster

Series C in 2019
Booster Fuels, Inc. specializes in on-demand fuel delivery services, utilizing a mobile application that allows users to conveniently order fuel directly to their locations, such as office parking lots. The company operates in major metropolitan areas including Austin, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orange County, San Francisco, and Seattle, delivering fuel at competitive prices comparable to traditional gas stations. Booster serves both individual consumers and corporate clients, providing fuel services at numerous companies, office parks, and university campuses. Many Fortune 100 companies have adopted Booster's services for their employees. Additionally, Booster caters to commercial fleets, delivering fuel during off-hours to save fleet managers significant costs. Incorporated in 2014 and based in San Mateo, California, Booster has successfully raised over $88 million in funding from various venture capital firms.

Highspot

Series D in 2019
Highspot, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a cloud-based sales engagement platform designed to enhance how businesses interact with their customers. Founded in 2012, the platform provides intelligent content management, training, and contextual guidance, along with actionable analytics to optimize sales pitches and content delivery. Highspot's features include scoring and recommending content, offering real-time alerts on customer engagement, and facilitating the creation of sales playbooks tailored to specific roles and industries. The company also integrates with customer relationship management systems, enabling businesses to improve customer engagement and drive revenue growth. In addition to its headquarters in Seattle, Highspot has an office in London, United Kingdom.

Algorithmia

Series B in 2019
Algorithmia, Inc. provides a platform that enables algorithm developers to create, share, and deploy machine learning models as web services. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company offers infrastructure that automates MLOps, allowing data scientists and developers to focus on their core tasks. Algorithmia's solution supports popular machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and MXNet, facilitating the deployment of models into production through scalable and versioned API endpoints. Additionally, Algorithmia hosts a public marketplace for algorithms, serving enterprise customers with mission-critical workloads.

Flexe

Series B in 2019
FLEXE, Inc. operates a cloud-based warehousing services marketplace that connects organizations needing additional storage and fulfillment capacity with those that have surplus space. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a platform that facilitates efficient warehouse sourcing and setup, streamlining material handling operations for clients including retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and logistics firms. By addressing inventory overflow and fulfillment challenges, FLEXE enhances the logistics industry and enables businesses to achieve greater structural flexibility in their operations. The company aims to optimize the global delivery of goods and improve access to affordable warehousing solutions, ultimately helping enterprises strengthen their distribution networks and maximize revenue potential.

Spruce Up

Seed Round in 2019
Spruce Up, Inc. operates as a home furniture and décor retailer. The company offers an Artificial intelligence (AI) and designer powered personalized shopping service for home and design. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Igneous

Series C in 2019
Igneous Systems, Inc., founded in October 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, specializes in enterprise data center infrastructures and offers a comprehensive Unstructured Data Management (UDM) as-a-Service solution. This innovative service provides data-centric organizations with enhanced visibility, protection, and mobility for their unstructured data at scale. By integrating various UDM functions into a single, cloud-native platform, Igneous enables businesses to maximize the value of their data while minimizing risks and optimizing the use of IT resources.

Style Genome

Seed Round in 2019
Style Genome is an AI-enabled homeware-specific personalization tech creating a unique shopping experience for each customer. Its marketplace offers a curated, personalized shopping experience as well as provides quality, everyday items in real-time to help users discover just the right items for their home, enabling customers to design their homes in the way they want. Headquartered in Seattle, Style Genome was developed by Spruce Up Inc.

Knock

Series A in 2019
Knock, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a sales and marketing software platform designed specifically for residential property management. Established in 2013, the company provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution that connects property managers and landlords with prospective renters. Its platform enables leasing teams to manage tasks, track property metrics, and maintain communication with prospects. Additionally, Knock's tools allow property managers to monitor daily activities of leasing teams and facilitate online scheduling for property tours. By focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and improving net operating income for multifamily property management firms, Knock aims to streamline the leasing process and foster better engagement between property professionals and potential tenants.

Polly

Series A in 2019
Polly is a survey platform that helps teams to quickly collect feedback, allowing them to measure their workflows and improve employee and customer experiences. Its notable clients include Soylent, Auth0, and Grammarly. The company was founded in 2015 by former Microsoft engineers Samir Diwan and Bilal Aijazi‏. The startup is backed by Amplify Partners, Slack Fund, Fathom Capital, and Madrona Venture Group.

Pro.com

Series B in 2019
Pro.com is a full-service remodeling general contractor operating in Seattle, Portland, the San Francisco Bay Area, Denver, and Phoenix. The company aims to enhance the residential construction experience by combining expertise in construction with advanced technology. This includes a smart pricing software that utilizes a comprehensive database and algorithms to deliver accurate, fixed-price quotes, facilitating convenience for homeowners. Pro.com also offers detailed and mobile-friendly estimates, alongside project management tools that provide both staff and homeowners with real-time insights into project progress. By connecting homeowners with service professionals, Pro.com streamlines the process of booking and scheduling home improvement services.

Clusterone

Seed Round in 2019
Good AI Lab, Inc. develops and offers cloud platform for aggregating computational data and tensorflow projects. The company offers ClusterOne, a system designed to aggregate computational resources from computers anywhere in the world. The company also provides a distributed machine learning platform for the TensorFlow framework that can optimize the training of machine learning models. Clusterone, Inc. was formerly known as Good AI Lab, Inc. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

The Riveter

Series A in 2018
The Riveter is a membership workspace and community platform for women and allies. They provide daily programming to cultivate skills, from Podcasting 101 to angel investment pitch clinics. Moreover, they also give their members space to focus on wellness, including movement studios with daily classes, meditation rooms, and a full program of relevant conversations and workshops. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Matcherino

Series A in 2018
Matcherino, Inc. provides a crowdfunding platform for game publishers and tournament organizers to manage esports tournaments and events. Its platform connects brands and tournament organizers to monetize the tournaments. The company’s platform also enables professional players to play the games and increase the prize pools to support the game publishers’ community. Matcherino, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

Shyft Technologies

Series A in 2018
Shyft Technologies Inc. develops a mobile application that enables employees to swap shifts and share schedules. It serves retail, supply chain, food service, and grocery industries. Shyft Technologies Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in Los Angeles, California.

Pulumi

Series A in 2018
Pulumi is a Seattle-based cloud engineering company that offers a way to build, connect, and run modern cloud applications. Pulumi provides the cloud development model: helping Development and DevOps teams get their code to the cloud quickly and collaboratively. Pulumi provides frameworks and libraries to define, deploy, and manage cloud services -- from serverless to container to virtual machines -- using pure code, for any cloud, with clear collaboration for teams and enterprises delivering on the cloud, multi-cloud, and cloud-native application delivery strategies.

Highspot

Series C in 2018
Highspot, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a cloud-based sales engagement platform designed to enhance how businesses interact with their customers. Founded in 2012, the platform provides intelligent content management, training, and contextual guidance, along with actionable analytics to optimize sales pitches and content delivery. Highspot's features include scoring and recommending content, offering real-time alerts on customer engagement, and facilitating the creation of sales playbooks tailored to specific roles and industries. The company also integrates with customer relationship management systems, enabling businesses to improve customer engagement and drive revenue growth. In addition to its headquarters in Seattle, Highspot has an office in London, United Kingdom.

Domicile

Seed Round in 2018
Domicile delivers a unique housing experience specifically tailored to the needs of business professionals. Whether traveling for extended project work or corporate relocation, Domicile strives to delight our guests by offering spacious and modern accommodations, extraordinary customer service, and customized solutions. Domicile creates exceptional, home-like spaces. We know that being on the road can be stressful, particularly when it involves a rigorous work schedule. We go above and beyond to remove the monotony of traditional accommodations and provide a new, more vibrant, way to stay for business travel.

Saykara

Seed Round in 2018
SayKara, Inc. operates in the healthcare technology sector. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Uplevel

Seed Round in 2018
Uplevel Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in software solutions designed to enhance the productivity of engineering teams through machine learning and organizational science. Founded in 2018, Uplevel provides data-driven insights that empower engineers and their managers to optimize performance and foster behavior change. The platform integrates seamlessly into daily workflows, utilizing data from commonly used tools such as calendar applications, GitHub, Jira, Slack, and engagement surveys. By championing best practices and actionable coaching, Uplevel aims to elevate the effectiveness of teams, enabling them to perform at their best.

IOpipe

Seed Round in 2018
IOpipe is a DevOps platform specifically designed for serverless applications, managing billions of events monthly. It offers a comprehensive toolbox for developing, monitoring, and operating these applications, addressing the unique challenges that arise from the shift towards serverless computing. The platform features an open-source module that enables real-time telemetry, tracing, profiling, alerts, logs, and error tracking, allowing developers to gain insights into the performance and operations of their serverless functions, such as those running on Amazon Lambda. By adopting a customer-centric approach, IOpipe collaborates closely with users to resolve challenges effectively. The company emphasizes building a remote-first, diverse team committed to delivering a top-tier product for serverless development and operations.

Integris Software

Series A in 2018
Integris Software, Inc. specializes in data privacy automation solutions, designed to assist enterprises in managing sensitive data effectively. The company's flagship product, Integris, enables organizations to discover, map, monitor, and control their sensitive information, thereby facilitating compliance with stringent regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Integris Software's offerings include tools for fulfilling data subject requests, managing data handling obligations, and securing data within Hadoop data lakes. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Vancouver, Canada, Integris Software operates as a subsidiary of OneTrust, LLC. The company plays a crucial role in helping organizations navigate complex compliance landscapes, ensuring they can visualize the location of personal information and demonstrate adherence to regulatory standards.

Wicket Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Wicket Labs, Inc. develops scoreboard-based tools for websites and applications to identify application program interface problems and facilitate resolution. It offers The Wicket Scorecard, a solution that enables companies to gain visibility into their customers so as to understand how initiatives impact their business, drive engagement with their service, and promote a customer base through unique customer happiness index score. Wicket Labs, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Pulumi

Seed Round in 2018
Pulumi is a Seattle-based cloud engineering company that offers a way to build, connect, and run modern cloud applications. Pulumi provides the cloud development model: helping Development and DevOps teams get their code to the cloud quickly and collaboratively. Pulumi provides frameworks and libraries to define, deploy, and manage cloud services -- from serverless to container to virtual machines -- using pure code, for any cloud, with clear collaboration for teams and enterprises delivering on the cloud, multi-cloud, and cloud-native application delivery strategies.

Crowd Cow

Series A in 2018
Crowd Cow, Inc. is an online retail platform based in Seattle, Washington, that connects customers with small family farms to purchase high-quality meat products directly. Founded in 2015, the company specializes in offering a variety of meats, including beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and seafood, allowing customers to select specific cuts and quantities tailored to their preferences. By partnering with independent farmers and aquaculture operators, Crowd Cow ensures that its offerings are crafted with care and delivered straight to customers' doors. This approach not only supports local agriculture but also provides consumers with convenient access to premium meat products.

Xnor.ai

Series A in 2018
XNOR.AI, Inc. develops machine learning software models. It offers XNOR platform that allows product developers to run deep learning algorithms on a range of devices. Its applications are used in aerospace, automotive, retail, photography, consumer electronics, and government sectors. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of January 15, 2020, XNOR.AI, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Apple Inc.

Pulse Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Pulse Labs is a user testing platform focused on enhancing the user experience for voice applications within the voice ecosystem, including platforms such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Founded in 2017 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides developers and designers with valuable insights into how real users interact with their voice applications through comprehensive testing and data analysis. By offering a panel of testers from various demographics, Pulse Labs enables its clients to gather feedback and refine their applications to better meet user needs. The company gained recognition as one of the nine startups in the inaugural Alexa Accelerator Powered by Techstars, highlighting its commitment to advancing voice technology.

Suplari

Series A in 2018
Suplari is an innovative startup, lead by veteran entrepreneurs focused on leveraging machine learning to help enterprises change the way they manage their suppliers and costs. Suplari aggregates data from disconnected internal systems including contracts, invoices, and usage data into a common datastore and then delivers applications on top of that data that provides customers with a holistic view of their suppliers.

The Riveter

Funding Round in 2018
The Riveter is a membership workspace and community platform for women and allies. They provide daily programming to cultivate skills, from Podcasting 101 to angel investment pitch clinics. Moreover, they also give their members space to focus on wellness, including movement studios with daily classes, meditation rooms, and a full program of relevant conversations and workshops. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Unearth

Venture Round in 2018
Unearth provides a collaboration software powered by IoT and remote sensing to help built-world industries make maps and manage data. Unearth is developing a revolutionary platform to help eliminate the enormous economic burden and ubiquitous “brain damage” derailed projects create for owners, general contractors, and the public at large. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Spruce Up

Seed Round in 2018
Spruce Up, Inc. operates as a home furniture and décor retailer. The company offers an Artificial intelligence (AI) and designer powered personalized shopping service for home and design. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Igneous

Series B in 2018
Igneous Systems, Inc., founded in October 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, specializes in enterprise data center infrastructures and offers a comprehensive Unstructured Data Management (UDM) as-a-Service solution. This innovative service provides data-centric organizations with enhanced visibility, protection, and mobility for their unstructured data at scale. By integrating various UDM functions into a single, cloud-native platform, Igneous enables businesses to maximize the value of their data while minimizing risks and optimizing the use of IT resources.

Integris Software

Venture Round in 2018
Integris Software, Inc. specializes in data privacy automation solutions, designed to assist enterprises in managing sensitive data effectively. The company's flagship product, Integris, enables organizations to discover, map, monitor, and control their sensitive information, thereby facilitating compliance with stringent regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Integris Software's offerings include tools for fulfilling data subject requests, managing data handling obligations, and securing data within Hadoop data lakes. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Vancouver, Canada, Integris Software operates as a subsidiary of OneTrust, LLC. The company plays a crucial role in helping organizations navigate complex compliance landscapes, ensuring they can visualize the location of personal information and demonstrate adherence to regulatory standards.

The Riveter

Venture Round in 2018
The Riveter is a membership workspace and community platform for women and allies. They provide daily programming to cultivate skills, from Podcasting 101 to angel investment pitch clinics. Moreover, they also give their members space to focus on wellness, including movement studios with daily classes, meditation rooms, and a full program of relevant conversations and workshops. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Pixvana, Inc.

Series A in 2017
Pixvana is a Seattle-based software startup building a Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) video processing and delivery platform for media and entertainment applications. Pixvana’s founders have proven startup success in media technology and hail from senior product and engineering leadership positions at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, and Lucasfilm.

Amperity

Series B in 2017
Amperity is an intelligent customer data platform that helps global consumer brands unlock and utilize their customer data effectively. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Amperity creates a comprehensive Customer 360 view that enhances marketing performance and delivers actionable insights. The platform integrates raw data from various sources, such as e-commerce and loyalty systems, standardizes it, and enriches it with custom attributes, enabling organizations to connect with and understand their customers better. This streamlined approach frees technical teams from the burdens of data integration and management, while empowering business teams with direct access to crucial data necessary for fostering long-term customer loyalty and driving growth. Amperity serves a diverse range of well-known brands, including Alaska Airlines, Starbucks, and Wynn Resorts.

Heptio

Series B in 2017
Heptio is a company by founders of the Kubernetes® project, built to support and advance the open Kubernetes ecosystem. Heptio bridges the gap between enterprise IT, and the emerging world of cloud-native computing. Use tools, technology, and operations models pioneered by the internet giants, but built from the ground up for the modern enterprise. Heptio smooths the road to production use of Docker containers.

TraceMe

Series A in 2017
TraceMe Inc. develops and operates a content-driven social platform that offers access to elite athletes, artists, and celebrities. The company is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 12, 2019, TraceMe Inc. operates as a subsidiary of NIKE, Inc.

Rep the Squad

Seed Round in 2017
Rep the Squad, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a monthly subscription service for fans of professional sports teams, providing access to a diverse selection of officially licensed jerseys. Founded in 2017, the company empowers fans by allowing them to choose jerseys that best represent their teams, enhancing their connection to the sport. Co-founded by Brian Watkins, an experienced e-commerce executive, Rep the Squad was developed at Madrona Venture Labs and has attracted investments from prominent venture capital firms and notable athletes, including Doug Baldwin, Golden Tate, and Russell Okung. Additionally, an investment fund linked to the owners and executives of the San Francisco 49ers has partnered with the company. Richard Sherman, a well-known cornerback, serves as the brand ambassador, further promoting the company's mission to amplify sports fandom.

Versive

Series C in 2017
Versive finds the threats that matter inside the noise that doesn’t. The Versive Security Engine is the critical missing piece in a company’s security portfolio: it identifies bad actors who’ve breached or accessed the network by automatically understanding core activities they can’t avoid and linking them into readily actionable maps of unfolding adversary campaigns, before it’s too late. Regardless of whether your assets are on-premises, in the cloud, or both, VSE acts as your network’s last line of defense, detecting the most difficult, dangerous internal and external adversaries regardless of what new tools, tactics, or exploits they use.

IOpipe

Seed Round in 2017
IOpipe is a DevOps platform specifically designed for serverless applications, managing billions of events monthly. It offers a comprehensive toolbox for developing, monitoring, and operating these applications, addressing the unique challenges that arise from the shift towards serverless computing. The platform features an open-source module that enables real-time telemetry, tracing, profiling, alerts, logs, and error tracking, allowing developers to gain insights into the performance and operations of their serverless functions, such as those running on Amazon Lambda. By adopting a customer-centric approach, IOpipe collaborates closely with users to resolve challenges effectively. The company emphasizes building a remote-first, diverse team committed to delivering a top-tier product for serverless development and operations.

GawkBox

Series A in 2017
GawkBox enables content creators to build a community with their audience. - Creators can recruit their audience onto their team and play games together. A new game starts every 24 hours. - Compete against other creators for the highest team score in daily competitions. Prizes are awarded to the top teams. - Cultivate a community through safe and dedicated live chat. Community members who play the most are recognized through a system of ranks and rewards. - Collect donations from the community and win prizes to support the channel. Teams have a chance to win every single day!

Bizible

Venture Round in 2017
Bizible, Inc. is a provider of marketing attribution and planning software designed specifically for business-to-business companies. Founded in 2011 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company offers a software-as-a-service platform that enables organizations to connect their marketing efforts directly to revenue outcomes. Bizible's technology tracks offline revenue to online marketing sources, providing a comprehensive view of marketing return on investment and customer lifetime value. The platform integrates data from various sales and marketing channels, including CRM systems, websites, and ad networks, to deliver insights on revenue-generating activities such as demand generation and account-based marketing. With the ability to perform predictive analytics and scenario planning, Bizible supports over 300 clients across multiple industries, including higher education, healthcare, and technology, in optimizing their marketing strategies for growth. As of April 2018, Bizible operates as a subsidiary of Marketo, Inc.

Pro.com

Venture Round in 2017
Pro.com is a full-service remodeling general contractor operating in Seattle, Portland, the San Francisco Bay Area, Denver, and Phoenix. The company aims to enhance the residential construction experience by combining expertise in construction with advanced technology. This includes a smart pricing software that utilizes a comprehensive database and algorithms to deliver accurate, fixed-price quotes, facilitating convenience for homeowners. Pro.com also offers detailed and mobile-friendly estimates, alongside project management tools that provide both staff and homeowners with real-time insights into project progress. By connecting homeowners with service professionals, Pro.com streamlines the process of booking and scheduling home improvement services.

AnswerIQ

Series A in 2017
AnswerIQ is an artificial intelligence service in the customer support space. We use sophisticated algorithms to read and understand all the interactions from past tickets between the customer support agent and the customer. Once implemented, AnswerIQ enables a business to intelligently classify and automatically respond to simple known issues and more importantly assist the agents with the top three recommended responses to complex questions. It works within the existing customer experience systems like Zendesk, Salesforce etc. eliminating the need to learn any new system. AnswerIQ is a Seattle-based company, a spin out from GE and has licensed the Wise.io customer service platform. The founding team has a successful track record and are passionate about making customer service/support a differentiator for your business.