Madrona Venture Group

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology and consumer startups from seed through growth stages. It focuses on information technology, software, digital media and advertising, e-commerce, data analytics, fintech, cloud, mobile, and AI, as well as related infrastructure, hardware, and robotics. The firm primarily targets companies in the Pacific Northwest and the broader West Coast, and often leads investments with a goal of taking board seats to help portfolio companies scale from early development to market leadership.

Tom Alberg

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Loren Alhadeff

Venture Partner

Jennifer Chambers

Administrative Partner

Troy Cichos JD

Partner

Hope Cochran

Managing Director

Jack Creighton

Strategic Director

Aseem Datar

Partner

Patrick J. Ennis

Venture Partner

Mike Fridgen

CEO

Maria Gilfoyle

Investor

Palak Goel

Investor

Paul Goodrich

Managing Director

Gerald Grinstein

Co-Founder and Strategic Director

Joseph Horsman

Investor

Scott Jacobson

Managing Director

Len Jordan

Managing Director

Ted Kummert

Venture Partner

Elisa La Cava

Principal

Daniel Li

Venture Partner

Matthew McIlwain

Managing Director

Mark T. Nelson

Venture Partner

Babak Parviz

Venture Partner

James Phillips

Strategic Director

Chris Picardo

Partner

Tim Porter

Managing Director

Vivek Ramaswami

Partner

Bill Richter

Venture Partner

William Ruckelshaus

Strategic Director

Steve Singh

Managing Director

Soma Somasegar

Managing Director

John Torrey

Venture Partner

Jon Turow

Partner

Ishani Ummat

Investor

Dan Weld

Venture Partner

Past deals in Meeting Software

Read AI

Series B in 2024
Read AI enhances meeting productivity by offering AI-driven features such as intelligent scheduling, real-time analytics, and detailed meeting summaries. It generates concise summaries ('Readouts') for emails and messages across platforms like Gmail, Outlook, Teams, and Slack. Additionally, it summarizes video calls from Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.

Read AI

Series A in 2024
Read AI enhances meeting productivity by offering AI-driven features such as intelligent scheduling, real-time analytics, and detailed meeting summaries. It generates concise summaries ('Readouts') for emails and messages across platforms like Gmail, Outlook, Teams, and Slack. Additionally, it summarizes video calls from Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.

Read AI

Seed Round in 2021
Read AI enhances meeting productivity by offering AI-driven features such as intelligent scheduling, real-time analytics, and detailed meeting summaries. It generates concise summaries ('Readouts') for emails and messages across platforms like Gmail, Outlook, Teams, and Slack. Additionally, it summarizes video calls from Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.

Ally.io (Acquired)

Series C in 2021
Ally Technologies, Inc. provides a software solution focused on objectives and key results (OKR) to enhance business performance management. Founded in 2017 and based in Bellevue, Washington, the company, formerly known as VTV, Inc., rebranded in January 2019. Ally.io's platform allows businesses to transition from traditional planning methods to a modern OKR framework, fostering alignment, agility, and transparency within organizations. It facilitates the integration of OKRs into daily workflows, featuring built-in best practices and compatibility with various enterprise systems, including Slack, Salesforce, and Jira. Since its launch in 2018, the platform has been embraced by numerous organizations across more than 70 countries. In addition to its software, Ally.io offers professional services that include training and coaching to support effective implementation and change management.
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