Trilogy Equity Partners

Trilogy Equity Partners, established in 2006 and based in Bellevue, Washington, is an early-stage venture capital firm led by former entrepreneurs and operators with extensive experience in the technology and wireless industries. The firm focuses on investing in the information technology, consumer products and services, and business products and services sectors, primarily in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Trilogy employs a hands-on investment approach through a closely held evergreen fund, aiming to foster the growth of promising companies over time. Typically, the firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $4 million per opportunity, targeting around 20 investments.

Scott Alderman

President

Terry Gillespie

Managing Director

Bradley Jay Horwitz

Founding Partner

Manish Jain

Principal of Investment Team

Amy McCullough

Managing Director

Yuval Neeman

Managing Director

Peter H. van Oppen

Managing Director

Chuck Stonecipher

Managing Director

Past deals in Seattle, WA

Shipium

Series A in 2022
Shipium Corp. is a logistics and supply chain software provider based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2019. The company specializes in e-commerce logistics, offering a platform that integrates shipping details with data and algorithms to enhance delivery services for retailers. Its solutions include delivery experience APIs, customer delivery dashboards, and insights into fulfillment network performance. By providing critical information on expected delivery times, fulfillment speed, and on-time performance, Shipium enables businesses to optimize their logistics operations, balancing speed and cost while improving customer satisfaction.

Shipium

Seed Round in 2021
Shipium Corp. is a logistics and supply chain software provider based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2019. The company specializes in e-commerce logistics, offering a platform that integrates shipping details with data and algorithms to enhance delivery services for retailers. Its solutions include delivery experience APIs, customer delivery dashboards, and insights into fulfillment network performance. By providing critical information on expected delivery times, fulfillment speed, and on-time performance, Shipium enables businesses to optimize their logistics operations, balancing speed and cost while improving customer satisfaction.

Ganaz

Series A in 2021
Ganaz Inc. is a workforce management platform specifically designed for the agriculture and food manufacturing sectors. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company provides tools that facilitate recruitment, retention, communication, onboarding, training, and payment for workers. Its application connects employers with deskless workers, allowing for the management of multiple conversations, automatic translation between languages, and the organization of workers into groups. Ganaz aims to enhance the well-being and prosperity of both workers and industries by addressing common challenges faced by employers and employees.

Ganaz

Series A in 2021
Ganaz Inc. is a workforce management platform specifically designed for the agriculture and food manufacturing sectors. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company provides tools that facilitate recruitment, retention, communication, onboarding, training, and payment for workers. Its application connects employers with deskless workers, allowing for the management of multiple conversations, automatic translation between languages, and the organization of workers into groups. Ganaz aims to enhance the well-being and prosperity of both workers and industries by addressing common challenges faced by employers and employees.

Educative

Series A in 2021
Educative, Inc. is an online platform that offers self-directed, interactive, and adaptive technical skills training primarily for software developers and computer science students. Founded in 2015 and based in Bothell, Washington, the platform enables users to create, publish, and sell their own interactive courses. Educative's courses are designed to be personalized and adapt to the learner's skill level, featuring pre-configured environments in the cloud that respond to the challenges being addressed. This approach allows for a tailored learning experience that enhances the technical capabilities of its users.

Boundless

Series B in 2021
Boundless operates in two distinct sectors: education and immigration services. In the education sector, Boundless Learning, Inc. offers an online platform that provides a wide range of study materials, including content in subjects such as accounting, biology, history, and computer science, along with quizzes and PowerPoint templates. The platform aims to enhance the accessibility and utility of open educational resources for students. In the immigration sector, Boundless empowers families by offering tools, information, and personalized support to help them navigate the immigration system efficiently and affordably. The company's platform connects immigrants with resources, including access to immigration lawyers and online filing options. Founded in 2011 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Boundless has expanded its focus to include immigration services since its inception in 2017, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

Skilljar

Series B in 2020
Skilljar Inc. develops and operates an online training platform that enables organizations to create, customize, and deliver online courses. It offers technology, sales, professional development, finance, and fitness training services. The company also provides enterprise and partner services, such as custom branding, course management, turnkey solution, and mobile responsive. Skilljar Inc. was formerly known as Everpath Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Boundless

Series A in 2020
Boundless operates in two distinct sectors: education and immigration services. In the education sector, Boundless Learning, Inc. offers an online platform that provides a wide range of study materials, including content in subjects such as accounting, biology, history, and computer science, along with quizzes and PowerPoint templates. The platform aims to enhance the accessibility and utility of open educational resources for students. In the immigration sector, Boundless empowers families by offering tools, information, and personalized support to help them navigate the immigration system efficiently and affordably. The company's platform connects immigrants with resources, including access to immigration lawyers and online filing options. Founded in 2011 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Boundless has expanded its focus to include immigration services since its inception in 2017, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

Falkon

Seed Round in 2019
Falkon AI Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing software that integrates machine learning with human intuition. Founded in 2019, Falkon aims to empower professionals by providing tools to define, understand, and enhance key performance metrics. The company's innovative approach focuses on creating a system of intelligence that prioritizes metrics that are critical to success, enabling users to make informed decisions based on meaningful data.

Spiral

Seed Round in 2019
Spiral is a software company which is focused on building solutions for customer feedback using AI.

Spiral

Seed Round in 2019
Spiral is a software company which is focused on building solutions for customer feedback using AI.

AdaptiLab

Seed Round in 2019
AdaptiLab is a B2B, SaaS, machine learning, and recruiting company. It accelerates companies' machine learning and data science talent acquisition with ai-driven screening, sourcing, and up-skilling products.

Showdigs

Seed Round in 2019
Showdigs is a location-based app the gives renters access to on-demand property tours. Showdigs provides a network of actively licensed real estate agents who are trained to handle showings, alongside an easy-to-use scheduling system for prospects. Showdigs enables property managers avoid scheduling hassle, get more done at the office, and increase their portfolio capacity.

Boundless

Series A in 2019
Boundless operates in two distinct sectors: education and immigration services. In the education sector, Boundless Learning, Inc. offers an online platform that provides a wide range of study materials, including content in subjects such as accounting, biology, history, and computer science, along with quizzes and PowerPoint templates. The platform aims to enhance the accessibility and utility of open educational resources for students. In the immigration sector, Boundless empowers families by offering tools, information, and personalized support to help them navigate the immigration system efficiently and affordably. The company's platform connects immigrants with resources, including access to immigration lawyers and online filing options. Founded in 2011 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Boundless has expanded its focus to include immigration services since its inception in 2017, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

Educative

Seed Round in 2018
Educative, Inc. is an online platform that offers self-directed, interactive, and adaptive technical skills training primarily for software developers and computer science students. Founded in 2015 and based in Bothell, Washington, the platform enables users to create, publish, and sell their own interactive courses. Educative's courses are designed to be personalized and adapt to the learner's skill level, featuring pre-configured environments in the cloud that respond to the challenges being addressed. This approach allows for a tailored learning experience that enhances the technical capabilities of its users.

Skilljar

Series A in 2018
Skilljar Inc. develops and operates an online training platform that enables organizations to create, customize, and deliver online courses. It offers technology, sales, professional development, finance, and fitness training services. The company also provides enterprise and partner services, such as custom branding, course management, turnkey solution, and mobile responsive. Skilljar Inc. was formerly known as Everpath Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Pioneer Square Labs

Series B in 2018
Pioneer Square Labs is a venture capital firm and startup studio based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2015. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, primarily targeting technology-oriented companies in the Pacific Northwest. Pioneer Square Labs collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs to develop and launch innovative technology companies, providing them with the necessary resources, expertise, and capital to succeed. By fostering a supportive environment, the firm aims to transform promising ideas into fully-funded businesses with strong customer adoption.

Amplero

Series B in 2017
Amplero is a customer lifetime value management platform that enables marketers to achieve what’s not humanly possible by leveraging machine learning and multi-armed bandit experimentation to automatically optimize every customer interaction and maximize customer lifetime value and loyalty. Unlike traditional rules-based marketing automation, Amplero’s controlled experimentation and machine learning platform dynamically tests 1000’s of permutations to decide and execute the optimal marketing interaction based upon each unique customer and context. Using Amplero, marketers in industries like telecom, banking, and software-as-a-service have seen more than 3% incremental growth in customer revenue and 5x retention benefit, often touching their customers less frequently while delivering great omni-channel customer experiences.

Boundless

Seed Round in 2017
Boundless operates in two distinct sectors: education and immigration services. In the education sector, Boundless Learning, Inc. offers an online platform that provides a wide range of study materials, including content in subjects such as accounting, biology, history, and computer science, along with quizzes and PowerPoint templates. The platform aims to enhance the accessibility and utility of open educational resources for students. In the immigration sector, Boundless empowers families by offering tools, information, and personalized support to help them navigate the immigration system efficiently and affordably. The company's platform connects immigrants with resources, including access to immigration lawyers and online filing options. Founded in 2011 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Boundless has expanded its focus to include immigration services since its inception in 2017, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

Pluto VR

Series A in 2017
They live in an increasingly connected world. With video-conferencing, social media, and online gaming, They can communicate and play with others like never before. However, talking into a phone, sharing a video, or looking at a webcam aren’t natural ways of communicating and don’t come close to what it is like to sit across the table from someone and share an experience. With augmented and virtual reality technology it is now possible to feel a sense of presence with other people, allowing you to communicate, collaborate, and connect from anywhere in the world, as if you were there in person.

Ripl

Venture Round in 2017
Ripl was launched in October 2015 with the mission of helping small businesses and influencers succeed in the realm of digital marketing. A key part of finding that success is having the ability to create compelling visual and social media content. The application allows users to integrate their own photos into professionally-designed templates to create animated video posts. With simple customization options for text, colors, and music, Ripl makes it easy for users to create engaging posts on the go. In January 2016 the company introduced Ripl PRO, a premium plan for small businesses and other social media power users. The monthly PRO subscription unlocks access to the full library of animated post layout design templates and additional features such as custom brand integration, music track overlays, and content post scheduling. In 2017 the company released its Android mobile app. In 2018 the company launched its Web application for use on laptops and desktop computers.

Amplero

Series A in 2016
Amplero is a customer lifetime value management platform that enables marketers to achieve what’s not humanly possible by leveraging machine learning and multi-armed bandit experimentation to automatically optimize every customer interaction and maximize customer lifetime value and loyalty. Unlike traditional rules-based marketing automation, Amplero’s controlled experimentation and machine learning platform dynamically tests 1000’s of permutations to decide and execute the optimal marketing interaction based upon each unique customer and context. Using Amplero, marketers in industries like telecom, banking, and software-as-a-service have seen more than 3% incremental growth in customer revenue and 5x retention benefit, often touching their customers less frequently while delivering great omni-channel customer experiences.

Ripl

Venture Round in 2016
Ripl was launched in October 2015 with the mission of helping small businesses and influencers succeed in the realm of digital marketing. A key part of finding that success is having the ability to create compelling visual and social media content. The application allows users to integrate their own photos into professionally-designed templates to create animated video posts. With simple customization options for text, colors, and music, Ripl makes it easy for users to create engaging posts on the go. In January 2016 the company introduced Ripl PRO, a premium plan for small businesses and other social media power users. The monthly PRO subscription unlocks access to the full library of animated post layout design templates and additional features such as custom brand integration, music track overlays, and content post scheduling. In 2017 the company released its Android mobile app. In 2018 the company launched its Web application for use on laptops and desktop computers.

SignalSense, Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Enterprises are struggling with more IT security challenges than ever—and the pace of change has increased exponentially in the last few years. More sophisticated threats. The explosion of agile development. The move to the public cloud. The distribution of applications across varied environments. New challenges demand a new approach—and a new platform.

Gamesight

Seed Round in 2015
Gamesight is a marketing platform specifically designed for PC and console games, based in Seattle, Washington. The company focuses on player relationship management, enabling game publishers to cultivate robust communities around their titles. By facilitating engagement with key influencers in the gaming industry, Gamesight helps publishers enhance their marketing strategies. Additionally, the platform provides tools to effectively measure marketing performance, allowing publishers to assess the impact of their campaigns and make informed decisions.

Skilljar

Seed Round in 2015
Skilljar Inc. develops and operates an online training platform that enables organizations to create, customize, and deliver online courses. It offers technology, sales, professional development, finance, and fitness training services. The company also provides enterprise and partner services, such as custom branding, course management, turnkey solution, and mobile responsive. Skilljar Inc. was formerly known as Everpath Inc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Pioneer Square Labs

Series A in 2015
Pioneer Square Labs is a venture capital firm and startup studio based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2015. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, primarily targeting technology-oriented companies in the Pacific Northwest. Pioneer Square Labs collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs to develop and launch innovative technology companies, providing them with the necessary resources, expertise, and capital to succeed. By fostering a supportive environment, the firm aims to transform promising ideas into fully-funded businesses with strong customer adoption.

PushSpring

Series A in 2015
PushSpring, Inc. designs and develops software as a service (SaaS) solutions that equips application owners and publishers with audience composition data. It provides mobile application audience data, insights, and publisher solutions for mobile marketing. It offers PushSpring Audience Console that offers advertisers with mobile app audiences, as well as enables them to create, view, and export custom segments to tailor their mobile targeting strategy with verified device-level data. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of July 15, 2019, PushSpring, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of T-Mobile US, Inc.

Koru

Series A in 2015
Koru is a developer of a predictive recruitment processing platform used to transform the process of talent recruitment. The company's predictive hiring software gauges performance of the applicants before hiring them using signals far more indicative of early career success than the traditional GPA and college brand. Their main differentiator is that they have identified and can measure the skills that are most predictive of workplace performance in today’s innovative employers: Grit, Rigor, Impact, Teamwork, Curiosity, Ownership, and Polish - collectively the Koru7. Koru customers increase the performance and ramp to the productivity of their early career workforce, increase diversity, and reduce the cost of bad hires. Their customers have seen 30-60% increases in high performing hires using Koru, with associated ROI in the millions per year.

Coolr

Seed Round in 2014
Coolr, Inc was founded in 2014 to unlock the potential in individuals and teams to be more engaged with work in ways that will propel organizations forward. The company is currently in Preview with its service. Coolr is a privately held company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA. The company is backed by Trilogy Equity Partners.

Haiku Deck

Series A in 2013
Haiku Deck is the fastest, easiest way to create stunning presentations on iOS or Web – whether you are pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a story, or igniting a movement. “A smart app that makes beautiful slide shows in no time and makes your iPad a more productive tool” -- Wall Street Journal “Makes creating beautiful presentations a cinch and a joy, whether you have design skills or not” -- Lifehacker "The easiest-to-use presentation tool out there" -- Robert Scoble “Insanely cool” -- Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons Founder Headquartered in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, Haiku Deck is a privately held company with the backing of prominent investors including Trilogy Partnership, Madrona Venture Group, Founder’s Co-op, and Techstars. The Seattle-based startup was founded by Adam Tratt and Kevin Leneway.

Discovery Bay Games

Series B in 2012
Discovery Bay Games was already a leading creator of multi-player games when it began developing for the yet unreleased iPad in early 2010. The Company launched Duo, the world's first iPad game accessory in December 2010 to critical acclaim.

Mobilisafe

Venture Round in 2011
Mobilisafe, founded in 2010 by Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson, specializes in IT security software with a focus on mobile security solutions. The company aims to help organizations assess and manage the risks associated with personal mobile devices connecting to their corporate networks. By providing a straightforward yet effective tool, Mobilisafe enables companies to maintain control over device trustworthiness and safeguard sensitive information. Currently, the company is in a private beta phase, serving a diverse range of customers interested in enhancing their mobile security measures.

Dashwire

Venture Round in 2010
Dashwire offers the industry leading mobile-web connected services platform for mobile operators, device makers and retailers to seamlessly deliver a new generation of real-time consumer, social and device management software services on open mobile phones. Today the company supports BlackBerry, S60 and Windows Mobile, which represent approximately 75% of the smartphones being sold in the market. Android support is scheduled for Q1 2010.
OffiSync is a Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 software extension that adds to the core functionality of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint real time co-authoring capabilities as well as the ability to save and manage files on the cloud through Google Apps and other collaboration platforms. Once installed, users will find a new toolbar in their Office applications letting them save their files on the cloud just as if they were being saved locally, use Google search to find their stored documents and co-edit files with co-workers and see edits as they happen.

Hola

Venture Round in 2008
Hola was founded with the goal of making a better Internet through advanced routing technologies - making the web faster, more open and cheaper to operate. Hola fundamentally disrupted markets with products. Hola is profitable, and growing fast! It has global presence, and top tier investors including DFJ (Silicon Valley), Trilogy (Seattle), Magma (Israel), Horizons Ventures (Hong Kong), and Orange (France). Hola’s core technology is its HTTP routing overlay network, incorporated in its client side software and its server network.

Pelago

Series B in 2008
Pelago, founded in 2006 by former Amazon executives, focuses on harnessing the convergence of location-awareness, information accessibility, and social interaction to drive innovation. The company developed Whrrl v2.0, a mobile and web application launched in March 2009, which allows users to capture and share their life experiences in story form. Through the integration of location data, photos, and text updates, users can create collaborative narratives that reflect their shared experiences from multiple perspectives. Whrrl v2.0 offers flexible privacy settings, enabling users to control who can view their stories, and it facilitates sharing on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Participants can contribute to stories in real-time using various devices, including mobile phones and digital cameras equipped with Eye-Fi technology. The app also allows for post-experience editing and sharing through unique URLs, enhancing the ability to connect and communicate personal moments with others.

Apollo Media

Series A in 2007
Code name for Bevy, Inc. See Bevy Inc.

Bevy

Seed Round in 2007
Bevy is a social merchandising service where women discuss and discover fashion with their friends and other members who have similar characteristics—her Style Circle. Based in Seattle, Bevy is a privately held and funded by two of the Pacific Northwest's premiere venture capitalists: Madrona Venture Group and the Trilogy Partnership.

Pelago

Series A in 2006
Pelago, founded in 2006 by former Amazon executives, focuses on harnessing the convergence of location-awareness, information accessibility, and social interaction to drive innovation. The company developed Whrrl v2.0, a mobile and web application launched in March 2009, which allows users to capture and share their life experiences in story form. Through the integration of location data, photos, and text updates, users can create collaborative narratives that reflect their shared experiences from multiple perspectives. Whrrl v2.0 offers flexible privacy settings, enabling users to control who can view their stories, and it facilitates sharing on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Participants can contribute to stories in real-time using various devices, including mobile phones and digital cameras equipped with Eye-Fi technology. The app also allows for post-experience editing and sharing through unique URLs, enhancing the ability to connect and communicate personal moments with others.

Infinium Labs

Post in 2004
Infinium Labs (OTCBB:IFLB) is in development of The Phantom Game Service, anticipated to be the first end-to-end, on-demand game service for delivery to the living room. Delivered over broadband, the Phantom Game Service is designed to offer casual and avid gamers a broad library of titles, available anytime, day or night.