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Madrona Venture Labs raises $8M, unveils plan to turn its investors into co-founders of spinouts
May 12, 2021 at 7:27 am
The Madrona Venture Labs team, clockwise from left: Flora Ku, Keith Rosema, Maria Hess, Henry Huang, Mike Fridgen, Jay Bartot, Jason Flateboe. (Madrona Venture Labs Photo)
The news: Madrona Venture Labs, the startup studio associated with Madrona Venture Group, has raised $8 million for its fourth fund. The Seattle-based studio also unveiled a new model that turns its investors tech vets such as former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff; former Qualtrics exec Julie Larson-Green; former Axiom CEO Elena Donio; etc. into co-founders, board members, and advisors of its startup spinouts.
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Madrona Venture Group Announces Closing over $500 million to Fund Innovation from Day One for the Long Run
[December 30, 2020]
Madrona Venture Group Announces Closing over $500 million to Fund Innovation from Day One for the Long Run
Madrona Venture Group, the leading venture capital firm based in Seattle, announced today the closing of more than $500 million in new funds. The firm closed two funds simultaneously, Madrona Venture Fund 8 of $345 million and Acceleration Fund 2 of $160 million. Both funds were heavily over-subscribed. The funds will be deployed on complementary strategies building startups from the seed stage primarily in the Pacific Northwest and from an acceleration stage, throughout North America.