Madrona Venture Group
S. Soma Somasegar s love of startups led him to invest in a startup incubator.
That investment led him to an almost accidental stake in Discord and a career as a pro VC.
Since then, he s earned a solid reputation for his picks, which include UiPath and Snowflake.
Investing in an incubator was just a way of keeping S. Soma Somasegar s angel investing hobby afloat. It ended up giving him a stake in Discord and helped lead him to a career in venture capital.
Now a managing director at Madrona Venture Group, Somasegar has since become known as a highly respected enterprise software investor. His portfolio includes UiPath, which made its debut on the public markets on Wednesday; Snowflake, one of the uber-successful IPOs of 2020; and up-and-comers like Clari and Coda, among others.
Startup of the Year: Vote for the hottest up-and-coming company at the GeekWire Awards
April 19, 2021 at 10:32 pm
Coverage of the 2021 GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business, the Pacific NW’s annual startup and technology awards. See all coverage.
The five finalists for this year’s Startup of the Year category at the GeekWire Awards reflect the strength of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Seattle and the greater Pacific Northwest.
Common Room; Ozette; SeekOut; Shelf Engine; and Strike Graph are on the brink of stardom. But more importantly, they are innovating, executing, and making a difference.
Seattle enterprise software startup Ally won last year’s award for a category that has honored companies such as Crowd Cow, Convoy, Arivale, Rover, and others in the past.
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By Ionut Arghire on April 19, 2021
PlexTrac, a company that provides information security management solutions for security teams, last week announced closing a $10 million Series A funding round led by Noro-Moseley Partners and Madrona Venture Group, with participation from StageDotO Ventures.
Founded in 2016, the Boise, Idaho-based company aims to bring red and blue teams together – in what is called purple teaming – allowing them to collaborate in real time on cyberattack simulations.
PlexTrac says it will use the latest funding to enhance its platform and continue building its team.
The company’s solutions enable security professionals to generate assessment reports, create questionnaires, and visualize security findings and their remediation statuses.
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