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Decade of innovation: celebrating the 10th anniversary of Madrona Venture Labs

This month marks our 10th anniversary at MVL. Since the beginning, we've strived to embody Madrona's "Day One for the Long Run" commitment to founders as early co-builders and investors.

Our team at MVL, working in close collaboration with Madrona Venture Group, focuses heavily on identifying big opportunities...

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MVL's Jay Bartot – a symphony of software, startups and strategy

Understanding the COGs of Gen AI: part I

Panel insights from startup operators who took the leap from big tech

Identity in the age of AI: founder spotlight w/John Baird of Vouched

Unlock potential by moving beyond years of experience

Mia Lewin on how equality manifests in her leadership philosophy

Elissa Fink on the art of marketing, customer and founder success

From vision to venture: codifying data governance

GeekWire:Former execs back new data governance startup Codified

From building rockets with Jeff Bezos to pioneering AI at MVL

Generative AI and the dawn of next-gen travel experiences

Jason Flateboe – supporting founders through design

The Information: Finpilot, AI copilots reach financing

Looking ahead: 2024 predictions from the team at Madrona Venture Labs

Nancy Wang on entrepreneurship, AI and data security

The 2024 generative AI startup playbook

Insights from Amit Zavery on AI, data security, and successful exits

Unraveling the GenAI revolution: insights from big tech panel

Thomas Dohmke on GitHub Copilot and the evolution of programming

Navigating the GenAI investment landscape: wisdom from VC experts

GeekWire: Spencer Rascoff launches personal assistant AI startup

GeekWire: NoxuData wins Launchable: Generative Apps event

TechCrunch: Muir AI raises $3.25M to fight climate change

Anatomy of an ML startup – redux: part I

Anatomy of an ML startup – redux: part II

Fund V: fuel to power the next wave of AI founders & their ideas

Outbound AI CEO Stead Burwell on transforming healthcare with AI

Building the next big wave of AI startups

Reeling in your first customers – what comes first, the chicken or the egg?

GeekWire: Healthcare automation startup Outbound AI raises $16M

GeekWire: Compliance automation startup Strike Graph lands $7M

Muir AI co-founders on why now and why climate

GeekWire: Finpilot helps financial analysts scour corp filings via chatbot

Julia Turc on transitioning from the research world to the building world

GeekWire: Archway raises $15m to modernize the banking experience

Dustin Hubbard: from bank exec to modernizing banking

Where sustainability ideas meet venture returns

GeekWire: Vouched, an identity verification startup, raises $6.3M

Launchable: What’s on the Horizon speaker panel

Could generative AI supercharge climate innovation?

Launchable: Foundation Models - building applications 

Cristóbal Valenzuela and the Runway story

AI assisted creativity

Beyond text, images, and code

Accelerate: The AI-augmented developer

GeekWire: Madrona raises $690M for two new funds to back startups

GeekWire: Outbound AI aims to take the pain out of insurance claims

TechCrunch: Xembly raises to develop  AI assistant for corporate meetings

GeekWire: Seattle mental health startup Alongside raises $5.5M

GeekWire: Spice AI raises $13.5M to build AI-driven apps on blockchain

GeekWire: Xembly: Startup's AI takes meeting notes, follows up on email...

TechCrunch: Stack banks $2.7M to teach teens, parents about crypto

GeekWire: Stack wins top prize in Madrona Venture Labs’ Launchable event

TechCrunch: Pendulum raises $5.9M to help track harmful narratives

GeekWire: Pendulum raises $5.9M to help identify harmful narratives online

Building founder value, our obsession - MVL investors & co-builders

GeekWire: Pendulum aims to combat misinformation on video platforms

GeekWire: MVL raises $8M, unveils plan to turn its investors into co-founders

TechCrunch: Magnify raises $6M for its post-sales orchestration platform

GeekWire: Tech leaders back Magnify as startup emerges with $6M in funding

GeekWire: Madrona Venture Group raises $345M for 8th fund, largest ever

GeekWire: Strike Graph raises $8M to fuel growth and expand services

GeekWire: Zulily co-founders invest in ID verification startup Vouched

UW students awarded MVL fellowship to accelerate VerbalEyes

The king of email marketing is acquiring Chatitive

GeekWire: Mailchimp acquires MVL spinout Chatitive

GeekWire: Marchex co-founder’s latest startup uses AI to rethink + improve meetings

Stratify: MVL’s latest intelligent applications startup

Strike Graph: From customer validation to oversubscribed pilot

GeekWire: Madrona leads $4.9M round for Stratify

Anatomy of an ML startup: part I

Anatomy of an ML startup: part II

TechCrunch: MVL raises $11M to build companines from the ground up

GeekWire: MVL raises $11M fund to launch a new group of AI-focused startups

GeekWire: Vouched raises $3M as pandemic drives demand for ID verification tech

GeekWire: Stripe for ID verification: Meet Vouched

GeekWire: MVL spinout Uplevel raises $7.5M to measure engineering productivity

Uplevel: Inside the journey from idea to $7.5M in seed funding

Continuing a tradition of partnering from Day One with Founders

GeekWire: Uber acquires Seattle startup Mighty AI to fuel its push into self-driving cars

Our core focus is on ML/AI ideas, and here's why

MessageYes acquired by Nordstrom

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