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Madrona Venture Group — 2016 Investments

8 investments dated 2016 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Heptioheptio.comNov 2016 · $25M

Seattle, US

Joseph Beda(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Craig McLuckie(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardPing Li(Director)in

Co-investorsAccelLightspeed Venture Partners

Icebrgicebrg.ioMar 2016acquired by Gigamon · Jul 2018

ICEBRG was a Seattle-based cybersecurity startup founded in 2014 that provided cloud-connected network sensors and analytics to help enterprises detect and respond to network intrusions.

Seattle, US

William Peteroy(Executive Officer, Director)Josh Carlson(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDAVID ROSENTHAL(Director)CHAD PACKARD(Director)Kevin Rowney(Director)

Co-investorsPelion Venture Partners

IOpipeiopipe.comin𝕏Dec 2016 · $2.5M

IOpipe is a serverless DevOps platform that provides visibility and monitoring for serverless applications in production.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSeattle, US

Erica Windisch(Founder and CTO)inAdam Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Windisch(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsboldstart venturesLas Olas Venture CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Struck CapitalTechstarsUnderscore VC

Message Yesmessageyes.comDec 2016

Offers brands the opportunity to text customers via AI, with integrated payments capabilities.

Seattle, US

DAVE COTTER(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Cotter(Founder)

BoardSCOTT JACOBSON(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsDisney AcceleratorGreen Egg VenturesCross Culture VenturesLowercase CapitalMuse Capital

Payscale Holdings, Inc.payscale.comin𝕏Apr 2016

Payscale provides cloud-based compensation data and software solutions to help organizations manage fair pay practices and comply with pay transparency and equity laws.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSeattle, US

Mark Klebanoff(Executive Officer)inMichael Metzger(CEO, President, Secretary and Director)Joe Giordano(Founder)John Gaffney(Founder)

BoardAshutosh Somani(Director)Parag Gupta(Director)

Co-investorsBling CapitalFrancisco PartnersGarage CapitalSapphire VenturesSixth StreetInsight Partners+1 more

Shyftmyshyft.comin𝕏Jan 2016

Seattle-founded Shyft provides digital infrastructure and supply-chain software for the global moving and relocation industry.

Seattle, US

Brett Patrontasch(Founder)Chris Pitchford(Founder)Daniel Chen(Founder)Kyle Liu(Founder)

Co-investorsTechstarsUpslope VenturesBlumberg CapitalFJ LabsGeneral CatalystInovia Capital+2 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

M87Shyft Technologies

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.