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Madrona Venture Group — 2017 Investments

8 investments dated 2017 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Smartsheetsmartsheet.comin𝕏May 2017 · $26M

Smartsheet provides a cloud-based work management platform that enables teams and organizations to plan, capture, manage, automate, and report on work at scale across enterprises, nonprofits, and small businesses globally.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSBellevue, US

Brent Frei(Founder)inW. Eric Browne(Executive Officer, Promoter)inAndrew Lientz(Executive Officer)inMike Arntz(Executive Officer)inMark Mader(Executive Officer, Director)inJennifer Ceran(Executive Officer)in

Board seatMatthew S. McIlwain· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsFrontier Venture CapitalGolub GrowthHoneywell VenturesInsight PartnersMadrona Venture LabsSummit Partners+2 more

Xnorxnor.aiJan 2017acquired by Apple · Jan 2020 · $200M

Xnor.ai developed energy-efficient edge AI software enabling deep learning models like object and person detection to run on low-power devices such as phones, cameras, and drones without cloud connectivity.

Seattle, US

ALI FARHADI(Executive Officer, Director)MOHAMMAD RASTEGARI(Executive Officer)Jon GelseyinAli Farhadi(Founder)Mohammad Rastegari(Founder)

BoardOREN ETZIONI(Director)in

Board seatMatthew S. McIlwain· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsNGP CapitalAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAutotech Ventures

2Nd WatchinFeb 2017acquired by ST Telemedia (later merged/rebranded as Ollion) · Aug 2019

2nd Watch was a Seattle-area cloud consultancy helping enterprises migrate, manage, and optimize workloads on AWS and Azure.

Liberty Lake, US

KRIS BLIESNER(Executive Officer, Director)inJEFF ADEN(Executive Officer)inSCOTT PARRISH(Executive Officer)inKELL E. BODHOLT(Executive Officer)inDOUG SCHNEIDER(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardMATTHEW S. MCILWAIN(Director)

Co-investorsDelta-v CapitalTop Tier Capital Partners

Algorithmiaalgorithmia.cominSeed · Jun 2017 · $3MAcquired

Algorithmia offers an enterprise AI platform for developing, deploying, and governing machine learning models and AI applications, with tooling tailored to roles across data science, engineering, DevOps, and IT teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US

Kenneth F. Daniel(Executive Officer, Director)Diego M. Oppenheimer(Executive Officer, Director)inDiego Oppenheimer(Founder)Kenny Daniel(Founder)

BoardTimothy Porter(Director)inAnna Patterson(Director)in

Co-investorsGradient VenturesIn-Q-TelOUP (Osage University Partners)Deep Fork CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersRakuten Capital+1 more

Mighty AIaurora.techin𝕏Jan 2017 · $14MAcquired

Aurora develops self-driving technology for autonomous vehicles.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationPittsburgh, US

Chris Urmson(Founder)inDrew Bagnell(Founder)inSterling Anderson(Founder)inRandy R. Reibel(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inStephen Crouch(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inTrenton Berg(Senior Hardware Engineer (listed as a founder on Crunchbase))in

Co-investorsGeodesic CapitalGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesK9 VenturesKhosla Ventures+19 more

Versivegetversive.comin𝕏Aug 2017 · $12.7M

Versive is an AI-moderated research platform that conducts interviews, surveys, and usability tests with real users and synthetic personas, automatically transcribing, probing, and synthesizing findings into reports.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

David Correa Orozco(Founder)inEric Li(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorBloomberg BetaEveningGoldman SachsNewtype VenturesWork-Bench

Other

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

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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.