Madrona Venture Labs

Scott Jacobson is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, which he joined in 2007. Before entering venture capital, he worked at Amazon.com, holding senior product and business management positions in the Amazon Kindle and Amazon Marketplace groups, where he led initiatives including the international rollout of Amazon's Merchants@ platform. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Consultant in Accenture's strategy consulting practice, working with clients in enterprise software, retail, and energy sectors. As an investor, he focuses on consumer web and apps, e-commerce, digital media, and mobile technologies that can disrupt large established markets. He has served on the boards of several portfolio companies and as a board observer for others. He also served on the board of Jambool prior to its acquisition by Google in 2010.

Steve Singh is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group and serves as interim Chief Executive Officer of Spotnana. He has worked across multiple geographies and technology hubs, including Silicon Valley and Austin, building products and companies with various teams.

Chris Picardo is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group. He also serves as interim Chief Executive Officer at Spotnana.

Sabrina Albert (Wu) is a Partner at Madrona Venture Group, where she invests in early-stage companies at the Seed, Series A, and early growth stages. Her investment focus includes AI-native startups and application companies. She also writes about AI on a Substack newsletter titled "Aspiring for Intelligence."

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Vivek Ramaswami is a Partner at Madrona based in San Francisco, focusing on early-stage investments in AI tools and security. He shares perspectives on artificial intelligence through his Substack publication, Aspiring for Intelligence.

Bill Richter is the CEO of Qumulo and a venture partner at Madrona, where he helps identify new investments and advises portfolio companies on strategy and operations. He built more than 20 years of leadership experience in technology, including serving as president of EMC's Isilon Storage Division, which he grew to $1.5 billion in annual revenue, and as COO of EMC's Midrange Storage business. Earlier, he was Isilon's public company CFO through its $2.5 billion sale to EMC in 2010, and before that a finance director at Amazon.com. He began his career with eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, focused on the technology industry in Seattle and later London.

Patrick Ennis is a Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group with over 30 years of experience across science, engineering, and venture capital. He previously spent more than a decade at Intellectual Ventures, where he led startup incubation and technology commercialization and served as founding CTO of the spinout Xinova, and earlier was a Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners, with investments including Impinj and Innovalight. Ennis holds a PhD, MS, and MPhil in Physics from Yale, an MBA from Wharton, and a BS in Mathematics and Physics from the College of William and Mary, and currently sits on the boards of companies including Wipro Ltd, Yoodli, and Tangibly.

Anna Schmitz is an Office Administrative Assistant at Madrona. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Washington, where her interdisciplinary coursework spanned policy, science, equity, and economics. Her stated interests include sustainability consulting, environmental health and safety, and circular economy strategy.

Baxter Black serves as General Counsel at Madrona Venture Group. His work covers investment management, private funds, venture and private equity transactions, and firm and fund governance, along with securities regulation, fiduciary duties and conflicts, mergers and acquisitions, board counseling, and risk management. He advises investment firms, boards, executives, investors, and both privately held and public companies.

Coral Garnick Ducken is Content Marketing Manager at Madrona, where she supports the firm's venture capitalists in sharing thought leadership and company success stories. Before joining Madrona, she spent seven years covering business news in the Seattle area as a writer and editor.

Jeff Mills is Chief Co-Investments Officer and Head of Investment Solutions at Chenavari Investment Managers, where he leads the firm's co-investment platform and develops tailored mandates across private credit and structured credit. He previously served as Chief Risk Officer at the firm, where he built real-time risk and scenario analysis frameworks. Earlier in his career, he spent over a decade as a trader and portfolio manager in credit markets, including roles at J.P. Morgan and BlueCrest.

Joanna Black is General Counsel at Madrona Venture Group. Her work covers investment management, private funds, venture and private equity transactions, and firm and fund governance, as well as securities regulation, fiduciary duties and conflicts, M&A, board counseling, and risk management. She advises investment firms, boards, executives, investors, and both privately held and public companies.

John Carpenter is a Partner at Madrona based in San Francisco, where he works with early-stage founders in AI tools and security. He also writes about AI on a Substack newsletter.

Matt Witt is a Talent Scout and Advisor at Madrona Venture Group, where he works with founders from initial investment through Series C to build teams and operating foundations. His work spans Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, and Finance across the firm's portfolio companies in AI/ML, infrastructure, developer tools, the Modern Data Stack, and security. He focuses on early hiring, supporting leaders moving into scale, and guiding founders through growth transitions.

Nicole Roze is an Executive Assistant at Madrona. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Sociology from Western Washington University, which she completed in August 2019.

Nina Kapur is Director of Product Marketing at Redis, with a background spanning pre-sales leadership, product marketing, and customer storytelling. She was part of two companies that went public, Tableau and Smartsheet.

Rasik Parikh is a Professor of Robotics at the University of Washington, where his work focuses on robotic manipulation and autonomous mobility, including systems that integrate perception, planning, and control. He also serves as a Venture Partner at Madrona. His work includes developing open hardware and software for robotics and building robotics products that combine robotics and AI.

Rolanda Fu is a Talent Scout and Advisor at Madrona Venture Group, where she works across the firm's portfolio companies in areas including AI/ML, infrastructure, developer tools, the Modern Data Stack, and security. She supports founders from initial investment through Series C on hiring and team building across functions such as Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, and Finance.

Stella Fosberg is Content Marketing Manager at Madrona, where she supports the firm's investors in producing thought leadership and company narratives. Before joining Madrona, she worked as a writer and editor covering business news in the Seattle area for seven years.

Anthony Bontrager is a Managing Director at WestRiver Group with over 29 years of experience in executive leadership, board governance, corporate development, and investment management. He works as a technology investor and allocator, serving on multiple boards. His background includes driving company and fund growth through innovation, team development, and strategic partnerships.

Kelci Zile is Chief Executive Officer at Envest, a company focused on early-stage venture and nature-related initiatives. She works on directing innovation toward regenerative outcomes.