About
Chris Picardo is a partner on the investment team at Madrona, which he joined in 2017. He helps lead the firm's investments in companies combining wet lab science with machine learning at the intersection of life and computer science, as well as consumer technology, commerce, marketplaces, and Web3. Before Madrona, he led finance, business intelligence, and strategy at Rockets of Awesome, a kids' clothing subscription company, and previously worked on the investment team at Invus covering consumer and life science deals. He began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Seattle.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Graduated cum laude from Williams College with majors in mathematics (honors) and English. Wrote a statistics thesis at Williams on time-dependent model-based clustering methods using Major League Baseball pitching data.
- Boards
- Serves on the board of Life Science Washington.
- Communities
- Was a member of the Williams College varsity swim team for four years.
- Hobbies
- Is an avid golfer who will play in any weather. Enjoys tennis, skiing, and playing jazz saxophone. Is a die-hard Seattle sports fan.
From Chris's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Chris PicardoTalk / interview
Colleagues at Madrona Venture Group
Alexandra Estep
Controller at Madrona Venture Group
Alison McCulloch
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Alli Sherwin
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
An Cayas
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Andrew Leary
IT Support Engineer at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Baird
Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Chen
Investor at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Schmitz
Receptionist at Madrona Venture Group
Network5
Bill Richter
CEO of Qumulo and venture partner at Madrona
Dusan Perovic
Partner at Two Sigma Ventures
Geoffrey Smith
Founder / Managing Partner at Digitalis Ventures
Sid Shenai
Venture partner at Madrona and co-founder and CEO of Proof Diagnostics
Ted Kummert
Venture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applications
Investors connected to Chris in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.