Mark Nelson
InvestorVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group · Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Labs
United States
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M
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1,018 people in our graph share verified history with Mark — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Deep NisharunlockedMark: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1990–1992)
Mark: together at AT&T Network Systems
Mark: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mark: together at Oracle
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- m•••@madrona.comreveal80% confident
Experience
- MadronaVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- MadronaStrategic Director2021 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
- American Public Media GroupMember of the Board of Trusteescurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- CircleCIMember Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- VeezooBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- SpotnanaBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Tableau SoftwarePresident and CEO at Tableau Software, the world’s leading analytics platform2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- Tableau SoftwareExecutive Vice President of Product Development2018 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
- TalendBoard Member2018 — 2020
- SAP ConcurCTO2013 — 2018Greater Seattle Area
- OracleVice President and Architect1997 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- Informix SoftwareSoftware Engineer1995 — 1997
- AT&T Network SystemsSoftware Engineer1991 — 1995
Skills & more
Virtualization23Cloud Computing95Servers1Distributed Systems47SaaS62PaaS13ClusteringHigh Availability29Scalability13High Performance ComputingEnterprise Software75Oracle21
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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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mark Nelson?
- Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
- Where does Mark Nelson work?
- Mark Nelson is Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group.
- What check size does Mark Nelson write?
- Mark Nelson typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- Where did Mark Nelson go to school?
- Mark Nelson studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, General Engineering).
Same school
Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign864
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Shared employers
Also worked at Madrona71
Scott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupKaran MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupTim PorterManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupChris PicardoPartner at Madrona investing at the intersection of life science and computer science, plus consumer tech and Web3Sabrina Albert (Wu)Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Also worked at Veezoo1
Also worked at Tableau Software18
Sarah GillBrand & Communications at Planet A VenturesAshley KramerRevenue Leader, OpenAI at Stage 2 CapitalRob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital PartnersRachel NelsonInvestor at Unorthodox VenturesBrooke SeawellVenture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Andrew VigneaultGeneral Partner at Flexcap Ventures
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