Where does Ted Kummert work?

Ted Kummert is Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group and Board director at MontyCloud.

What check size does Ted Kummert write?

Ted Kummert typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.

What boards does Ted Kummert sit on?

Ted Kummert holds tracked board seats at MontyCloud.

Where did Ted Kummert go to school?

Ted Kummert studied at University of Washington (Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering).

Ted Kummert

InvestorFounder

Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group · Board director at MontyCloud

Seattle

Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M

About

Ted Kummert is a venture partner at Madrona, which he first joined in 2013 after a 23+ year career at Microsoft, where he led development organizations building operating systems, enterprise security, and data platforms — ending as corporate vice president of the Data Platform Group responsible for products including SQL Server and SQL Azure. Between stints at Madrona, he served as a product and engineering leader at two Madrona portfolio companies: Apptio, through its 2016 IPO, and UiPath as chief product development officer, through its 2021 IPO. He rejoined Madrona in early 2023, where he evaluates new investments and advises portfolio company leaders, focusing on enterprise infrastructure and platforms, data and analytics, and intelligent applications. Earlier in his career he worked as an engineer at Apple and Hewlett-Packard.

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Beyond investing

Education: Graduated from the University of Washington's electrical engineering department.
Boards: Chairs the Industry Advisory Board of the University of Washington's electrical engineering department.
Communities: Is a self-described devoted University of Washington Husky.
Hobbies: Is an avid soccer fan and follows the Seattle Sounders. Enjoys running and exercise, along with great food and wine.
Family: He and his wife, Pam, raised three sons.

From Ted's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at MontyCloud

Intro paths

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In turn, Ted can intro founders to MontyCloud's investors below.

MontyCloud's investors · 6

1809 CapitalOxford Lytical VenturesNew York · $100K – $5M checks Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2022 Raptor GroupMiami Beach Riverside Acceleration CapitalNew York · $1M – $40M checks S3 VenturesAustin · $500K – $15M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at MontyCloud

Venkat KrishnamachariChief Product Officer & Co-Founder

Kannan ParthasarthyChief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Experience

Madrona Venture GroupVenture Partnercurrent2017 — presentGreater Seattle Area
SingleStoreBoard Member2018 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
UiPathSenior Advisor2023
UiPathChief Product Development Officer2020 — 2023Bellevue, Washington, United States
ApptioEVP Products & Engineering2013 — 2017Bellevue, WA
Madrona Venture GroupVenture Partner2013
MicrosoftCorporate Vice President, Business Platform Division2007 — 2013
MicrosoftCorporate Vice President, Security Access and Solutions Division2005 — 2006
MicrosoftCorporate Vice President, Business Process and Integration Division2004 — 2005
MicrosoftCorporate Vice President, MSN Subscription Services1999 — 2003
MicrosoftDevelopment Manager, General Manager, Windows CE and Embedded Products1993 — 1999
MicrosoftEngineer, Windows NT1989 — 1993
AppleEngineer1988 — 1989
Hewlett-PackardEngineer1985 — 1988

Education

University of WashingtonBachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering1981 — 1985

Skills & more

Engineering Leadership10Management30Strategic Leadership17enterprise software4Business Intelligence38Data Management9Databases27Cloud Computing71Enterprise Architecture33Enterprise Software58Security5Microsoft SQL Server19

+12 more

Business ProcessIntegrationSoftware DevelopmentLeadershipSoftware Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesSaaSEmbedded SystemsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)ArchitectureProgram ManagementProduct Management

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Investments

Board seats

MontyCloud

Per SEC Form D filings.

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

Network4

Bill Richter

CEO of Qumulo and venture partner at Madrona

Chris Picardo

Partner at Madrona investing at the intersection of life science and computer science, plus consumer tech and Web3

Sid Shenai

Venture partner at Madrona and co-founder and CEO of Proof Diagnostics

Sri Chandrasekar

Managing Partner at Point72 Ventures

Investors connected to Ted in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ted Kummert?: Ted Kummert is a venture partner at Madrona, which he first joined in 2013 after a 23+ year career at Microsoft, where he led development organizations building operating systems, enterprise security, and data platforms — ending as corporate vice president of the Data Platform Group responsible for products including SQL Server and SQL Azure. Between stints at Madrona, he served as a product and engineering leader at two Madrona portfolio companies: Apptio, through its 2016 IPO, and UiPath as chief product development officer, through its 2021 IPO. He rejoined Madrona in early 2023, where he evaluates new investments and advises portfolio company leaders, focusing on enterprise infrastructure and platforms, data and analytics, and intelligent applications. Earlier in his career he worked as an engineer at Apple and Hewlett-Packard.
Where does Ted Kummert work?: Ted Kummert is Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group and Board director at MontyCloud.
What check size does Ted Kummert write?: Ted Kummert typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
What boards does Ted Kummert sit on?: Ted Kummert holds tracked board seats at MontyCloud.
Where did Ted Kummert go to school?: Ted Kummert studied at University of Washington (Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering).