Madrona Venture Labs Toggle navigation Madrona Venture Labs About Portfolio Team Friends FOUNDERS ARE OUR HEROES ABOUT We turn ideas into companies. Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio based in Seattle and housed at Madrona Venture Group. From napkin to traction, we build meaningful companies from scratch. Then, we recruit founding CEOs and their teams to take these companies to the next level. We consider dozens of ideas; only a precious few survive our rigorous testing and validation process. Successful ideas get access to seed capital from Madrona and others, and guidance from the top minds in the Seattle startup ecosystem. Geekwire New York Times Wall Street Journal PORTFOLIO Companies hatched at Madrona Venture Labs Spare 5 Spare5's community members use their skills, spare time, and smartphones to generate high-quality insights for businesses. Reply Yes ReplyYes connects you with the things you love, every day, with a simple text. No apps, no webpages. TEAM We are founders and entrepreneurs on a mission to build the next wave of meaningful Seattle-based startups. Harmony Davis Harmony founded and led product management for a subscription marketplace at Amazon. Before that she worked in brand marketing at Starwood Hotels Ogilvy Mather. Harmony enjoys performing arts, puzzles, and serialized TV. Twitter Linkedin Geoffrey Elliott Geoffrey co-founded Phatbits, acquired by Google in 2005. He was most recently Principle Software Engineer at Code.org. Geoffrey likes Mexican Coke and his dog's gaping maw. Twitter Linkedin Mike Fridgen Mike is a long-time entrepreneur, having built multiple successful Seattle companies, including Farecast and Decide. After selling Decide to eBay in 2013, Mike was the GM of eBays Seattle office. Mike is a Seattle startups and sports nut. Twitter Linkedin Hsu Han Ooi Hsu Han co-founded Decide, acquired by eBay in 2013. He is a startup engineer and entrepreneur. Before Labs he worked at Zillow and Evo doing full stack web development. Twitter Linkedin Brendan Ribera Brendan co-founded PaperKarma, acquired by Reputation.com in 2013. He is an engineer and entrepreneur. He writes code of all kinds; sometimes it even works! Twitter Linkedin Matt Terich Matt is a startup veteran and founder. Most recently, Matt led UX at Jambool, acquired by Google in 2010. Like everyone else in Seattle, he plays guitar in a band. He's also an avid sailor and dog enthusiast. Twitter Linkedin Aaron Wilson Aaron led digital product development at the White House as part of the US Digital Service. Before that he was a PM at Microsoft on products including Excel, Office for iPad, and Office for Mac. He loves tennis and egg nog! Twitter Linkedin FRIENDS OF LABS Advisors to Madrona Venture Labs and our portfolio companies. Spencer Rascoff CEO Zillow Group Twitter Linkedin Darrell Cavens CEO Zulily Twitter Linkedin Jane Park CEO Julep Twitter Linkedin Raj Singh CEO Accolade Twitter Linkedin Dawn Lepore Former CEO Drugstore Twitter Linkedin Oren Etzioni CEO Allen Institute for AI Twitter Linkedin T.A. McCann Founder Rival IQ Twitter Linkedin Jonathan Sposato CEO Picmonkey Twitter Linkedin Andy Liu CEO BuddyTV Twitter Linkedin Mark Mader CEO Smartsheet Twitter Linkedin Hatched and Backed by Follow us on twitter Follow us