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Developer Platforms & Tools | Madrona

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Why we invest

As infrastructure, data, and AI continue to transform the way developers build software and applications, the tools for applying and deploying these technologies must evolve to meet these new requirements. With the right tools, developers can unlock the next wave of AI-centric apps and the user experience as an equal citizen of the core functionality. The evolution of the proprietary and open development infrastructure stack and AI support has resulted in a 100x increase in total addressable market and developer productivity, while delivering value to customers in hours and days rather than months. The ultimate winners in this space are still emerging, and we believe that most organizations will continue to arm and empower developers to own a larger share of the budget to build the applications of the future. Madrona partners with founders developing open-source and proprietary solutions to help them build and win the hearts and minds of the next generation of developers.

Deep Gram
Deepgrams

Scott Stephenson

on revolutionizing voice AI and creating a tool for developers

Pulumi
Pulumi’s

Joe Duffy

on giving developers more power

Statistics
Statistics

Wijaye Raji

on using data to create better products

Platforms and tools for developers

  • Algorithm

    Algorithmia’s AI layer manages the machine learning lifecycle and automates the deployment of machine learning models at scale.

    Algorithmia’s AI layer manages the machine learning lifecycle and automates the deployment of machine learning models at scale.

    Founders

    Kenny Daniel
    Diego Oppenheimer

    Investment journey

    Acquired by Datarobot 2021

  • Fog App

    AppFog was a leading multilingual and infrastructure-agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.

    AppFog was a leading multilingual and infrastructure-agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.

    Investment journey

    Acquired by Savvis, a CenturyLink company in 2013.

  • Battle snake

    Battlesnake is a multiplayer programming game for experienced web developers where your code is the controller. We create games for programmers that encourage self-learning, are challenging to master, and fun to share with friends and family.

    Battlesnake is a multiplayer programming game for experienced web developers where your code is the controller. We create games for programmers that encourage self-learning, are challenging to master, and fun to share with friends and family.

    Founders

    Brad Van Vugt
    Noah Warder
    Chris Hoefgen

    Investment journey

    Acquired by DevCycle in 2023.

  • Clerk

    Clerk is an authentication and user management solution for modern web, tailored for React and Next.js.

    Clerk is an authentication and user management solution for modern web, tailored for React and Next.js.

    Founder/s or CEO

    Colin Sidoti
    Braden Sidoti

  • Deep Gram

    Deepgram is an automated speech recognition and understanding company that enables enterprises to build basic and specialized language models for a range of applications.

    Deepgram is an automated speech recognition and understanding company that enables enterprises to build basic and specialized language models for a range of applications.

  • DevZero

    DevZero increases developer productivity by providing a platform for cloud development environments that work with all IDEs, existing development tools, and enterprise integrations. Their mission is to be the de facto development platform for the modern enterprise.

    DevZero increases developer productivity by providing a platform for cloud development environments that work with all IDEs, existing development tools, and enterprise integrations. Their mission is to be the de facto development platform for the modern enterprise.

    Founders

    Debo Ray
    Rob Fletcher

  • Esper

    Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry-leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to enable development teams to deliver software without worrying about hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver software as a service. Esper has rapidly growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education, and more.

    Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry-leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to enable development teams to deliver software without worrying about hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver software as a service. Esper has rapidly growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education, and more.

    Founders

    Jadhu Gopalan
    Shiva Sundar

  • Fixed

    Fixie is a platform that makes it easy to build applications that integrate LLM into any software system—databases, APIs, websites, documents, and more—enabling entirely new products and experiences.

    Fixie is a platform that makes it easy to build applications that integrate LLM into any software system—databases, APIs, websites, documents, and more—enabling entirely new products and experiences.

    Founders

    Matt Welsh
    Zack Koch
    Justin Uberti
    Hessam Bagherinezhad

  • iFinish

    iConclude is a software platform and pre-configured remediation packages that enable frontline IT workers to prioritize and resolve issues in the data center.

    iConclude is a software platform and pre-configured remediation packages that enable frontline IT workers to prioritize and resolve issues in the data center.

    Founders

    Sunny Gupta
    Jeff Gerber

    Investment journey

    Acquired by Opsware in 2007.

  • OctoAI

    OctoAI’s mission is to build simple and powerful AI systems that enable customers to transform AI models into production applications that people value.

    OctoAI’s mission is to build simple and powerful AI systems that enable customers to transform AI models into production applications that people value.

    Founders

    Luis Ceze
    Tianqi Chen
    Jared Roesch
    Jason’s Knight
    Thierry Moreau

  • Efficient

    Performant has provided software that enables Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate bottlenecks that limit website performance.

    Performant has provided software that enables Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate bottlenecks that limit website performance.

    Founders

    Thanks
    Przemyslaw Pardyak
    Hank Levy

    Investment journey

    Acquired by Mercury Interactive in 2003.

  • Pulumi

    Pulumi is a cloud software development platform designed for developers and DevOps teams to build and manage cloud-native software, from containers, serverless functions, APIs, to infrastructure, using one consistent approach.

    Pulumi is a cloud software development platform designed for developers and DevOps teams to build and manage cloud-native software, from containers, serverless functions, APIs, to infrastructure, using one consistent approach.

    Founders

    Joe Duffy
    Eric Rudder

  • Possibility of shipping

    Shippable is a cloud-based continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platform that developers use to ship code and deliver updates to apps and microservices. The company plans to integrate it with its Enterprise+ platform.

    Shippable is a cloud-based continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platform that developers use to ship code and deliver updates to apps and microservices. The company plans to integrate it with its Enterprise+ platform.

    Founders

    Manisha Sahasrabudhe
    Avi Cavale

    Investment journey

    Acquired by JFrog in 2019.

  • Statistics

    Statsig is a modern product experimentation platform that, unlike other A/B testing tools, tracks the impact of every single feature release, thereby quantifying the impact of all efforts. The “observable” nature of Statsig allows teams to catch metrics drops within hours of a feature launch, quickly get rid of features that aren’t working, and invest more in those that are. The team behind Statsig comes from Facebook and is rebuilding the entire data tools infrastructure that has fueled all of Facebook’s growth over the past decade. Companies like Notion, Flipkart, Ancestry, Whatnot, and OpenSea use Statsig to power their modern stack and have shown significant increases in product velocity since adoption.

    Statsig is a modern product experimentation platform that, unlike other A/B testing tools, tracks the impact of every single feature release, thereby quantifying the impact of all efforts. The “observable” nature of Statsig allows teams to catch metrics drops within hours of a feature launch, quickly get rid of features that aren’t working, and invest more in those that are. The team behind Statsig comes from Facebook and is rebuilding the entire data tools infrastructure that has fueled all of Facebook’s growth over the past decade. Companies like Notion, Flipkart, Ancestry, Whatnot, and OpenSea use Statsig to power their modern stack and have shown significant increases in product velocity since adoption.

  • Time

    Temporal is an open-source microservice orchestration module that lets you run mission-critical code at any scale.

    Temporal is an open-source microservice orchestration module that lets you run mission-critical code at any scale.

    Founders

    Maxim Fateyev
    Samar Abbas