Derek Slager

Madrona Venture Group LLC (Madrona Venture Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Tom A. Alberg, Paul B. Goodrich and Jerry Grinstein. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Skytap, Inc. provides cloud-based environments-as-a-service for development and testing teams to deliver better software. It offers development and testing, hybrid cloud or information technology, virtual training, software demos, and professional solutions. The company also provides cloud stack and security services. The company was founded by Henry M. Levy, Brian Bershad, Steven D. Gribble, and David Richardson in 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Commerce Technologies, Inc. provides software solutions for retailers. It provides e-commerce software used to connect companies with suppliers and trading partners. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

SoundCommerce LLC provides an operations data platform for consumer brands and retailers. It connects data between systems and partners, monitors operations, enables business intelligence, and drives machine learning-enabled predictive decisioning. The firm’s platform is integrated with commerce systems including Amazon.com, Shopify, Magento, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, StitchLabs, NetSuite, Dynamics 365, ReCharge and Salsify. The company was founded by Eric T. Best and Jared Stiff and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

DollarDays International LLC sells products online such as toys and household décor, apparel, electronics and seasonal merchandise and many more. The company was founded in 2001 by Marc Joseph and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Avanade, Inc. engages in the provision of digital and cloud services, business solutions, and design-led experiences on the Microsoft ecosystem. Its solutions include analytics and artificial intelligence, business applications and consulting, cloud and application services, modern workplace and security. The company was founded in March 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Impresys Corp. provides software demos and online training services. It offers cloud-based training, marketing demos, Cloudguides application, and DemoMate application. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Sappington is a marketing firm that specializes in communicating the value of innovative technology to enterprise executives. The private company is based in Seattle, WA and was founded by Eric T. Best. The company achieves this through the use of storytelling, beautiful visuals, immersive experiences, and thought leadership.

Faves.com provides social book marking and networking services. Its services include news, stories, videos, and other web content. The company was founded in October 2004 by Mohit Srivastava and Sumit Sen and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

OctoML, Inc. provides artificial intelligence and machine learning services. The company was founded by Luis Ceze and Jason Knight and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Proof Diagnostics, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing affordable and accessible COVID-19 molecular testing using CRISPR technology. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Led by world-renowned molecular biologist Dr. Feng Zhang, the company aims to help communities take control of their health. Proof Diagnostics was founded in 2020 by Feng Zhang, Sid Shenai, Jonathan Gootenberg, Omar Abudayyeh. Sid Shenai has been the CEO since 2020.

Modulus Therapeutics, Inc. is a company dedicated to discovering cell therapy solutions for patients. The company is based in Seattle, WA. The company uses rapid prototyping and generative design to accelerate discovery and optimize cell therapies to meet therapeutic design goals. The company's platform offers a unique opportunity to leverage machine learning to maximize efficacy through modular design. Modulus envisions a world where cancer is no longer a life-threatening disease, and they are dedicated to transforming the future of cancer therapy through design-driven therapeutics. Modulus Therapeutics was founded in 2020 by Max Darnell and Bryce Daines. Max Darnell has been the CEO since 2020.

Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The company was founded by Sujal Patel and Parag Mallick in 2016 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

2nd Watch Holding Co., Inc. engages in the provision of managed cloud services. The company is headquartered in Liberty Lake, WA.

Booster Fuels, Inc. engages in developing an app-based service to deliver and pump gas in office parking lots. Its partners include campus-based companies, commercial real estate owners, universities, and commercial fleets. The company was founded by Frank Mycroft, Diego Netto, and Tyler Raugh in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Terraclear, Inc. designs and builds solutions that control farm costs and automate crop production. It specializes in agriculture, machine vision, neural networks, drone survey, electro-hydraulics and GPS services. The company was founded by Brent R. Frei, Vivek Nayak and Koos Du Preez in December 2017 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Igneous Systems, Inc. provides unstructured data management as-a-service solution. Its products include DataProtect, DataDiscover and DataFlow. The firm’s business includes both the raw boxes of hard drives a business buys to store data and the software needed to manage it. It also provides cloud infrastructure to change the enterprise landscape. The company was founded by Kiran Bhageshpur, Byron Rakitzis and Jeff Hughes in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Zones LLC provides information technology solutions and software products. It offers data center, mobility, unified communications, cloud, security, Internet of things, and zones discovery services. The company was founded by Firoz H. Lalji in 1988 and is headquartered in Auburn, WA.

Laird Norton Wealth Management LLC (LNWM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded by Kaycee Krysty and Richard Simmonds in 1995 as Tyee Asset Strategies, Inc. They were acquired by Laird Norton Trust Co. LLC in 2001 and their name was changed to Laird Norton Tyee Asset Strategies LLC in 2004. The firm became Laird Norton Wealth Management LLC in 2020. They are ultimately owned by Laird Norton Co. LLC. LNWM provides investment advice to high net-worth individuals and families and their trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, foundations and endowments.

Remitly, Inc. operates as a digital remittance company that provides mobile money transfer services. The firm enables consumers to make person-to-person international money transfers online through web and a proprietary mobile application. The company was founded by Matthew B. Oppenheimer, Shivaas Gulati, Motti Shechter and Joshua Hug in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

AH Capital Management LLC (AH Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Lowell Andreessen and Ben A. Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Cornerstone Venture partners is a venture capital & private equity firm founded in 2018 by Rajiv Vaishnav and Abhishek Prasad. The firm is headquartered in Mumbai.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Digital Fortress, Inc. provides managed cloud and collocation infrastructure services. It specializes in serving customers with power density information technology applications. The firm operates three data center facilities, principally located in the Pacific Northwest, drawing on the region’s low-cost, renewable energy content power sources. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Eclypsium, Inc. provides technology that helps organizations defend their systems against firmware, hardware, and supply chain attacks. The company was founded by Yuriy Bulygin and Alex Bazhaniuk and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Tigera, Inc. provides networking and security problems solutions. The company was founded by Christopher Liljenstolpe, Alex Pollitt and Andrew Randall in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pulumi Corp. operates as a platform for cloud software development. Offers Pulumi core, Pulumi service, ecosystem and integrations. The company was founded by Joe Duffy and Eric Rudder and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

The House of LR&C PBC is a fashion company that offers a collection of tees, shirts, sweaters, sweatshirts, hoodies, jackets, and coats. The company is based in Seattle, WA. The company's best sellers are available for purchase. The company prioritizes people and the planet in everything they do, and they only create good products. The company was founded in 2020 by Russell Wilson, Scott Bonomo, Nancy Richardson, Christine Day, Ciara Princess Wilson, Matthew Steed, Therese Hayes, Christine McCormick Day. Christine Day has been the CEO since 2020.