Madrona Venture Group
Madrona (www.madrona.com) has been investing in early-stage technology companies in the Pacific Northwest since 1995 and has been privileged to play a role in some of the region's most successful technology ventures. The firm invests predominately in seed and Series A rounds across the information technology spectrum including consumer Internet, commercial software and services, digital media and advertising, networking and infrastructure, and wireless. Madrona currently manages more than $425 million and was an early investor in companies such as Classmates.com, Redfin, Bag Borrow or Steal, and Amazon.com.
Trilogy Partnership
Trilogy Partnership was founded by successful veterans of the wireless industry, including the executive team that founded Western Wireless and VoiceStream. Trilogy's partners have started new companies in emerging industries and have built enduring businesses across four continents. Trilogy's portfolio companies benefit from its operational expertise and its global network of relationships in addition to its financial investment.
Core Team
Advisory Board
Board of Directors
People we can't live without
Tom Alberg
Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
Today: Tom currently serves as a director for several Madrona portfolio companies: Apollo, Impinj, Singlepoint, Physware and Mercent. In addition, he serves on the board of Amazon.com. He currently serves as chair of the Seattle Foundation Investment Committee. He is also a board member of the national Executive Council of TechNet.
Past Lives: Immediately prior to co-founding Madrona Investment Group in 1995, Tom served as president of LIN Broadcasting Corporation and Executive Vice President of McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Previously, he was chair of the Executive Committee and Partner in the Northwest's largest law firm, Perkins Coie, where he was principal counsel for The Boeing Company, Alaska Airlines and a number of early technology companies. Before that he was an attorney with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York. He is past chair of the Washington State Technology Alliance and the Discovery Institute, past chair of the Pacific Science Center and past president of Intiman Theater in Seattle. He was co-chair of the capital campaign for the Computer Science and Engineering Department's new building at the University of Washington.
Theresa Gillespie
Managing Director, Trilogy Partnership
Today: Terry currently serves on the Trilogy International Partners board, and is one of the founders of Trilogy Partnership.
Past lives: Prior to co-founding Trilogy, Terry had been Vice Chairman of Western Wireless Corporation since February 2003 and Director of Western Wireless since October 2000. Prior to being elected Vice Chairman, Ms. Gillespie served as Executive Vice President of the company from May 1999 until February 2003, Senior Vice President of the company from May 1997 until May 1999, and Chief Financial Officer of the company and one of its predecessors from 1991 to 1997. Ms. Gillespie was Chief Financial Officer of certain entities controlled by Mr. Stanton and Ms. Gillespie since 1988. From 1986 to 1987, Ms. Gillespie was Senior Vice President and Controller of McCaw Cellular. From 1976 to 1986 she was employed by a national public accounting firm.