Aug 13, 202639 minS9
Recorded live at Seattle Tech Week, this episode of Founded & Funded brings together two people who track the AI capital markets from different vantage points: Pitchbook EVP of Research & Market Intelligence Nizar...
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Founded & Funded
Hosted by Madrona Ventures · business · EN
About this Podcast:
Listen to conversations between Madrona investors and entrepreneurs, founders, and startup personalities who talk about some of the key moments in building a company. Designed to give would-be founders and others interested in working with or for startups a view into the struggle and the lessons learned, these conversations are informal and informative. With more than 25 years of investing in early-stage technology companies, Madrona has worked with founders from day one to help build their company for the long run. We invest in seed and Series A companies in the Pacific Northwest building across the information technology spectrum and in Acceleration (B and beyond) stage companies building with AI, regardless of geography.
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What is Founded & Funded about?
Listen to conversations between Madrona investors and entrepreneurs, founders, and startup personalities who talk about some of the key moments in building a company. Designed to give would-be founders and others interested in working with or for startups a view into the struggle and the lessons learned, these conversations are informal and informative.
Who hosts Founded & Funded?
Founded & Funded is hosted by Madrona Ventures. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
What has Founded & Funded covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Is AI a Bubble? What PitchBook's Head of Research Sees in the Data" (13 August 2026, 39 minutes), "Why AI Made Your Buyers Harder to Sell To" (23 July 2026, 31 minutes), and "The Best Infrastructure Moment Since Cloud" (10 June 2026, 42 minutes).
How often does Founded & Funded publish?
Founded & Funded publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 33 minutes across 100 episodes.
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Booking probability for Founded & Funded is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Founded & Funded requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Founded & Funded's contact route on record: verified email.
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Madrona Ventures hosts Founded & Funded, a business podcast with 100 episodes published.
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Founded & Funded
Why AI Made Your Buyers Harder to Sell To
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The Best Infrastructure Moment Since Cloud
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Episode #154
The Best Infrastructure Moment Since Cloud
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- May 13, 202641 minS9
<p>There's a theorem being tested about how AI reaches general intelligence. Carina Hong's answer: through mathematics.</p> <p>Carina is the founder of Axiom, and in less than a year of building, her team's AI has...
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- Apr 22, 202635 minS9
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- Apr 2, 202644 minS9
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- Mar 18, 202626 minS9
<p>What happens when AI agents — not humans — become your primary customer? That's not a hypothetical. It's already happening, and the founders who recognize it earliest are rebuilding their entire infrastructure stacks...
- Mar 4, 202638 minS9
<p>What does it really take to sell an AI-native product into the Fortune 500?<br /> In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Managing Director Matt McIlwain sits down with two founders deep in the trenches of...
- Feb 19, 202623 minS9
<p>In this episode of Founded & Funded, Ben Gilbert, co-host of the Acquired podcast, sits down with Chase Lochmiller, co-founder and CEO of Crusoe-AI, the company building what it calls AI factories, including its...
- Jan 22, 202633 minS9
<p>In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Partner Jon Turow hosts a live conversation with Carina Hong, Founder & CEO of Axiom, and Byron Cook, VP & Distinguished Scientist at AWS.</p> <p>Carina is building...
- Jan 7, 202629 minS9
<p>In this live episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Managing Director Soma Somasegar sits down with Jay Parikh, EVP of Core AI at Microsoft, to unpack the company's evolution from a software factory to an agent...
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- Nov 5, 202522 minS8
<p>In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Digital Editor Coral Garnick Ducken sits down with Investor Rasik Parikh to unpack his journey from public markets to venture capital and what makes a founder stand...
Episode #143
Redefining Communication: Yoodli Founders on AI Roleplays, Confidence & Building in Seattle
Oct 23, 202538 minS8<p>In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Venture Partner Patrick Ennis sits down with Varun Puri and Esha Joshi, co-founders of Yoodli, an AI-powered communications coach helping people become more confident...
- Oct 8, 202542 minS8
<p>In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Managing Director Tim Porter sits down with Babak Parviz and Daniel Kelly, co-founders of NewDays, a platform purpose-built for older Americans living with cognitive...
- Sep 24, 202533 minS8
<p>In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Investor Joe Horsman sits down with Jeff Leek and Rob Bradley, co-founders of Synthesize Bio, a foundation model company for biology that's unlocking experiments...
- Sep 10, 202520 minS8
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- Aug 21, 202536 minS8
<p>Thompson and Austin Hay, co-founders of Clarify, the startup that's pioneering the idea of autonomous CRM.</p> <p>Their vision? A CRM that actually does the work for sellers of driving outreach, managing pipeline...
- Aug 7, 202517 minS8
<p>In this Investor Spotlight episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona's Coral Ducken sits down with Investor Rolanda Fu to explore her journey to VC — from playing violin at weddings to advising startups in Chicago.</p>...
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